Midterm Elections 2018
Reporting, news analysis, commentary, polling, results from key races, and more
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Alex Brandon / AP Nancy Pelosi Wants Democrats to Stop Getting Distracted by the News
The House minority leader is pushing a disciplined message amid drama over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the president who chose him.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Kavanaugh’s Fate Will Have a Massive Ripple Effect
Whether or not he makes it to the Supreme Court, the Senate’s logic—much of it paradoxical—is likely to leave a lasting mark on voters.
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Alex Wroblewski / Reuters Conservative Women Are Leading the Defense of Kavanaugh
Anti-abortion legal advocates in Washington, D.C., are sticking with him, but outside of the Beltway, women’s views are more ambiguous.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Conservative Women Thread a Needle on Brett Kavanaugh
Polls show a majority of women turning on Kavanaugh, but conservative women continue to support the Supreme Court nominee, even as they express sympathy for victims of sexual assault.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The White House Is Scrambling to Calm Its Supporters Over the New Kavanaugh Allegations
Republicans in Washington are committed to getting Trump’s Supreme Court nominee confirmed, fearing their voters will stay home in November if they can’t seal the deal.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Big Spenders Come Out in Anticipation of the 2018 Midterms
Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Richard Uihlein, George Soros, and Bill Maher all made political contributions in August.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Do Trump’s Core Supporters Even Want the GOP to Win the Midterms?
If the agenda of the Republican establishment excited rank-and-file voters, Trump wouldn’t now preside over the party.
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Mario Tama / Getty Brett Kavanaugh Could Make the Midterms a Landmark Election for Women
Especially women of color, who are running for state and congressional offices across the country this year
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters New York's Worst-in-the-Country Voting System
The supposedly progressive state is disenfranchising its citizens.
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Richard Drew / AP Andrew Cuomo Won’t Be Satisfied Unless He Trounces Cynthia Nixon
The New York governor is leading by more than 40 points heading into Thursday’s Democratic primary. But in a year of progressive upsets, he’s campaigning like his political career is on the line.
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Erika Goldring / Getty Florida Felons Want Their Voting Rights Restored
A ballot amendment in the November election could restore voting rights to 1.5 million felons in Florida, one of just three states that permanently bars felons from voting.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters What the Polls Keep Missing in the Midterm Elections
There are multiple reasons why surveys have had a hard time capturing the success of this year’s crop of insurgent Democrats.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Stumping for Democrats Hasn’t Always Been Obama’s Favorite Place
The former president has stepped out to campaign for Democrats in the 2018 midterms in a way he never did as president.
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Albin Lohr-Jones / Sipa via AP / Thanh … The Democrat Who Could Lead Trump’s Impeachment Isn’t Sure It’s Warranted
If the House flips, Representative Jerry Nadler would head the committee that could try to oust the president. But he’ll have to be convinced first.
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Maxim Shemetov / Reuters Republicans Balk at Democrats’ Pledge to Snub Hackers
So far, only House Democrats have chosen to hold themselves publicly accountable for how they plan to handle any stolen documents that come their way.
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Scott Olson / Getty Barack Obama Makes the Case Against Trump
The former president has a prescription for the country. But it didn’t prevent Trump’s election in the first place.
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John Gress / Reuters ‘This Is Not Normal’: Obama Takes His Hardest Stance Against Trump
During a speech at the University of Illinois, the former president delivered a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump and urged Americans to vote this November.
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Scott Olson / Getty What Liberal Organizers Are Seeing on the Ground in 2018
One grassroots group has knocked on 400,000 doors since President Trump’s election. Those conversations suggest a mixed outlook for Democrats in future contests.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters A Republican Enlisted His Pregnant Daughter for an Abortion Attack Ad
The new spot criticizes North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp’s record in the Senate.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Key Lesson of Ayanna Pressley’s Victory
Her triumph in a chunk of Massachusetts once represented by Tip O’Neill shows that the former House speaker’s maxim no longer applies.
