In face of high-profile GOP push to claw back power in Texas’s largest county, Democrats expanded their power.
2022 Midterms
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Republicans Have a Disease Called Donald Trump
Sane parties change their tune when they lose repeatedly. The GOP is not sane.
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Corporate Power Had a Bad Election Night
Democrats didn’t always put corporate concentration issues into the foreground, but it was in the mix in key races.
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Undone by Crazy Uncles
With candidates who personified the Republicans’ lunatic rage, the GOP’s midterm hopes were unceremoniously dashed.
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The House Democratic Leadership Race
Do Democrats really want their next leader to be compromised and corporate?
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Dems Succeed in Three Virginia Races That Could Predict the Rest of Election Night
Democrats did well enough to prevent a red wave.
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Voting Rights in Florida? You Jest.
Today on TAP: DeSantis tries to bar the feds from enforcing voting rights, in the spirit of John C. Calhoun and our last two chief justices.
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Lessons of the Midterms
Democrats are belatedly addressing the concerns of working families. Will it come too late?
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What Voters in Virginia’s Closest Race Think About the Midterms
Real talk about abortion, the economy, and crime from the heart of Abigail Spanberger’s tightly contested district.
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In Oregon, a Rural Populist Pushes the Grassroots to Its Limits
Jamie McLeod-Skinner ousted a seven-term incumbent—now comes the hard part.