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Delia Garza hugs her daughter as Gina Hinojosa is announced as the next governor of Texas at her election-watch party in Austin.

We Stomped All Over the Patriarchy on Tuesday Night We Stomped All Over the Patriarchy on Tuesday Night

Almost everywhere, abortion rights initiatives won, and pro-choice candidates prevailed. Even in Idaho, where they didn’t, women are taking heart.

Nov 5, 2026 / Amy Littlefield

Abdul El-Sayed greets voters after winning the Senate election in Michigan on November 4. 2026.

Democrats Would Be Insane Not to Break With Israel Now Democrats Would Be Insane Not to Break With Israel Now

The party has an unequivocal mandate to fundamentally change the US-Israel relationship.

Nov 5, 2026 / Hamid Bendaas

J.D. Ford, representative-elect for Indiana's Fifthth Congressional District; Peggy Flanagan, senator-elect for Minnesota.

Actually, Democrats Don’t Have to Sacrifice Trans People or Immigrants to Win Actually, Democrats Don’t Have to Sacrifice Trans People or Immigrants to Win

For two years, leading Democratic factions have insisted that the party must abandon key populations to win. Tuesday proved them wrong.

Nov 5, 2026 / Elie Mystal

David Sacks’s Sack of Lies

David Sacks’s Sack of Lies David Sacks’s Sack of Lies

Trump’s adviser pushes AI without guardrails.

Nov 5, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Students at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, march to the polls on Tuesday.

How These Midterms Can Guide Us Into a Post-Trump Political Future How These Midterms Can Guide Us Into a Post-Trump Political Future

The historic repudiation of the MAGA right at the ballot box opens up new avenues to democratic revival.

Nov 5, 2026 / David Faris

Kamala Harris on Expanding Democratic Power in the South

Kamala Harris on Expanding Democratic Power in the South Kamala Harris on Expanding Democratic Power in the South

A conversation with the former vice president about the fight for Democrats in the too-long-neglected South.

Nov 5, 2026 / Q&A / John Nichols

After the Celebration, Some Key Lessons From Election 2026

After the Celebration, Some Key Lessons From Election 2026 After the Celebration, Some Key Lessons From Election 2026

Populist messages and populist candidates won.

Nov 5, 2026 / Robert L. Borosage

Georgia Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks during an election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis on November 3, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. Bottoms defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson to become the nation's first Black woman governor.

Women Are the Real Story of the Midterm Elections Women Are the Real Story of the Midterm Elections

In a rebuke of the Trump administration and its cataclysmic decisions and policies, voters elected record numbers of women into office.

Nov 5, 2026 / Michele Goodwin

Supporters of Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico celebrate at a midterm election night watch party in Austin.

The Midterms Are Over, and We Won. Now It’s Time to Till the Democratic Soil The Midterms Are Over, and We Won. Now It’s Time to Till the Democratic Soil

To renew the promise of self-government, we must create 
a politics beyond opposing Trump.

Nov 5, 2026 / Column / Zephyr Teachout

Young Talarico supporters in Austin, Texas.

Gen Z Postcards From a Stunning Election Night Gen Z Postcards From a Stunning Election Night

We asked students from battleground and safe states to describe what it felt like to witness the blue wave.

Nov 4, 2026 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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