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Voters stand in voting booths as they fill out their ballots at a polling center at the Meadows Mall on Nov. 8, 2022 in Las Vegas.

6 takeaways from the 2022 midterm election that's not over yet

11:16am November 09, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

These midterm elections show why it's always important to never assume you know exactly what's going to happen in advance – and to keep an open mind for potential surprises.

NCDHHS Secretary to get flu and COVID-19 booster shots

10:55am November 09, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

The head of North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services has announced his own plans to get both an annual flu shot and an updated COVID-19 booster on Thursday.

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Republicans pushed hard for the Latino vote in Nevada and Florida, to mixed results

10:40am November 09, 2022

by Steve Inskeep

María Urbina, former staffer to the late Nevada Senator Harry Reid and managing director at Indivisible, joins NPR to discuss Nevada's election results and the Democrats' campaign strategies.

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The House and Senate have not yet flipped but a Republican-controlled House is likely

10:40am November 09, 2022

NPR national political correspondent Don Gonyea and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro break down the midterm election results.

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As ballots are counted in Nevada, working class voters could heavily sway House races

10:40am November 09, 2022

Nevada has become a battleground state in the race for control of Congress. But with little to go on the morning after, what can we take away about how the election played out?

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A child sits next to Yes on 2 signs during a rally encouraging voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, which would add a permanent abortion ban to Kentucky's state constitution, on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. on Oct. 1, 2022.

Kentucky voters reject amendment that would have affirmed no right to abortion

10:33am November 09, 2022

by Aprile Rickert

Amendment 2 would have added language to the state constitution rejecting a right to abortion, effectively leaving the question to Kentucky's Republican-controlled legislature.

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Examining the impact of former President Trump on the Midterms

10:28am November 09, 2022

What can we say so far about the impact of former President Donald Trump's endorsements in the midterms?

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Ahead of Midterms, the White House insisted Biden's programs were popular

10:28am November 09, 2022

Control of congress is undetermined but we do know that the overwhelming victories that the GOP predicted did not happen, despite historic trends that usually give the party out of power huge wins.

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Republicans were adamant about overwhelming victories but they didn't happen

10:01am November 09, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Tara Setmayer, senior adviser to the Lincoln Project, a Republican political action committee, about how election deniers fared in Tuesday's elections.

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Arizona has not yet completed its vote counts for the Midterm races

10:01am November 09, 2022

The closely contested gubernatorial race and the contest for the U.S. Senate are still undecided.

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