The highly anticipated meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping took place overnight; a shooting at the campus of the University of Virginia left three dead; and Democrats maintained control of the Senate with a key win over the weekend. These stories highlight the Daily Rundown for Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. Biden,…

The election was Tuesday, but now days later, Americans are without results in key races including the Senate and governors contests in Nevada and Arizona. So what’s taking so long? Nevada:  In Nevada, mail-in ballots can be received as late as 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, as long as they were postmarked on or before…

Republicans are not on track to flip as many House seats in the midterm elections as they had hoped. In fact if they win the majority, it could be very similar to the 220-212 balance of power that Democrats currently hold. Between that and the Georgia Senate race going to a runoff, former President Donald…

The 2022 midterms remained unsettled as of early Thursday morning; Hurricane Nicole downgraded to a tropical storm shortly after making landfall in Florida; and Elon Musk banned remote work at Twitter. These stories highlight the Daily Rundown for Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Midterms unsettled – While Republicans made small gains in both houses of Congress Wednesday,…

Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee has won reelection to his seat representing Michigan’s 8th Congressional District, beating out Republican Paul Junge, a former TV news anchor and prosecutor who worked in the Trump administration. Given the state has multiple timezones, the first polls closed at 8 p.m. EST, and the last polls closed at 9 p.m.…

The red wave some had projected for the 2022 midterms does not appear to have come to fruition, with neither party taking control of either house of Congress early Wednesday morning. As of 5:30 a.m., the Senate was split at 48 a piece, and Republicans held a 199-172 lead in the House. While the GOP…

Pollsters are going to have to have their work cut out for them in the next few weeks. Whereas in the 2018 and 2020 elections they undercounted potential Republican voters, this time they appear to have undercounted potential Democrat voters. Republican advantage on the economy did not play out as expected in the suburbs. In…

Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar will continue to hold the 28th Congressional District seat he’s held for 18 years. He has defeated Republican challenger Cassy Garcia in a closely contested race the GOP had hoped would result in a flip.  Cuellar isn’t a typical Democrat. He’s pro-life, believes President Joe Biden should ramp-up border security, and…

As results come in, the House is still projected to likely go to Republicans and the Senate remains a toss-up. But one political insider said the Democrats have done better than expected.  “This is the best performance for an incumbent president’s party in a midterm election since 2002. This is not a red wave, it’s…

Self described “political outsider” J.D. Vance, R, is in as Ohio’s next senator. Vance defeated Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, who was trying to jump from the House to the Senate and flip the seat from the GOP column. In a battleground state like Ohio, Ryan distanced himself from unpopular stances in the Democratic Party and…