Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Was the issue of reproductive rights as motivating for Democrats as hoped?

8:29am November 09, 2022

EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler talks to NPR's Rachel Martin about the midterm election results. The group's mission is to elect Democratic pro-choice women into office.

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Cooper veto power still intact as NC GOP gains limited

8:07am November 09, 2022

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina Democrats appeared successful — but just barely — in preserving Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto power to block Republican bills on abortion and other divisive issues by tamping down GOP seat gains at the General Assembly.

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Robert Draper, author of 'Weapons of Mass Delusion,' examines the GOP's future

8:02am November 09, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Robert Draper, journalist and author of Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind, about midterm election results and the future of the GOP.

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Several governors-elect will make history in their states when they take office

7:59am November 09, 2022

Democrat Maura Healey will be Massachusetts' first female governor and the country's first openly lesbian governor. Arkansas elected ex-Trump press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to become governor.

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Republicans retake control of North Carolina Supreme Court

7:50am November 09, 2022

by Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

Two Republicans running for seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court beat their Democratic opponents Tuesday, flipping the partisan makeup of the high court in Republicans’ favor for the first tim

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With control of the U.S. Senate at stake, the race in Nevada is too close to call

7:44am November 09, 2022

Republican Adam Laxalt has a razor thin lead over incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez-Masto. In the House, one race has been called for the GOP. Three Democrats are favored to hold onto their seats

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In Wisconsin, the U.S. Senate race has not been decided

7:44am November 09, 2022

In the swing state of Wisconsin, incumbent governor has won reelection. But the race for the U.S. Senate seat still has not been called.

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All in all, the elections seem to have gone smoothly with little disturbances

7:44am November 09, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to former Federal Election Commission chief Trevor Potter about the 2022 midterm election results.

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Democrat Wes Moore was elected governor in a historic Maryland race

7:44am November 09, 2022

Democrat Wes Moore speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep after being elected Maryland's first Black governor. Moore won the office over Republican Dan Cox.

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Some statewide races attracted national attention

7:44am November 09, 2022

Some of the races really became national-level causes — with people from out of state donating and volunteering.

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