Wade is being closed by voters whenever they have the opportunity to weigh in on the matter. Supreme Court earlier this year when it reversed Roe v. The door to state abortion bans opened by the U.S. And voters in Michigan, Vermont, and California have amended their state constitutions to explicitly acknowledge abortion rights. Voters in Kentucky defeated a ballot measure that aimed to eliminate abortion rights from the state constitution. Voters affirmed abortion rights in several states on Tuesday, as Intelligencer’s Ed Kilgore highlights: Arizona: Can Dems break GOP trifecta?- Taniel November 9, 2022 Alaska: a long time before House shakes up Massachusetts: Democrats already controlled the state’s House and Senate and Maura Healey won the race to replace Republican Charlie Baker as governor.Īs of Wednesday afternoon, Democrats will end up with power trifectas in a total of 18 states, while Republicans still have full control in 23 states. Maryland: Democrats held onto power in both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly, and Wes Moore was elected to be the state’s first black governor, replacing Republican Larry Hogan. Minnesota: Governor Tim Walz won reelection and Democrats took back the state’s Senate, giving them full power in the North Star State for the first time since 2013. Michigan: In addition to Governor Gretchen Whitmer easily winning reelection on Tuesday, Democrats won majorities in Michigan’s House and Senate as well - giving them full control of the state government for the first time in four decades. The states where Democrats won power trifectas “The American people have made clear they expect Republicans to be prepared to work with me as well.” He added a caveat that he would not budge on abortion restrictions or anything that worsens inflation. “Regardless of what the final tally of these elections show - and there’s still some counting going on - I’m prepared to work with my Republican colleagues,” he said. In this light, Biden said he would be willing to work with new voices in the Capitol. “The American people have spoken and proven once again that democracy is who we are,” he said, noting that “pundits were predicting a giant red wave - it didn’t happen.” His most notable takeaway on the election was that the American people “don’t want every day going forward to be a constant political battle.” In an address on Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden touted his economic record while cautiously acknowledging his party’s strong performance in the midterms. Read the rest of Margaret’s tour of Trump’s fantasyland here.īiden: The ‘giant red wave … didn’t happen’ Trump’s public façade finally started to crack a bit on Wednesday afternoon when he acknowledged that aspects of Election Day were “somewhat disappointing” - though he also touted his candidates’ “219 WINS.” (As Intelligencer’s Ed Kilgore noted back in May, Trump “has been furiously padding his win record by backing unopposed House incumbents in safe seats, so the numbers don’t tell us much.”) Intelligencer’s Margaret Hartmann collects the former president’s various public emanations since Tuesday morning: The Wall Street Journal editorial board described his win as the “DeSantis Florida Tsunami.” Steve Doocy gushed on Fox & Friends on Wednesday morning that “people love him, they just love him in Florida.” The New York Post crowned him king. Meanwhile, in Florida, DeSantis buttressed his scant win in 2018 by using the pandemic and culture war issues to elevate himself as the only post-Trump option his party has. Trump was not on the ballot, and yet his constant media presence, mediocre endorsements, and personal obsession with his 2020 loss may have cost Republicans winnable races in 2022. In his messianic speech, DeSantis lauded Florida as a “refuge of sanity when the world went mad.” He was speaking of the early end of coronavirus lockdowns in the state, but the comment could easily be applied to the GOP over the past two years. Intelligencer’s Matt Stieb parses the political aftermath for reelected governor (and would-be master of the GOP universe) Ron DeSantis: bZizKjnQk3- Conrad Swanson November 9, 2022 Read it here.Īdam Frisch’s lead over Lauren Boebert is now razor thinĪdam Frisch is now only ahead of Lauren Boebert by 62 votes. Ed Kilgore has gone through how the polls compared with the final results in many of the biggest midterm races.
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