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Sep 2022
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A User's Guide to the Midterm Elections

The New York Times
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Today marks the unofficial start of the campaign for the midterm elections. This year’s midterms will be the first major referendum on the Biden era of government — and a test of how much voters want to reinstall the Trump wing of the Republican Party. On today’s episode, Astead W. Herndon, a political reporter and the host of our new podcast, “The Run-Up, ... Show More
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