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And all the others looked about right to me, that number popped out, i said, my god, people in wisconsin want normalcy. that means people in america want normalcy. talk about that, and if you will, in the super charged political environment of wisconsin, explain how remarkable it is that a man is as normal and straightforward as evers wins in the most tu -- tumultuous time of donald trump. >> what was the midterm about, it was about abortion, extremism, donald trump and a push back against denia...

Order to avoid conflict. the very real concern when you talk to u.s. officials is that someone will just make a mistake, and thats how they will dip themselves from competition into conflict. one other thing to keep in mind here, both leaders came into this moment kind of with a tail wind to some degree that underscored their political strength. president xi just securing his third term in china a couple of weeks ago. president biden really bucking historical trends to have a better midterm than...

These results and read everything thats been written. whats your thoughts 30,000 feet of where we are and what we take from this midterm? >> well, i think its pretty -- its easier to judge the senate for all the disappointment about it because, after all, that was a very -- you know, we have known this from the start. many people lost sight of it. it was a very tough map for the republicans. they had to defend 21 seats. and there were only 14 democratic seats up to pick a few to try to pick off ...

For biden, didnt think his policies were working. a lot of anxiety about the direction of the country and yet they stuck with democrats, so the soul-searching that should go on is what kind of candidates can appeal to independent voters, and what kind of policies to be put forward as a republican party to appeal to those voters. they will still be there in 2024. weve got a favorable math in the senate, we have a chance to take back the white house but you look at the states that were in play in ...

Its an important point, before the midterms, the election was largely couched as a referendum on joe biden, the economy. but as you point out, did it end up being a referendum on, yes, abortion rights in many cases, but on donald trump, him personally, but also trumpism, denialism, the extreme positions of some candidates, which trump fostered? >> oh, i think absolutely. and donald trump, you know, you cant say it any other way, he is, every time he gets out, he tells us how hes in charge, hes r...

>> well, my district changed drastically after redistricting so i had a lot of new areas and republican areas. we worked hard. we just kind of went after it seern. so we were open mystic but cautiously so. >> historically speaking when theres a democratic president the republicans do well in the first midterm elections. i assume you were bracing for some bad new, right? >> well, thats right. i taught political science for 35 years and we always talk about the midterm favoring the party thats out...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Control of the U.S. Senate may come down to Nevada, where a slow ballot count entered its final act Saturday in the nail-biter contest between Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican challenger Adam Laxalt.

The 2022 midterm elections are behind us … well, sort of. There’s still some vote tabulation to be conducted, and a runoff for the Georgia Senate seat that could once

Despite Donald Trump-led Republicans strong campaign against inflation, US President Joe Biden is emerging as the first President in American history to lose the least number of seats in a midterm election as the senate sits precariously with both republicans and democrats split at 49 seats each with the latter requiring just one more seat to get majority that could come from either Arizona or California or Nevada or the Georgia runoff.

They thought joe biden was focused on the wrong issues, et cetera, et cetera. theyre not in love with the democratic party, and yet by unbelievable margins in this election younger voters were breaking forti democrats. thats one group they cant take for granted and say it is okay we will just run up the numbers for the base, thats not a strategy moving forward. >> if you are going to win the contest you have to find some of the independents and get them to support you as well, not just your base...