Midterm Elections 2018
Reporting, news analysis, commentary, polling, results from key races, and more
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Bryan Woolston / AP The Fight Over Medicaid Begins in Kentucky
A federal court’s decision to vacate newly-implemented restrictions on the state program challenges the GOP strategy across the country.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters Why Joseph Crowley’s Defeat Should Scare Joe Biden
The Democratic Party’s shift to the left will leave centrist politicians hard-pressed to defend their records.
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Patrick Semansky / AP What Ben Jealous’s Win Means for Democrats
The former NAACP chief won Maryland’s Democratic primary on Tuesday by campaigning as an enthusiastic progressive. But he faces the very popular Republican incumbent Larry Hogan in November.
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Scott Heins / Getty A Shocking Insurgent Victory in New York
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old democratic socialist, unseated a potential speaker of the House, Joe Crowley, in New York's primary on Tuesday.
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mpi04 / MediaPunch / IPX / AP How Post-Millennial Voters Could Change America
The newest voters in the 2018 midterm elections are less cynical about politics and more progressive than the young adults who came before them.
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Christopher Aluka Berry / Reuters Is Ben Jealous What Progressives Want?
The former NAACP chief wants to turn Maryland into a progressive beacon, fusing Bernie-style economic policy with racial justice. But first he has to win his gubernatorial primary.
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Ric Francis / AP What Black Voters Want
With the 2018 and 2020 elections on the horizon, race and racism are becoming ever-larger issues among the most marginalized communities in America, making the Democratic coalition harder and harder to hold.
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Mark Thiessen / AP / Joseph Sohm / … American Voters Are Turning to Direct Democracy
In many states, the most important policy changes this year won’t come from legislation, but from ballot initiatives.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters Women’s Marchers Look to the Midterms
Thousands gathered in New York City to protest Donald Trump and show support for the growing movement against sexual abuse.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Why Democrats Must Regain the Trust of Religious Voters
If the party wants to win back votes in the Trump era, it will need to stop ignoring people of faith.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Most Campaign Outreach Has Zero Effect on Voters
A new paper finds that direct mail, door-to-door canvassing, and television ads almost never change people’s minds. What does this mean for American democracy?
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James Lawler Duggan / Reuters Republicans Need a Villain for the Midterms
With the GOP currently running everything, coming up with a suitably electrifying bogeyman could prove challenging.
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Alexander F. Yuan / AP There's No Way to Know How Compromised U.S. Elections Are
Even if there were, there might not be anything officials can do about it.
