Category: 2022 congressional elections

Kean Ousts Malinowski in Rematch, Gives GOP a Red Seat in a Blue State

Republican state Sen. Tom Kean, Jr., who came within 1 percentage point of winning the seat two years ago, has ousted two-term incumbent Rep. Tom Malinowski’s (D-N.J.) in New Jersey’s Congressional District 7 (CD 7), picking up a key red win in a blue state. According to results posted by the New Jersey Secretary of…


Davids Holds Off Adkins to Stymie GOP Congressional Sweep in Kansas

Incumbent Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) will return for a third term in Washington as Kansas’ lone congressional Democrat, according to projections on Nov. 8. Davids had 55 percent of the vote with nearly all precincts reporting, according to the Kansas Secretary of State Office.  Republican challenger Amanda Adkins had 43 percent. The Associated Press and other…


Republicans Sweep All 5 Competitive US House Races in Florida

With Rep. Neal Dunn (R-Fla.) defeating Rep. Al Lawson (D-Fla.) in one of just two clashes between sitting House reps across the country in the Nov. 8 midterms, Florida is sending a 20-8 Republican-dominated delegation to Congress in 2023. According to Decision Desk HQ, with more than 73 percent of the votes reported, Dunn garnered…


120 Million Midterm Voters Set to Unleash Red Wave or Build Blue Wall

More than 120 million Americans are expected to cast ballots in the 2022 midterm elections before Election Day polls close on Nov. 8. When the smoke clears Nov. 9—and, in some places with close races, in the days after—what is likely to emerge is a reshaped legislative playing field in Washington and in state capitals…


Reset District Favors Florida GOP’s Dunn in Clash of Congressional Incumbents

Since Reps. Neal Dunn (R-Fla.) and Al Lawson (D-Fla.) were both elected to the House in 2016, the three-term congressmen from Florida’s Panhandle have been reliably and routinely partisan in canceling out each others’ votes. On Nov. 8, voters in Florida’s reconfigured Congressional District 2 (CD 2) will cancel one of the pair’s return ticket…


House Democrat in Tossup Virginia Race Doubles-Down on ‘Threat to Democracy’ Ads

When a candidate invests millions in months-long messaging only to discover in a campaign’s waning weeks that it is not resonating with likely voters, the only options are to change gears or to throttle up and double down. Two-term Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) says she is not going to back away from her campaign theme…


Biden and Brownback Are on the Ballot in Scrappy Kansas House Race

The names voters see on the Nov. 8 Kansas Congressional District 3 (CD 3) ballot are two-term incumbent Democrat Rep. Sharice Davids versus Republican challenger Amanda Adkins. But to the naked ear, the contentious contest for Kansas’ only congressional seat, now occupied by a Democrat, sounds more like a referendum on Democratic President Joe Biden…


Nip-And-Tuck Nevada House Race Getting Tit-For-Tat Personal

LAS VEGAS, Nevada—The closely contested race between Democratic incumbent Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and Republican challenger Sam Peters for one of three toss-up Las Vegas-area congressional seats has devolved into a tit-for-tat exchange with one candidate alleging unwarranted intrusion into his family life and the other citing threats and intimidation. In an Oct. 31 press…


Red, Blue, and Prickly Purple Across America’s Eight Orange Counties

More than 5.4 million Americans live in eight Orange counties across the United States, including Orange counties within the nation’s four most populous states—California, Texas, Florida, and New York. The newest Orange counties in California, Texas, and Florida are named for the fruit, although the citrus industry in these places has long since given way…


Expert Panel: Economy, Not Abortion or ‘Threats to Democracy,’ Will Determine 2020 Midterm Winners

When the 2022 midterm primary cycle kicked off in March, Democrats were being battered over inflation and economic uncertainty with a projected “Red Wave” poised to sweep Republicans into a Senate majority and to as much as a 30-seat hammer-hold in the House. But GOP campaigns across the country were apparently unprepared for how the…