# US Midterm Election watch along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619 "2022-11-09T00:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/201 "2022-11-09T06:20:03Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Yeah, probably around 225-230 seats for the GOP or so when all is said and done. I still think Dems can control the House. Lots of the remaining House races currently favor them. Could go either way, though. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/202 "2022-11-09T06:21:20Z")
Fetterman is giving his victory speech right now. He really is of common clay. He’s reacting like an actor who was surprised to win the Academy Award instead of some practiced politician. It’s a really weird contrast. But man, did we need this. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/203 "2022-11-09T06:21:36Z")
I don’t see it. But from your lips to God’s ears as they say. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/204 "2022-11-09T06:22:52Z")
He speaks well when he isn’t scripted. He is much more fluid. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/205 "2022-11-09T06:23:27Z")
Nevada has reported 42% of the vote. Democrat Masto leads GOP Laxalt 54% to 43%. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/206 "2022-11-09T06:23:52Z")
Looks like it may come down to ny and ca, for the house. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/207 "2022-11-09T06:25:07Z")
Dem Governor Evers in Wisconsin wins re-election. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/208 "2022-11-09T06:25:34Z")
Mike lee in Utah. 47 - 47 now. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/209 "2022-11-09T06:26:03Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Democrat Masto Nitpick: Cortez Masto. (Cortez is father’s last name, Masto is mother’s last name, as per Spanish convention. If you have to go with a single last name, better to say Cortez.) ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/210 "2022-11-09T06:26:28Z")
As may be, midterms tend to be referendums on the President and his ability to get things done. It seems the voters are not as unhappy with Biden as the polls would have us believe. The red tide turned into a wave that kinda nipped at your toes a bit. That’s not to say that it was a great outcome. The Trumpers are still likely to take the House, and that’s a pretty big monkeywrench in the gears, but based on history this has to be seen as a stunning defeat. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/211 "2022-11-09T06:27:36Z")
The BBC has Warnock with 49.2 % with 95% of the votes counted. Now let’s see if he can edge over 50%. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/212 "2022-11-09T06:29:10Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > The red tide turned into a wave that kinda nipped at your toes a bit. Elsewhere, I’ve seen it described as, “Not a red wave. More like a red ripple.” ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/213 "2022-11-09T06:29:42Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Nitpick: Cortez Masto. So noted, and thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/214 "2022-11-09T06:30:25Z")
_spoiler_ he can’t. There likely just aren’t enough votes left. And I take back what I said about Kansas. Kris Kobach is winning the Attorney General race. Kelley might hold on though, which I suppose is still better than MO. We made our asshole Attorney General into a Senator! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/215 "2022-11-09T06:31:15Z")
De nada. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/216 "2022-11-09T06:31:17Z")
AP says #### Georgia 96.42% Est. Vote |Warnock (D) \*|1,906,702|49.4%| |Walker (R)|1,869,391|48.5%| |Oliver (LB)|79,844|2.1%| ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/217 "2022-11-09T06:32:12Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Kris Kobach is winning the Attorney General race. Yep, it’s virtually over. We cannot get rid of this sorry fucker. His Democratic opponent campaigned very little. I didn’t see more than a handful of TV ads for him. Guess they expected Kobach to go down again. Not so. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/218 "2022-11-09T06:32:26Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > As may be, midterms tend to be referendums on the President and his ability to get things done. It seems the voters are not as unhappy with Biden as the polls would have us believe. The red tide turned into a wave that kinda nipped at your toes a bit. The issue of abortion threw a big monkey wrench into the normal midterm processes. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/219 "2022-11-09T06:33:18Z")
Yes, I agree. It’s not that Biden isn’t unpopular, it’s that reproductive rights and democracy are popular. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/220 "2022-11-09T06:33:33Z")
North Carolina had a rather garbage outcome too… The state Senate is now a supermajority, and two state supreme court seats flipped to Republican control (with an 8-year term). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=12)