Topic: 2026 midterms

New Hampshire Democratic Senate candidate, U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas speaks to supporters and media outside of the Webster Elementary School on Nov. 3, 2026 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Joseph Prezioso/Getty Images)

Gay candidates won in unlikely places

Dimitrios Aletras Jr.
President Donald Trump speaks at a midterm campaign rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Oct. 30, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump reversed the Pied Piper's bargain

Davina Hurt
Democratic Senate candidate and Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon waits to be introduced during a visit to the Ball and Chain Cuban restaurant and nightclub as she campaigns in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood on Aug. 29, 2026. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

National Democrats failed Angie Nixon

Alex Galbraith
From left, President Donald Trump, Alex Jones and Kayleigh McEnany (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / MARTIAL TREZZINI / Joe Buglewicz / Chip Somodevilla)

MAGA media’s midterm meltdown

Sophia Tesfaye
Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W. Va.) leaves the Capitol for a private meeting between Senate Democrats and President Joe Biden's senior advisers at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on July 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)

Dems better hope for no Manchins in wave

Heather Digby Parton
Attendees watch election results at Democrat senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed's midterm election night party in Detroit, Michigan on November 3, 2026. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP via Getty Images)

The petty joy of a blue election night

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump at a midterm campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 1, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump is now radioactive

Andrew O'Hehir
Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., speaks at a campaign event at the Beacon Drive-In on Nov. 2, 2026 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

MAGA wiped out in blue avalanche

Jason Kyle Howard
James Talarico, right, and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa raise their hands onstage at a campaign event in Austin, Texas, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)

Talarico, Hinojosa both win big in Texas

Troy Farah
Dr. Annie Andrews answers questions from members of the media after greeting poll workers at Royal Missionary Baptist Church on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in North Charleston, South Carolina. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Andrews wins South Carolina Senate race

Alex Galbraith
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks to supporters and members of the media during a campaign event at the DeKalb History Center Museum in Decatur, Georgia, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. (Megan Varner / Getty Images))

Ossoff projected to win reelection

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump looks on at a midterm campaign rally at Five Flags Center in Dubuque, Iowa on Nov. 1, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Investigation season is coming for MAGA

Amanda Marcotte
Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump speaks to the press after a meeting with technology executives about artificial intelligence at the White House on Sept. 29, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

Musk's midterm cope is Anakin Skywalker

Alex Galbraith
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaks to supporters at "Knock Out The Vote Tour" on Oct. 31, 2026 in Sterling Heights, Michigan (Salwan Georges/Getty Images)

Will the midterms live up to the hype?

Jason Kyle Howard
A voter takes a sticker after casting their ballot on the final day of early voting ahead of the midterm elections in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Oct. 31, 2026. (AM STEWART / AFP via Getty Images)

Black voters’ election night surprise

Heather Digby Parton
(MS Now)

Ali Velshi is on the Big Board now

Melanie McFarland
Campaign billboard depicting Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, Tel Aviv, Oct. 26, 2026. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel's election paradox — and ours

Andrew O'Hehir
Jesse Watters hosts "Jesse Watters Primetime" at FOX News D.C. Bureau on Nov. 3, 2025. (Shannon Finney/Getty Images)

Fox News loses its grip on culture wars

Amanda Marcotte
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is running against GOP candidate Mike Rogers for the open U.S. Senate seat. (Salwan George / Getty Images)

Stevens breaks ranks to endorse Rogers

CK Smith
President Donald Trump looks on during a campaign rally on Oct. 19, 2026 in Park City, Kansas. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump Show on the verge of cancellation

Heather Digby Parton
The DOJ is looking into noncitizen voting in California, creating a list of potential noncitizens on the rolls. A recent ruling in the lawsuit against the actions dismissed federal interference due to a highly flawed DOJ list, featuring 42% of names that already aren't on the rolls. (Jay L Clendenin / Getty Images)

DOJ voter fraud list raises red flags

CK Smith
Conservative activist James O'Keefe believes he holds power accountable and trains journalists how to go undercover. His latest stunt to expose voter fraud has resulted in felony charges of voter fraud for him. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

O'Keefe's voter fraud sting backfires

CK Smith
(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / DBenitostock / joebelanger)

The mystery of Texas’ trans mailers

Sophia Tesfaye
Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Oct. 29, 2026. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

How ugly will Trump’s loss get?

Brian Karem
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