Blake Hounshell

Democrats showed up, Trump-backed candidates underperformed and inflation wasn’t the whole story: Here are last night’s lessons.

Strategists are watching a few East Coast races that could be called early, offering a rough road map to the entire country.

A remark in a local television interview undercut the president’s message: that his administration was tackling rising prices for gasoline and groceries.

Democrats have gone all-in on abortion rights in these elections. But as the issue started having an impact, Republicans adapted.

It’s a unique midterm year, with a Republican-friendly environment, an abortion ruling energizing Democrats, and increased partisanship in how people cast ballots.

A rash of retirements has made a tough campaign even tougher.

The question is most urgent in Arizona, where two of the former president’s loyalists may well become governor and secretary of state.

G.O.P. operatives, like a classic rock station playing “Stairway to Heaven,” believe that the hits work, and so they eagerly link vulnerable Democrats to the...

In the campaign’s final days, Democratic strategists are already back-seat driving, second-guessing and what-iffing.