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Talarico's Demolition of Paxton Is the Crown Jewel of the Democrats' Win

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2026 midterms -- The Astonishing Return of the Southern Democrats -- Ed Kilgore -- Two years ago Democrats were on the ropes in the South, Now they're back, as a diverse, progressive, and even aggressive party on the rise.

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2026 midterms -- How One Black Congressman Broke a Republican Gerrymander -- Zak Cheney-Rice -- Representative Shamori Figures fought off a map designed to unseat him. "A big takeaway is that redistricting has a risk of backfiring," he said.

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we'll do it live -- GOP Copes With Blue Wave: Live Updates -- Intelligencer Staff -- Democrats are still racking up wins as results come in. Here's the latest.

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2026 midterms -- This Midterm Wave Was One for the History Books -- Ed Kilgore -- For Democrats, it was in most ways comparable to the 2010 Republican landslide and in some ways even better.

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tremendous content -- 'Watch the Beam Go Up': Trump Goes Full George W. Bush -- Margaret Hartmann -- Now watch this ... ballroom beam installation.

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2026 midterms -- Talarico, Ossoff, El-Sayed: Watch Every Big Democratic Victory Speech -- Margaret Hartmann -- Here's an Election Night speech roundup so you can get to know America's new leaders — or just bask in the unfamiliar feeling of Democratic victory.

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2026 midterms -- The Many Ways Republicans Completely Screwed Up the Midterms -- Bess Levin -- GOP infighting is well underway.

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the body politic -- Susan Collins Was Doomed by Her Moderation -- Rebecca Traister -- She could have left office a respected figure in Maine. Instead, she's going down with Trump.

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2026 midterms -- Kalshi Also Won the Midterms -- Matt Stieb -- The prediction market cemented its place in political coverage on Tuesday night — and, like it or not, for future elections to come.

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2026 midterms -- Abdul El-Sayed Called His Shot -- Chris Smith -- How the brash Michigan Democrat sailed to a drama-filled victory.

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we'll do it live -- The House, Senate, and Texas All Turn Blue: As It Happened -- Intelligencer Staff -- Here's our running account of Democrats' stunning collection of midterm victories on Election Night (and how Trump reacted).

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2026 midterms -- How Democrats Unleashed a Blue-nami -- David Freedlander -- Winning the Senate was deemed a near impossibility. Now the map is blue.

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white house -- Trump Ponders Pardoning Elon Musk and Many, Many Others -- Bess Levin -- With Democrats poised to take power in Congress, the president vows to "protect" those who have worked for him.

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tremendous content -- Trump Says We're 'Not Fighting a War' As He Bombs Iran Again -- Margaret Hartmann -- On Hannity, Trump told voters this is merely a "soft war" since there "hasn't been shooting for months." (Yesterday's strikes don't count.)

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politics -- Haley Stevens Doesn't Want You to Blame Her Fiancé -- Olivia Craighead -- She's an independent woman who blew up her career all on her own, okay?

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tremendous content -- The Big Strong Man Who Likes Big Strong Men -- Paul McAdory -- Trump's admiring comments about various Republican men are not signs of "gay dementia," as some have half-joked. He is as straight as ever.

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2026 midterms -- A Midterms Election Day Reading List -- Intelligencer Staff -- Here's some of our best coverage of the contests, characters, and controversies in the run-up to the 2026 midterms.

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encounter -- Guess Who's Coming to Washington -- Nia Prater -- New York's Claire Valdez is poised to join a bloc of democratic socialists who are making Republicans — and moderate Democrats — very nervous.

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fool's gold -- The Democratic Spam Trap -- Alex Bronzini-Vender -- Operatives know their apocalyptic emails are a self-defeating mess. But they can't stop sending them.

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reckonings -- The Family of Nolan Wells Still Wants Justice -- Albert Samaha -- Four months after the Black teen's unexplained death, his family and friends refuse to move on.

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2026 midterms -- What Do New York City's Ballot Proposals Mean? -- Matthew Sedacca -- A brief guide to the infrastructure and streetscape questions on the slate.

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early and often -- Trump's Closing Argument: Get a Load of the Reflecting Pool! -- Benjamin Hart -- Ahead of a probable midterm drubbing, the president is laser-focused on Washington renovations.

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michigan senate saga -- The Wildest Details From the Haley Stevens Train Wreck -- Bess Levin -- The floodgates have opened since the Democratic congresswoman became a party pariah after endorsing a Trump-backed Republican in Michigan.

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