McConnell said among other things: “I’m very optimistic. We have 50 Republican senators. I know what a real minority looks like. We had 40 after President Obama got elected. And so I think the wind is going to be at our back in both the House and Senate. I think there’s a great likelihood of a pretty good election next year.” Referring to his old age McConnell noted he has been around for a while: 71% of the American people say we’re going in the wrong direction, I don’t remember 71 percent wrong track before.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy similarly has been asserting he thinks it’s possible House Republicans pick up 60 or more seats. [This midterm election year, all 435 seats are up for grab.]
There are 34 U.S. Senate seats up for regular election in 2022—14 seats held by Democrats and 20 held by Republicans.
Is this outlook a little over the top for the Republicans. Does their confident predictions overlook the fact that there are presently 20 Republican seats up for re-election next year while only 14 Democratic seats are up for grabs?
Hey folks, as you fellow political nerds are no doubt painfully aware, VA is holding its election for governor today. They do it in off years to get attention, I guess.
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It seems like that most gubernatorial elections happen in the midterms.
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Where's My Ballot? :: California Secretary of State
- https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-status/wheres-my-ballot
Sources for California election news:
- https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/09/california-recall-election-results/
- https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/governor-recall
- https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/14/us/california-recall-election-newsom
If you have suggestions for others sources, news stories or headlines, make a comment below.
Election Result
- Gavin Newsom holds onto his job as California governor, CNN projects
- Newsom cruises to victory in recall election, will stay in office, NBC News projects
- Newsom is projected to defeat California recall attempt
- California recall election: Newsom will remain in office
News & Headlines
- CalMatters Live: California recall election results 2021
- NYTimes Election Day Coverage
- Decision time: Three ways the California recall election could go
- Gavin Newsom was facing a tight race. Then Larry Elder came along. How Larry Helped Gavin
- More than 9.5 million Californians have voted, a sign of hope for Newsom
- California poll worker reprimanded over Trump attire
- [60% of Californians voting in r
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