The 2026 midterm elections

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[MagnarTheGreat]

 

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Trump thinks RFK is the key to win the midterms by getting MAHA moms on their side

Tensions within the GOP over RFK Jr could get a public airing with testimony of the former CDC head expected in the Senate on Wednesday

www.independent.co.uk

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

 

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[Morg]

A woman ordered coffee and paper plates on Amazon. She got a box full of 250 blank ballots

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

SCOTUS Seems Ready to Scrap Fair Elections, Greenlight Racial Discrimination and Hand House Control to GOP

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

Latinos Sour on Trump and GOP as Democrats Sweep Key Elections from Virginia to New Jersey, New York and Cincinnati

Democrats celebrated a clean sweep in Tuesday's elections across Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and Cincinnati, powered by a dramatic shift among Latino voters who have turned sharply against Donald Trump's immigration and deportation agenda.

www.latintimes.com

Republicans look for lessons in an election dominated by Democratic wins

Democrats were riding high after their election victories, while Republicans were brushing aside off-year races as aberrations that aren't predictive of the 2026 midterms.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Absolutely, yes.

 

[Lily Adler]

Who will use Golden as their campaign song?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

CJ Warnke @cjwarnke
11h
"NEW polling from Marist:

Democrats currently have a 14-point lead agains Republicans on the 2026 generic ballot.

When last asked in November of 2024, it was 48% to 48%.

Among independents, Democrats have a +33-point advantage over the Republicans"

 

[Lily Adler]

CJ Warnke @cjwarnke
11h
"NEW polling from Marist:

Democrats currently have a 14-point lead agains Republicans on the 2026 generic ballot.

When last asked in November of 2024, it was 48% to 48%.

Among independents, Democrats have a +33-point advantage over the Republicans"

They will have to monumentally **** up like ending a government shutdown with a pinky swear that there will be a vote to extend ACA subsidies.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Republican Matt Van Epps holds deep-red House district in Tennessee special election

Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn, NBC News projects, after an expensive campaign to replace former Rep. Mark Green.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Democrats flip Miami mayor’s office, winning control for first time in nearly 30 years​

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5641420-democrats-gain-momentum-miami/

Democrat Eileen Higgins has flipped the Miami mayor’s office, defeating Republican Emilio Gonzalez and marking the latest sign of the party’s momentum heading into next year’s midterms, according to Decision Desk HQ.

Higgins is the first Democrat to become mayor of Miami since 1997. She bested Gonzalez, a former Miami city manager who served on President Trump’s Homeland Security Department transition team, to succeed incumbent Mayor Francis Suarez (R). The race is technically nonpartisan.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Georgia Democrat Eric Gisler flips a state House seat in district Trump won by double digits, CNN projects​

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/georgia-democrat-eric-gisler