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A Board of Elections technician works on a ballot scanning machine at a polling station in Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 8, 2016. (AP/Alexander F. Yuan)

DHS confident in midterm security

Summer Lynne Cartwright
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2011 file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp speaks in Atlanta. The state of Georgia is asking President-elect Donald Trump to investigate “failed cyber-attacks” on its Secretary of State’s network firewall apparently by the U.S. Homeland Security Department. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) (Associated Press)

Georgia officials patched security holes

Jack Gillum, Jessica Huseman, Mike Tigas, Jeff Kao, Stephen Fowler - ProPublica
Andy Kim; Debbie Mucarsel-Powell; Antonio Delgado (AP/Julio Cortez/Wilfredo Lee/Seth Wenig)

Five early races that may tell the tale

Andrew O'Hehir
Sean Hannity; Donald Trump (Getty/Saul Loeb/AP/Andrew Harnik)

Hannity goes onstage at Trump rally

Rachel Leah
Wilbur Ross (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Census 2020 on the ballot in 2018

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto (AP/Matt Rourke)

Pittsburgh mayor hangs up on Trump

Matthew Rozsa
Nancy Pelosi (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Pelosi: "I'm really good at what I do"

Rachel Leah
Ian Haney López; Donald Trump speaks at a rally. (AP/YouTube/Brown University/Photo Montage by Salon)

A new way forward for Democrats

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) holds a Texas flag as he poses for a group photo with supporters during a campaign rally in Mueller Lake Park October 31, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Texas wins, even if Beto doesn't

Amanda Marcotte
Participants listen to a speaker during the Women's March for Truth on January 20, 2018 in St Louis, Missouri. (Getty/Whitney Curtis)

Ignore the polls, look at the people

Ethan Todras-Whitehill
(Getty/johan63)

The election’s impact on health care

Julie Rovner - KFF Health News
Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, the alleged East Coast leader of MS-13, is lead by Drug Enforcement Administration officers. (AP/Drug Enforcement Administration)

Campaign ads equate immigration to crime

Anthony W. Fontes - The Conversation
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Attitude shift on school privatization

Jeff Bryant - Independent Media Institute
(Getty/Alex Wong)

Fox viewers angry at Fox

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story
(Getty/Rick Loomis)

Trump thinks his own base is stupid

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senator Graham schooled over tweet

Elizabeth Preza - Alternet
Bill Nelson; Rick Scott (AP/Lynne Sladky/John Raoux)

New polls favor Dems in key Senate races

Shira Tarlo
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Report ties Kobach to white nationalists

Rachel Leah
Central American migrants walking to the U.S. start their day departing Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. (Getty/AP/Salon)

Troops used as "pawns": DoD spokesman

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Stacey Abrams; Brian Kemp (AP/Photo Montage by Salon)

Abrams accuses Kemp of a "witch hunt"

Matthew Rozsa
Bob Menendez (AP/Seth Wenig)

A Menendez victory at any cost?

Bob Hennelly
Donald Trump; Jeff Sessions (AP/Getty/Salon)

Candidates not embracing cannabis reform

John Hudak - The Fresh Toast
Jeff Sessions; Donald Trump; Lindsey Graham (Getty/Salon)

Graham thinks Sessions will resign soon

Shira Tarlo
Voters wait in line outside a polling place in Cincinnati (AP/John Minchillo)

Will liberals wake up and vote?

Amanda Marcotte
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