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Tidal Wave: Democrats Capture House, Senate
Sahil Kapur & Scott Wong, NBC News
Voters Pummel GOP Out of Power
Meredith Lee Hill and Andrew Howard, Politico
Stunning Dem Senate Victories in Deep-Red Terrain
Savannah Behrmann, Roll Call
Texas Led the Way in a Republican Bloodbath
Susan Ferrechio, Washington Times
Trump Acknowledges Iran War Partly To Blame for GOP Losses
Josh Dawsey, WSJ
GOP Learned Nothing From Bush's '06 Midterm Debacle
Brianna Lyman, The Federalist
Trump's Bid To Thwart Midterm History Flops
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
Is the Post-Trump Political Era Here?
Andrew Prokop & Benjy Sarlin, Vox
The Darline Graham Gambit Blows Up on Trump & GOP
Dianne Gallagher, CNN
Polymarket Latest Odds Projected control of Congress
Senate› 51 to win NET--
DEM--
--GOP
House› 218 to win NET--
DEM--
--GOP
Last updated: --
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RealClearPolitics Tuesday

A Blue Wave, a Senate Fight and a Campaign Without Rules
Carl Cannon, RCP
Will the Democrats' Weekend From Hell Matter?
James Antle, Washington Examiner
Trump Owns This Midterm Meltdown
Charles Lane, Washington Post
When Does a Dirty Trick Become a Crime?
George Terwilliger, Wall Street Journal
How Attempt at Dem Unity Exploded With Michigan Senate Flip
Bradner, et al., CNN
Did Stevens Change the Race in Michigan?
Bevan, et al., RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Few Will Lament the End of This Midterm Campaign
Conrad Black, New York Sun
GOP Tunes Out Nightmare Polls
Benjamin Weiss, HuffPost
Record Drop in Felony Violent Crime Is Not a Coincidence
John Lott, The Federalist
Young People Can't Afford the Culture War
Rachel Janfaza, Vox
Drug Prices Are Finally Falling
Joel Zinberg, City Journal
A Fraudster Is Sentenced in Minnesota
James Freeman, Wall Street Journal
Anthropic Isn't Just a Company, It's a Payoff
Matt Stoller, Substack
Crumbling Europe and the Lessons for U.S.
Sharyl Attkisson, Full Measure
Europe's Immigrant Riots Spread to Germany
Heather Mac Donald, X
The Sane Person's Guide to Microplastics
Charlotte Grinberg, The Free Press
The Two Promised Lands
Miller & Vigler, RealClearEducation
TDIH: Trump 2nd Term JA vs Bush, Obama | '26 Generic Vote vs '22,'18,'14,'10,'06

PM Update
Voters Head to the Polls as GOP Defends Territory
Hannah Knowles, Washington Post
Michigan Race Ends With Acrimony and Funky Polls--Again
Byron York, DC Examiner
At Long Last, the Rules Apply to Trump
Michael Tomasky, The New Republic
Will My Vote Count in NY-17? I'm Actually Not Sure
Howard Husock, Wall Street Journal
Will the Midterms Live Up to the Hype? 6 Key Stories
Jason Howard, Salon
I Must Come Clean About the Hotel Bel Air
Spencer Pratt, X
Pork-Barrel Spending May Not Save Collins
Matthew Cooper, Washington Monthly
Microsoft's H-1B Double-Speak
Ron Hira, Commonplace
Even Democrats Are Suspicious of Rep. Omar's Marriage
Emily Jashinsky, UnHerd
What Democrats Could Actually Do if They Win Congress
Andrew Prokop, Vox
The Philanthropy Funding DEI's Biggest Defenders
John Sailer, City Journal

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Political Landscape

A Blue Wave, a Senate Fight and a Campaign Without Rules

National elections take place every two years in this country, and whether it’s a presidential cycle or a midterm election, overwrought commentators, partisan activists, and the candidates themselves repeat without self-awareness, let alone irony, a variant of the exhortation that “this election is the most important of our lifetimes.” It’s an age-old talking point. The motivations of those peddling it range from trying to rally the faithful to justifying their own side’s mudslinging. Read More

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Trump Administration

Trump Calls for Alaska's Peltola To Be Taken Off Senate Ballot

So they said they didn't do this, and it turned out they did. The New York Times just released actually an incredible story on it. They created a fake candidate. They took a candidate named Dan Sullivan to run against another candidate who's a great senator named Dan Sullivan in order to cheat in the election. And they said they didn't do it, and we caught him cold. Read More

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Analysis & Commentary

Spivak: A Closing Argument for America on Election Eve

To those who have not yet voted, I offer this plea: Look past personality, gas prices, concerns about Trump’s Iran policy, vanity, ICE’s fallibility and any lingering hope that radical left candidates mean what they say when they sanitize their agendas. Elections are about the future. Our choice is between Republicans who believe in American exceptionalism, and Democrats who increasingly “problematize” America. Read More

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Polymarket Latest Odds Projected control of Congress
Senate› 51 to win NET--
DEM--
--GOP
House› 218 to win NET--
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--GOP
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