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3:50 PM ET, November 9, 2022

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Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Five Takeaways From the Midterm Elections So Far  —  Democrats showed up, Trump-backed candidates underperformed and inflation wasn't the whole story: Here are last night's lessons.  —  Democrats tried to outrun history — and the lead weight of a wounded president who made his final political appearance …
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Semafor:
Donald Trump's candidates slumped and he's looking for someone to blame  —  It was a rough night for Republicans on Tuesday, but especially for prominent candidates who scored Donald Trump's early endorsement or mimicked his style of politics and echoed his false claims about the 2020 election.
Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: Trump's the loser as GOP falters  — There was no red wave. … There's an increased likelihood of a larger, more boisterous primary field competing against Trump in 2024, Jonathan Swan reports.  — The chances Trump can clear the field are vastly diminished.
Discussion: Washington Times and CNN
MSNBC:
Midterm elections live updates: 2022 results and highlights from key races  —  Watch MSNBC live: 2022 midterm election results and analysis … 5m ago / 3:43 PM UTC  —  Lindsey Graham admits ‘definitely not a Republican wave’  —  Hayley Miller  —  As the dust settles and results continue …
David Rutz / Fox News:
Trump blasted across media spectrum over Republicans' midterms performance: ‘Biggest loser tonight’  —  MSNBC's Chris Hayes says Trump ‘screwed’ Republicans  —  MSNBC, CNN place blame for Republican losses on Donald Trump  —  As the midterm results rolled in Tuesday night and the “red wave” …
New York Times:
Colorado Third Congressional District Election Results  —  ‹ See all Colorado state results  —  Representative Lauren Boebert, one of former President Donald J. Trump's most ardent supporters, is facing Adam Frisch, a Democrat, and several independent candidates running as write-ins.
Discussion: Forbes, HotAir and The Guardian
Liz Peek / Fox News:
Ron DeSantis is the new Republican Party leader  —  Republicans are ready to move on without Donald Trump  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wins sweeping re-election bid  —  The biggest winner of the midterm elections was without a doubt Governor Ron DeSantis, whose landslide victory in the state of Florida was breathtaking.
NBC News:
John Fetterman wins Pennsylvania Senate race, defeating TV doctor Mehmet Oz and flipping key state for Democrats  —  NBC News NOW  —  NEWTOWN, Penn.  — John Fetterman, the state lieutenant governor, has won Pennsylvania's high-voltage race for an open Senate seat, defeating celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz …
Mike Pence / Wall Street Journal:
My Last Days With Donald Trump  —  I supported legitimate challenges to the 2020 vote counts.  I also recognized that the Constitution didn't give me authority to override the voters.  —  1x  —  Thirteen days after the 2020 election, I had lunch with President Trump.
Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan Democrats take control of state House, Senate in historic power shift  —  Democrats powered their way to control of the Michigan House and Senate on Tuesday, marking the first time the party secured a majority of seats in both legislative chambers in nearly 40 years.
New York Times:
Trump Hoped for a Celebration but Did Not Have Much to Cheer
New York Times:
New York 14th Congressional District Election Results
Discussion: Vox
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Biden takes a moral-victory lap
Discussion: HotAir and Washington Times
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Scalise announces bid for House majority leader
MSNBC:
Control of House, Senate hang in the balance as key races not yet projected
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
I was wrong about the midterms. Here's what I missed.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Georgia senate race between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker heads to runoff, NBC News projects
New York Times:
California Proposition 30 Election Results: Electric Vehicle Incentive Tax
Discussion: The Daily Caller, IJR and The Hill
Washington Post:
One likely 2024 GOP contender triumphed on election night. It wasn't Donald Trump.
Jim Small / Arizona Mirror:
Arizona Democrats surged to large leads. Now, they wait to see if their advantage holds.
Discussion: Associated Press, RedState and KTAR.com
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Gov. Ron DeSantis cruises to re-election, solidifying GOP hold on Florida politics
Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Tina Kotek wins Oregon governor's race, fending off strongest Republican bid in a decade  —  3,444  —  Democrat Tina Kotek has won the race for Oregon governor, defeating Republican Christine Drazan.  —  It was a hard-fought and expensive win by Democrats, who have a huge party registration advantage …
Mark Zuckerberg / Meta:
Mark Zuckerberg's Message to Meta Employees  —  Mark Zuckerberg just shared the following with Meta employees:  —  Today I'm sharing some of the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history.  I've decided to reduce the size of our team by about 13% and let more than 11,000 of our talented employees go.
Quinn Yeargain / Bolts:
Measures to Protect Abortion Rights Triumph on Tuesday  —  Voters in California, Michigan, and Vermont on Tuesday adopted constitutional amendments that enshrine abortion rights into their state constitutions.  The referendums came in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling …
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New York Times:
Russia-Ukraine War  —  Russia Says It's Withdrawing From Kherson City, a Potential Blow to Moscow … Ukrainians see signs of a Russian retreat from Kherson City but are wary.  —  Russia's defense minister announced on television Wednesday that he was ordering the retreat of Moscow's forces …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Sean Patrick Maloney Concedes to Mike Lawler in Major Loss for Democrats  —  Mr. Maloney, who leads the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, was seeking to represent a different district after New York's messy redistricting process.  —  Representative Sean Patrick Maloney …
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Politico:
House Dem campaign chief Maloney concedes defeat in New York
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Georgia's record early vote doesn't vindicate its ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ law  —  Now that votes have been cast in record numbers and the people have spoken in a wonderful display of democracy, I need to take a sledgehammer to a narrative taking hold about Georgia.  —  It's the one that says the …
Miami Herald:
Ex-Proud Boy held rally for Rubio canvasser beaten in Hialeah.  Now he thinks story was a lie  —  Gabriel Garcia believed Christopher Monzon, the Republican Party canvasser who said he was beaten up in Hialeah last month because of his political beliefs.  —  So much that Garcia …
Discussion: Raw Story
Adriana Gomez Licon / Associated Press:
Midterm milestones: 1st lesbian governor; MD's Black gov  —  A Massachusetts Democrat is the country's first openly lesbian candidate to be elected to the office of governor.  In Maryland, voters elected the state's first Black governor.  Vermont will finally send a woman to Congress …
 
 
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