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Nov 5, 2026
Midterm Madness Hour 1
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15:06Liam WadeyHOST
To go on to our next question, I know you've mentioned before that, I mean, you have gone on, you and your class, you've gone to Iowa and Texas for your political reporting class.
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15:16Liam WadeyHOST
And these are two states, as you've mentioned, that are battleground states currently.
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15:21Liam WadeyHOST
They'll dictate who will control the Senate.
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15:23Liam WadeyHOST
So...
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20:53Jaden FrankHOST
He's from Texas.
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20:54Jaden FrankHOST
And Avani Lakhereti from Kansas.
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20:57Jaden FrankHOST
These are two students from swing states this election, battleground states.
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21:01Jaden FrankHOST
We'd like to have them tell us what it's like voting in a couple of these very few competitive races.
We Goin' to the House!
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1:35Bill KimlerHOST
We're purple.
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1:36Bill KimlerHOST
As of November 3rd, 2026, South Carolina is officially a purple state.
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1:42Bill KimlerHOST
We're purple.
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1:43Bill KimlerHOST
That is incredible.
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24:45Ashley PainterSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
52, 48 type
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24:46Bill KimlerHOST
of level across the board.
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24:48Bill KimlerHOST
That is a purple state.
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24:50Bill KimlerHOST
I think aside from Annie, she performed the best as a Democrat.
Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms on her historic win in Georgia
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15:01Jonathan LemirePANELIST
Carolina.
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15:03Jonathan LemirePANELIST
We were talking earlier today about the importance of Democrats now having control of the state houses in 2028 battleground states, making it that much harder for the president to try to interfere.
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15:15Jonathan LemirePANELIST
So while on the subject of 2028, if you had any news you'd like to make this morning, We're happy to listen.
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15:20Jonathan LemirePANELIST
But beyond
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15:21Rahm EmanuelGUEST
that, tell us about how important that is for the next election cycle.
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15:23Rahm EmanuelGUEST
So just for this topper of the seven battleground states across the country, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.
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15:34Rahm EmanuelGUEST
Democrats are governors in all of them.
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15:36Rahm EmanuelGUEST
We flipped and just you just heard Georgia.
Today's Poll Question: Did You Split Your Ticket?
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2:07Michael SmerconishHOST
Because given the results of the election yesterday, there's something for everyone on the Democratic side of the aisle to point to and say, ah, see, there's our path.
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2:16Michael SmerconishHOST
You could look at Shapiro's impressive victory in Purple State, Pennsylvania, and say, well, that's the way to do it.
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2:24Michael SmerconishHOST
Or you could look at El-Sayed's impressive victory in Michigan and say a progressive can win anywhere.
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2:31Michael SmerconishHOST
That debate's going to continue for the next two years.
Inside the Blue Tsunami: A Closer Look at the Governor’s Races - 11-4-2026
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39:23Nikki FriedGUEST
And the fact that David Jolly was able to come within one percentage point winning statewide in our state when we lost 19 points in 2022 shows that we are organizing, we are on the ground every single day, and the issues matter to the people of our state.
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39:39Nikki FriedGUEST
Of course, we'll always have wished that there was more national investment into our state, but this is an opportunity to show the rest of the country Florida continues to be that battleground state, that purple state that people cannot count out.
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39:53Lyndsay KeithHOST
Yeah, and I think that was interesting.
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39:54Lyndsay KeithHOST
Really, Donald was able to outspend Jolly there by quite a bit.
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42:15Nikki FriedGUEST
But we flipped the Florida House that we came.
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42:18Nikki FriedGUEST
We flipped a Florida Senate seat, city and county commissions all across the state.
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42:22Nikki FriedGUEST
Forty eight races up until this midterm election is why we know that Florida continues to be a battleground state.
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42:30Nikki FriedGUEST
And the people of our nation need to pay attention and stop counting Florida out.
Explaining the 2026 Midterm Elections: A Republican Massacre | The Swing State Ep. 22
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0:11ArmanHOST
Welcome everybody to the Swing State election edition.
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0:14ArmanHOST
Tonight is the midterm election in 2026.
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0:17ArmanHOST
We have some exciting news and some conversations that we're going to be discussing as we go through the map.
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9:09ArmanHOST
And there's interesting concepts here.
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9:12ArmanHOST
I think one thing that's very interesting is it's very clear that there is no party loyalty.
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9:17ArmanHOST
I think these swing state voters are very open to whichever candidate is the best candidate for their time.
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9:24ArmanHOST
And it's the person who is providing the most valuable information It's the person who's connecting to them today, to their understanding of what's going on in the country today, to how they're feeling today.
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9:35ArmanHOST
And that was the Democrats' cycle.
Vogue Editors On The Most Compelling Midterm Races
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31:16Annie KarniGUEST
Then there's the— Mark Kelly's looking at it.
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31:22Annie KarniGUEST
He's an astronaut, Arizona, Purple State.
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31:26Annie KarniGUEST
Ruben Gallego is looking at it, another Purple State, Latino background, military background.
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31:33Annie KarniGUEST
I'm trying to think of other people in the Senate.
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31:35Annie KarniGUEST
And then there's Gavin Newsom.
The Democrats may win the U.S. midterms
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11:57Shaye GanamHOST
What are you watching? There's always swing states.
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11:59Shaye GanamHOST
There's key battleground states, races.
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12:02Shaye GanamHOST
Where should people be watching if they want to get some idea of what this might look like tomorrow morning? Texas.
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12:09Shaye GanamHOST
Texas.
Election Day Is a Great Day for Democrats to Save the Party
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7:25Wes CarrollHOST
All right, so this is kind of where we are when it comes to Election Day.
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7:31Wes CarrollHOST
And like I said, there are some significant battleground states.
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7:36Wes CarrollHOST
There are a few states that we really need to keep a close eye on over the course of today.
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7:42Wes CarrollHOST
We have a few states that are, by all accounts, leaning in one direction.
World news wrap
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0:26Alice WilkinsCORRESPONDENT
Democrats, of course, looking to regain control of the House, possibly also the Senate, which would, of course, have huge implications for what President Donald Trump would be able to do in the last couple of years of his presidency.
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0:37Alice WilkinsCORRESPONDENT
New polling today has shown Democrats leading in five of the seven key battleground states that could decide Senate control because the Democrats have to flip at least four seats in and hold on to their own to wrestle back control of the Senate.
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0:53Alice WilkinsCORRESPONDENT
So this New York Times-Siena University polling has Democrats leading in Michigan, Texas, Maine, Ohio, and Kansas.
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1:03Alice WilkinsCORRESPONDENT
In some of those races, the polling is showing a relatively decent lead as well.
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