Midterm Election News
Coverage of U.S. midterm election races, voter turnout, and campaign strategies. Includes conservative opinion and commentary from The Daily Signal.
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opinion
The Wave Beneath the Wave
ERIE, Pennsylvania—In the last week of October, fall foliage in Pennsylvania’s Appalachian Mountains reached its peak, with native hardwoods and understory trees ablaze in red, orange, yellow, and purple. A Democrat governor cruising to reelection had no obvious reason to travel through these rural counties, but Josh Shapiro went anyway. A lodge in coal country… -
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Georgia Democrats Choose New Slate of Leaders While Medicaid Expansion Introduces New Hurdles
Summary While the next legislative session in the state House hasn’t yet started, Democrats are already gearing up for it by picking the next slate of leaders. At the same time, there is much hope that the state will expand Medicaid, but several hurdles remain. Democrats have announced their pick for the next House speaker,… -
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WATCH: A Prescription for a Battered GOP: Return to the People, Break With Special Interests
Summary OXON HILL, Md.—Following the significant losses in the midterm elections, Republicans across the country are searching for where the party went wrong, how to make the best of the next two years with Democrats in the majority, and how to come back stronger in 2028. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, sat down with the Daily… -
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Go Big on Reconciliation, Congress
Summary Democrats are on track to flip nine Senate seats and will take the House by a massive margin. Lame-duck Republicans have about six weeks before losing power for the foreseeable future. Now is the time for Republicans to deliver on their promises to voters, giving the Democrats a goodbye present on their way out…. -
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Muslim Sen.-Elect El-Sayed to Take Oath on a Quran
Summary The first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate says he will take his oath of office in January on a Quran. “Which Quran, we’re not sure,” Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, D-Mich., told NPR’s Leila Fadel Thursday. “I mean, Thomas Jefferson had a copy of the Quran. So when Keith Ellison was sworn in to Congress,… -
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Blue Tsunami: A Look at DSA Wins in Georgia
On Nov. 3, Peach State voters gathered at the polls to cast their ballots in what would turn out to give several victories to the Democratic Socialists of America. The DSA backed two winning candidates in Georgia: Mathewos Samson, who ran for House District 58, and incumbent Rep. Gabriel Sanchez, who ran for reelection to… -
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Frank LaRose: What Did Ohio’s Lone Republican Winner Do Right?
Summary Ohio was not spared last week’s blue wave. Yet Secretary of State Frank LaRose managed to pull off a win for his race as state auditor, even as his predecessor and other statewide Republicans lost their races. How did he do it? In a phone interview with the Daily Signal, LaRose spoke about how… -
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Fox News Had a Better Election Night Than Republicans
Summary Fox News had a far better election night than the Republicans. The cable news network’s primetime coverage of the midterm elections swamped its cable competition, while also topping CBS News. “Fox News Democracy 26,” co-anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, peaked with 4.6 million viewers during the 9:00 p.m. ET hour Nov. 3…. -
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Peltola Holds Narrow Lead but Loses Court Bid for Rejected Absentee Ballot Data
An Alaska judge rejected Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s bid for records on rejected absentee ballots. Peltola currently holds a slim lead over Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan in the last uncalled Senate race. As of Thursday, she had 121,487 votes to Sullivan’s 117,512, a lead of 1.6 percentage points, according to The Associated Press…. -
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Democrats Score Another Big Win Week After Election Day
Summary Scott Colom became the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate race in deep-red Mississippi since 1982. His victory prompted congratulations from the state’s GOP governor late Wednesday night. “Congratulations to Senator-Elect @scott_colom. I hope to collaborate as we continue our very important work to support Mississippi families, grow jobs and wages for our… -
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Roberts Blames GOP Communication for Blue Wave, Calls Thune ‘Feckless’
Summary OXON HILL, Md.—Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said Republicans share significant blame for heavy midterm losses, specifically referencing “the feckless [Senate Majority Leader] John Thune.” “There was a massive gap in communication between the policymakers of the party in power and the American people,” Roberts said Tuesday at The Forum, a Heritage event just… -
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How DSA-Backed Candidates and Propositions Fared in Texas Elections
Summary On Election Day, the Democratic Socialists of America scored numerous victories in the Lone Star State involving local propositions and candidates. The DSA supported two major propositions that voters approved in Corpus Christi and Houston, and it opposed a Dallas proposition that voters rejected. Corpus Christi’s Proposition B, also known as the Fair Water Amendment, was approved… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats Are Already Drunk on Power—Their Blue Wave Could Backfire
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Very briefly here, let me just say that Victor has written a significant post on X. You’ll find it there. His… -
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Did Houston’s Mayor Just Reveal Texas Democrats’ Immigration Plans?
Summary AUSTIN, Texas—When Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced last week that he would scale back police collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportations, he seems to have inadvertently disclosed the approach the state’s newly elected Democrat leadership will be taking on immigration. Whitmire signaled that Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa, Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin, and Attorney General-elect… -
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The King Still Has One More Move
I get it. All this talk of the “blue wave” makes you want to kick the nearest Smurf. Many midterm victors seem to believe that killers are better than cops, men in women’s sports are better than women in women’s sports, toilet paper is better than the U.S. Constitution, and the Lord is not the… -
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Vance Is Right: The Iran War Lost Republicans the Midterms
Summary The morning after Republicans suffered the most devastating midterm loss in recent memory, Vice President JD Vance posted his response to the election results on X. Vance’s poignant diagnosis has garnered over 72 million views and widespread support from both the administration and voters on the right. To riff off a famous line from… -
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Mississippi Senate Race Hangs on Thousands of Affidavit Ballots
Mississippi has significantly more voters who cast affidavit ballots than the number of votes separating the two Senate candidates in the closely contested U.S. Senate race. As of Monday afternoon, Democrat Scott Colom held a 2,574-vote lead over Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the deep-red state, The Associated Press reported. However, according to Mississippi… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Inherited Biden’s Inflation—and Paid the Political Price
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: [Vice President] JD Vance has come out to state that the defeat of the Republicans was due to—he said the economy… -
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AP Calls Georgia House for Dems, but 10 Races Still Too Close to Call
On Monday, The Associated Press reported that Democrats have enough seats to have flipped the Georgia state House from red to blue. However, election results are unofficial and have yet to be certified, and 10 races have yet to be decided. It has been one week since the election, and many in the Peach State… -
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Questions Mount Over Texas Election Data as Republicans Call for Answers
Summary After Democrats took hold of Texas on Election Day, many Texans are raising questions of whether the election was fair and if fraud took place. Numerous irregularities in Texas’ voter totals are causing many across the state to wonder if illegal votes were cast in the Texas election. Election observers have noted some highly…