New England Republicans have one more chance to pick up a seat in the U.S. Congress out of the region’s otherwise across-the-board losses to Democrats. The final hope comes from a tight race in Maine between incumbent Jared Golden and conservative challenger Bruce Poliquin, slated to be decided next week by ranked-choice voting (RCV), a…
Maine Offers Last Hope for New England to Send a Midterm Republican Candidate to DC
Rep. Chris Pappas Defeats 25-Year-Old Republican in New Hampshire’s 1st District US House Election
Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) has triumphed over Karoline Leavitt, the Republican who was seeking to become the youngest American to be elected to U.S. Congress since 1797, in the race to represent New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. Pappas, 52, will serve another term representing the district after receiving 54 percent of the vote, according to the…
New Hampshire Reelects Moderate GOP Governor Sununu
Republican Chris Sununu has landed a fourth term as New Hampshire’s governor, defeating Democrat challenger Tom Sherman, though not in a landslide victory as had been projected. According to Decision Desk HQ, Sununu has secured 52.7 percent of the vote to Sherman’s 46 percent, with 24 percent of the votes counted as at 10.43 p.m….
Warnings of ‘Red Mirage’ Ignore Real Problem With Mail-in Ballots: Experts
News Analysis While Democrats and some election observers have raised concerns about the possibility of a so-called red mirage—an appearance of Republican leads in midterm races on election night that will dissipate when mail-in ballots are counted—the real problems with mail-in voting are of a different nature, election experts have told The Epoch Times. Early…
Democratic Party Has a ‘Damaged Brand,’ Seen as ‘Extreme’ and ‘Out of Touch’: Think Tank
The Democratic Party has serious reputational problems and is perceived as out of touch by large swaths of the electorate, according to a new paper published by the Washington-based left-leaning think tank Third Way. Titled “Overcoming the Democratic Party Brand” and released just one day ahead of the intensely-watched midterm elections, the paper makes a number…
Libertarian Candidate Could Influence Outcome of US Senate Race in New Hampshire
As the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire remains under heavy watch in the final days before the midterms, a third candidate in the race who has received relatively little attention may very well decide the outcome of the high-profile race. Jeremy Kauffman, CEO of a blockchain-based digital sharing network and a top advocate of…
Polls of Midterm Voters Are Prone to ‘Bandwagon Effect’, Are Unreliable: Experts
News Analysis Polls of prospective voters, which have been widely cited throughout the 2022 midterm races, are based on flawed methodology, and their use as a tool to achieve the outcome desired by the mainstream media has been conspicuous during this election cycle, political strategists and polling experts have told The Epoch Times. Whatever limited…
Midterm Elections May Offer Last Chance to Avert Economic Disaster: Experts
News Analysis Amid a continuing rise in inflation, excessive federal spending, and growing public alarm about the state of the economy, the Nov. 8 midterm elections may represent one of the last opportunities to attain a legislative majority willing and able to reverse catastrophic fiscal policies pushing the country toward an implosion similar to the…
New Hampshire May Be Only New England State That Bans Vaccine Mandates for School Kids
Midterm elections may well decide if America’s public school children will be forced to take the COVID jab. On Oct. 20, an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the recommended immunization schedule for children and adults. States still have the right not to follow…
Showdown Coming Over Race-Based Admissions as Supreme Court Prepares to Hear Arguments in Lawsuit
The future of racial quotas in university admissions will depend largely on the outcome of one of the most hotly disputed and closely watched cases of the Supreme Court’s new term. On Oct. 31, the court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the long-running case of Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows…
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