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John Fetterman
November 9, 2022
Alex Shephard
Democrats John Fetterman’s and Josh Shapiro’s Path to Victory, in Photos
The passions of Pennsylvania were on full display in the last week of the campaign in the battleground state. Photographer Mark Peterson was there to capture the action.
November 9, 2022
Prem Thakker
Miracle Cures Not Enough As Fetterman Bests Oz in Pennsylvania Senate Race
The Pennsylvania win brings Democrats closer to keeping their hold of the Senate.
November 9, 2022
Jason Linkins
The Red Wave Died Down to a Red Ripple
A night that was supposed to be a bloodbath for Democrats is instead a massively disappointing midterm outing for the GOP.
November 8, 2022
Daniel Strauss
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Grace Segers
Democrats Will Hope That Their Suddenly Animated Base Will Be Enough to Stave Off a Midterm Bloodbath
Ahead of a challenging election, a spike in voter enthusiasm has given Democrats a small reason to hope that they might stem the expected red tide.
October 26, 2022
Alex Shephard
Fetterman’s Debate Struggles Provoke Wild Speculation About Hypothetical Voters
While the pundits don’t seem to know much about the candidate’s stroke-related impairment, they’re convinced that imaginary Pennsylvanians have some very specific opinions about it.
October 25, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Midterms Are Shaping Up as a Dry Run for Trump’s Next Coup
Having learned a thing or two from his failed effort to overturn the 2020 election, the former president will test new, bolder strategies next month.
October 13, 2022
Walter Shapiro
The Republicans Are Convinced That Crime Is a Winning Issue. The Evidence Is Not So Clear.
It’s one of the oldest moves in the GOP’s campaign playbook: When in doubt, blow the racial dog whistle. But is it as effective as Democrats fear?
October 11, 2022
Daniel Strauss
Dr. Oz’s Hail Mary: Get Black Voters to Turn on Fetterman
An ad from an outside group isn’t designed to get Black voters to give Oz a look. It’s just supposed to hurt Fetterman. And it is.
September 30, 2022
Liza Featherstone
I Wish John Fetterman Would Talk About Climate Change Again
The charismatic everyman Senate candidate from Pennsylvania might actually broaden his lead over Dr. Oz by talking about global warming. Even better, he might convert new voters to the cause.
August 18, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Humiliation of Dr. Oz Is Nearly Complete
The TV doctor’s inexplicable Senate campaign has not gone according to plan.
May 27, 2022
Faiz Shakir
How the Democrats Can Become the Party of the People Again
Elections in red states may be hard, but they serve as potential laboratories for Democrats to retool their struggles with working-class appeals.
May 18, 2022
Grace Segers
Kurt Schrader Could Be the Next Establishment Democrat Toppled by a Progressive Challenger
The Big Pharma–friendly congressman from Oregon’s 5th district is lagging Jamie McLeod-Skinner in Tuesday’s primary results. How big a bellwether is it for the left?
May 17, 2022
Grace Segers
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Daniel Strauss
Pennsylvania May Be Democrats’ Best Hope for a Senate Pickup in 2022
The GOP candidates vying for the Keystone State’s seat in the upper house are wildly out of the mainstream. That doesn’t mean Democrats can beat them.
April 21, 2022
Daniel Strauss
Is Conor Lamb Collapsing Against John Fetterman in Pennsylvania?
The centrist congressman ran no TV ads for nearly three weeks—with the primary just one month away.
April 18, 2022
Michael Tomasky
The Not-Too-Early Guide to the Upcoming Senate Primaries
Democrats have a path to keeping control of the Senate, but it’s a treacherous, multistate tightrope walk that they’ll have to execute perfectly.
February 2, 2022
Daniel Strauss
Democrats Can Win the Pennsylvania Senate Seat—if They Don’t Slaughter One Another First
The Keystone State is the party’s most likely chance at flipping a Senate seat. But Dems are looking at four months of a grueling and potentially rough primary.
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