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James Carville (MSNBC)

TV news learned nothing from 2016

Melanie McFarland

In downplaying the blue wave, TV news misses Tuesday's rising tide of change

Donald Trump; Nancy Peolsi (AP/Getty/Salon)

The 2020 campaign starts now

Heather Digby Parton

It was a split verdict for Democrats, but with a solid House majority the next two years will be very different

Stacey Abrams (Kevin Carlin)

Abrams refuses to concede in Georgia

Matthew Rozsa

Abrams is refusing to concede an election that many claimed had been rigged by her Republican opponent, Brian Kemp

Scott Walker (AP/Scott Bauer)

Scott Walker out as gov. of Wisconsin

Matthew Rozsa

Scott Walker loses to Democrat Tony Evers despite having once been a rising star in the Republican Party

(Getty/Mark Wilson)

Women "deserting the Republican Party"

Matthew Chapman - Alternet

Trump made his final election pitch with women surrogates. Gloria Borger thinks that's not an accident

(Getty/Rick Loomis)

Trump's cult of personality

Travis Gettys - Raw Story

'They're being lied to and they don't care," Scarborough said about Trump's support base

(Getty/Jim Watson)

Trump remains silent on tax returns

DOMINIQUE JACKSON - Raw Story

“I don’t care. They can do whatever they want and I can do whatever I want”

Robert Mueller; Donald Trump (Getty/AP/Salon)

Mueller may strike after midterms

Cody Fenwick - Alternet

It's been rumored that Mueller was waiting till after the midterms to reveal his team's bombshell

Chris Collins walks out of a New York court house after being charged with insider trading on August 8, 2018 in New York City. (Getty/Spencer Platt)

Recount: Indicted Rep. Collins wins

Shira Tarlo

Republican values: Voters re-elect pair of GOP congressman charged with serious federal crimes

Supporters of Proposition 10, in favor of rent control and building more affordable housing, listen to labor and civic leaders speak during a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 in Sacramento, Calif. (Steve Yeater/AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)

Landlords win in California

Nicole Karlis

The ACLU and Bernie Sanders supported Proposition 10, which would have expanded rent control in California

The New York Times building in New York. (AP/Richard Drew)

NYT's election needle causing "PTSD"

Martin Cizmar - Raw Story

In 2016, the “needle of terror” gave many readers a false sense of comfort that Hillary Clinton would win

Steve King (AP/Charlie Neibergall)

Most racist member of Congress to return

Shira Tarlo, Matthew Rozsa

It was previously revealed that King keeps a Confederate flag in his office

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2016, file photo Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. It's a rare and momentous decision, one by one, seated at desks centuries old, senators will stand and cast their votes for a Supreme Court nominee. It's a difficult political call in the modern era, especially for the 10 Democrats facing tough re-election next year in states that President Donald Trump won.  (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) (AP)

Josh Hawley unseats Claire McCaskill

Nicole Karlis

It wasn't close in Missouri, and with Claire McCaskill's defeat go all hopes of a Democratic Senate majority

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks during a DCCC election watch party at the Hyatt Regency on November 6, 2018 in Washington, DC (Getty/Zach Gibson)

She's back! Democrats retake the House

Joseph Neese, Sophia Tesfaye

Nancy Pelosi will take back the speaker's gavel as Democrats win control of the House despite Senate setbacks

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Stabenow re-elected to Senate over James

Shira Tarlo

Senator Debbie Stabenow was elected to a third term in 2012 by 20 percentage points. In 2006, she won by 15 points

(AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump braces for the worst

Cody Fenwick - Alternet

The president has no public events scheduled

Beto O'Rourke; Ted Cruz (AP/Tom Fox/Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Ted Cruz beats Beto in Texas

Nicole Karlis

Beto O'Rourke lit a fire in Texas, but onetime presidential hopeful Ted Cruz keeps his Senate seat

Joe Donnelly; Heidi Heitkamp (AP/Darron Cummings/Susan Walsh)

Did Kavanaugh sink the Democrats?

Shira Tarlo, Matthew Rozsa

Heitkamp's defeat was expected, but Joe Donnelly's shock loss puts an end to talk of a Democratic Senate

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Kobach loses Kansas gubernatorial bid

Shira Tarlo

The Kansas secretary of state has gone so far as to take credit for Trump’s plans to "make Mexico pay for the wall"

Marsha Blackburn (Getty/Jim Watson)

GOP win: Blackburn bumped up to Senate

Shira Tarlo

Democrats had hopes of winning Bob Corker's old seat; with Blackburn's victory, Senate is slipping away

(AP/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky just gave Kim Davis the boot

Matthew Rozsa

Kim Davis became notorious in 2015 for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses as Rowan County Clerk

Jennifer Wexton; Donna Shalala (Getty/Alex Wong/AP/Wilfredo Lee)

Dems pick up two House seats

Matthew Rozsa

Democrats pick up their first two House seats, one in Northern Virginia and the other in South Florida

A line forms outside a polling site on election day in Atlanta, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP/David Goldman)

Abrams tells Ga. voters to persevere

Matthew Rozsa

Georgia's elections have already been under scrutiny due to the voter purging overseen by Brian Kemp

Devin Nunes; Donald Trump; Paul Ryan (Getty/AP/Salom)

Autocrats, incorporated

Tom Engelhardt

Thoughts on Election Day 2018

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