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Election 2022
From House, Senate and governor’s races to abortion ballot measures, we’re covering the impact of the midterm elections from all angles.
Track The 19th’s latest Election 2022 coverage below.
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'A whole new perspective': Jennifer McClellan could become first Black woman to represent Virginia in U.S. House
The win in a February special election would represent a stunning first for the southern state and a boon for the ranks of Black women in the next Congress.
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Success of 'slavery on the ballot' measures could help incarcerated pregnant people of color
Four of five states in the midterms voted to remove language from their constitutions that allow state prisons to require incarcerated people to work.
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10 years after Sandy Hook, Moms Demand Action volunteers are turning activism into political power
Almost 300 Moms Demand Action volunteers ran for office this year. More than half will bring their gun control demands to the halls of power as elected officials.
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Why the 2022 election was historic for Muslim women’s representation
Muslim women have been leading their communities for years. After the midterms, they’re set to lead in elected office and are fighting to create an America where everyone belongs.
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How Instagram and TikTok hashtags highlight gendered hate toward women candidates
A new study shows how users searching for women candidates and politicians on Instagram and TikTok were served with abusive hashtags in the leadup to the 2022 midterms.
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Warnock projected to win Georgia Senate runoff, giving Democrats 51 seats
The party should be able to more easily deliver on the promise of a more diverse judiciary and executive branch. Plus, the nation’s first woman vice president won’t have to hang around Washington as much.
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Republicans doubled down on anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric in the midterms. It wasn’t a winning platform.
This year saw an underwhelming showing for anti-LGBTQ candidates and historic wins for LGBTQ nominees.
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Mary Peltola – the first Alaska Native elected to Congress – will keep U.S. House seat
The Democrat won a special election two months ago to finish the term of the late Rep. Don Young and gained support from key Republicans, including Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski and former Young staffers.
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In her first election as a U.S. citizen, this Michigan lawyer got to vote on a measure she co-wrote
Bonsitu Kitaba, deputy legal director for the ACLU of Michigan, co-wrote — and cast her first vote as a United States citizen — for the state’s new reproductive freedom amendment.
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Using campaign funds for child care is legal — but Herschel Walker is using it as an attack
Republicans have tried to make Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign expenses an issue, and advocates worry this could discourage parents of young children from running for office.