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Bill Nelson
2018 midterms
Dec. 4, 2018
Democratic Weakness Among Florida Latinos in 2018 a Warning A poor performance among Latinos cost Democrats the governorship and a Senate seat in this key battleground state. They’d better focus on it soon.
By Ed Kilgore
the psephological arts
Nov. 22, 2018
The Polls Were Fine If Not Perfect in 2018 Polls were more accurate than average and didn’t show any notable partisan lean, despite the sky-high turnout that surprised everybody.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 15, 2018
One Florida Recount Ends, and the Last One Begins It appears the machine recount of the Florida midterms is complete, with a hand recount of the Senate — but not the gubernatorial — race up next.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 14, 2018
Overheated Machines, Deadlines, and Other News From the Latest Florida Recount A statewide machine recount is supposed to end on Thursday, followed by a hand recount that could upset apparent Republican victories.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 12, 2018
Florida Recounts Proceed Amid Wild GOP Claims of Election Stealing From Florida to Washington, Republicans are making some pretty lurid accusations about recounts they were probably going to win anyway.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 9, 2018
All the Midterm Races That Remain Unresolved There are ten House races, two Senate races, and two gubernatorial races where there’s still doubt about who won.
By Ed Kilgore
Republicans Need to Stop Baselessly Accusing Democrats of Stealing Elections Republicans have cause for accusing Broward County of incompetence — but none for accusing “liberals” of trying to steal an election.
By Eric Levitz
florida recount
Nov. 8, 2018
Rubio: Democrats Are Trying to Steal Florida Elections by Counting All the Votes The Republican senator argues that Democrats are illegitimately trying to steal elections in Florida by insisting on a legally mandated recount.
By Eric Levitz
There’s a New Electoral Map in Town Post-midterms, Democrats are looking over the new contours of the presidential map as they figure out where to take on Trump in 2020.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
2018 midterms
Oct. 22, 2018
Dems Still Have a Good Shot at Flipping House, But Senate Is an Uphill Battle Fifteen days before the midterms, polls show the House going blue, but the GOP is likely to maintain Senate control, or even pick up a seat or two.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 17, 2018
Hurricane Michael Is Already Affecting the Midterms Florida Governor Rick Scott could delay state elections due to the storm’s impact, but not his own Senate race. In Georgia, early voting has begun.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 11, 2018
Democrats Have a Latino Voting Problem. It’s Not New, But It’s Urgent. Latino turnout in midterms has been terrible, and Donald Trump alone may not change that.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 8, 2018
Hurricane Michael Threatens to Upend Florida Elections Even if Republicans don’t want to acknowledge that climate change is real, they have to deal with the political reality of more intense autumn storms.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Sept. 5, 2018
Andrew Gillum Could Make Progressivism the New Pragmatism The Florida gubernatorial candidate is leading in early polls — and he isn’t the only left-wing Democrat who’s beating the spread in Trump country.
By Eric Levitz
2018 primaries
Aug. 28, 2018
Progressive Andrew Gillum Wins Florida Democratic Gubernatorial Primary in Upset Bernie Sanders–endorsed Gillum, who hopes to be Florida’s first black governor, will face Trump pick Ron DeSantis in a high-stakes general election.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 elections
Aug. 23, 2018
6 New Midterm Polls You’ll Want to See Barn-burners in Wisconsin and Texas, a GOP governor in trouble in Illinois, and other numbers from the campaign trail.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 senate elections
Aug. 22, 2018
Democratic Drive to Win Senate Hitting Some Barriers in Florida and New Jersey Most Senate observers are focused on Democrats in deep-red states. But Nelson of Florida is in trouble, and Menendez of New Jersey could be, too.
By Ed Kilgore
Most ‘Trump Ten’ Democratic Senators Doing Better Than Trump in Their States The president isn’t nearly as strong as he was in 2016 in many states where Democratic senators are running for reelection this year.
By Ed Kilgore
Scott Versus Nelson in a Spendy Sunshine State Slugfest for a Senate Seat Scott’s money and Trump’s popularity (or lack thereof) make this a race that’s hard to predict.
By Ed Kilgore
Democratic Senate Looking Like a Reach — Again Prospects for a Democratic Senate after the midterms have waxed and waned, but it may be tough for Democrats to hang on in deep red states.
By Ed Kilgore
Vulnerable Democratic Senators Mostly Above Water; a Wave Could Keep Them There Approval ratio numbers for senators show a predictable erosion of support for Democrats running in red states. But they’re hanging in there.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 Senate Overview: The Pro-GOP Landscape Is Turning Blue Trump’s unpopularity, strong Democratic incumbents, and some luck are benefiting the party that would’ve expected to lose badly in 2018 Senate races.
By Ed Kilgore
Maybe Senate Democrats Aren’t in Such Bad Shape for 2018 With a horrific electoral landscape, it was thought Democrats would lose Senate seats even if they did well in the House. But things are looking up.
By Ed Kilgore
Red-State Democratic Senators Don’t Seem Scared to Act Like Democrats A potential Gorsuch filibuster will be a key test. But early indications are that few are breaking party ranks.
By Ed Kilgore
apropos of nothing
June 5, 2007
