# 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:** 67
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1321 "2022-12-09T02:18:51Z")
And it didn’t stop Christie from licking the bottoms of Trump’s shoes. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1322 "2022-12-09T13:18:19Z")
12 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Sinema leaves the Democratic party; registers as Independent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinema-leaves-the-democratic-party-registers-as-independent/976258/18) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1323 "2022-12-09T13:21:25Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > [Donald Trump Told Chris Christie to Lose Weight: 'You Gotta Look Better to Be Able to Win,' Book Claims](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-told-chris-christie-lose-weight-you-gotta-look-better-be-able-1292584) Someone tell Donald the long tie trick does not work. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1324 "2022-12-09T13:23:22Z")
**Modnote** : Moved the Sinema posts to the thread about Sinema. This thread is for the Midterms and clear instructions have been given above to leave off the Sinema & Manchin. > [@US Midterm Election watch along thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1284): > > As per prior modnote: Hiding post above. Start a new thread or find an appropriate thread for such. In case they weren’t clear enough … Leave off the Sinema & Manchin discussions. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1325 "2022-12-09T15:09:57Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Think about it. If all you care about is appearance than a lot of Trump’s choices make more sense. It’s not just appearance; it’s celebrity that Trump admires most. He chooses in-teresting people and if Bug Bunny is any authority, monsters are the most in-teresting people. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1326 "2022-12-09T15:17:47Z")
Is there anything left to discuss in a “midterm election watch along” thread? The races are all decided. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1327 "2022-12-09T15:20:06Z")
Probably not, but someone might still might have something I guess. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1328 "2022-12-09T15:54:41Z")
I love that Bugs memory ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1329 "2022-12-09T18:59:02Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Is there anything left to discuss in a “midterm election watch along” thread? The races are all decided. I thought there was a House race or even two not finalized? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1330 "2022-12-09T20:15:14Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I thought there was a House race or even two not finalized? It looks like there is still one: CO-3, the seat currently held by Lauren Boebert. With 99% of the votes counted, she has a lead of less than 600 votes over Democrat Adam Frisch. > **[Colorado election results 2022 live updates](https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/2022/colorado/?itid=lk_interstitial_enhanced-template_colorado)** > > Live-updating election results, maps and analysis of the 2022 Colorado midterm elections from The Washington Post. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1331 "2022-12-09T21:33:03Z")
[Here is an interesting article](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/12/08/in-2022-midterms-nearly-all-senate-election-results-again-matched-states-presidential-votes/) by Pew Research looking at the midterm results. Wisconsin (Ron Johnson) was the only state where Senate race results deviated from the 2020 Presidential race results. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1332 "2022-12-10T16:10:02Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Is there anything left to discuss in a “midterm election watch along” thread? The races are all decided. Kari Lake, to no one’s surprise, [doesn’t think so.](https://www.reuters.com/legal/kari-lake-files-lawsuit-against-arizona-elections-officials-washington-post-2022-12-10/) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1333 "2022-12-10T16:40:08Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It looks like there is still one: CO-3, the seat currently held by Lauren Boebert. With 99% of the votes counted, she has a lead of less than 600 votes over Democrat Adam Frisch. That’s just a formality until the legally mandated recount is finished. Frisch has already conceded. I realize that a concession isn’t legally binding but a change of over 600 votes in the recount is virtually impossible. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1334 "2022-12-10T17:24:39Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > but a change of over 600 votes in the recount is virtually impossible. Are you saying you need a Bambleweeny 57 Submeson Brain? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1335 "2022-12-10T19:43:03Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Kari Lake, to no one’s surprise, [doesn’t think so.](https://www.reuters.com/legal/kari-lake-files-lawsuit-against-arizona-elections-officials-washington-post-2022-12-10/) Wasn’t she just recently smacked down and sanctioned legally over these cuckoo for cocoa puffs lawsuits? “The suit on Friday asks for an order declaring that Lake is the winner of the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election, or alternatively throwing out the results and requiring the state’s Maricopa county to conduct a new election.” ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1336 "2022-12-10T19:51:21Z")
Yep - [Judge orders sanctions against attorneys representing Fincham, Lake](https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/12/02/judge-orders-sanctions-against-attorneys-representing-finchem-lake/) Story is from 12/2. Looks like she lined up a new punch of suckers to put their reputations at risk. This is likely going to be tossed out of court before Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1337 "2022-12-10T19:56:38Z")
I hope it comes with more sanctions, too. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1338 "2022-12-10T20:01:28Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Looks like she lined up a new punch of suckers Typo or not, you decide. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1339 "2022-12-13T19:28:54Z")
Here is an interesting article from today’s NYT about the election. It’s a gift link so no paywall issues. This seems to be the logical thread to place it. The title explains what it is about - [How Republicans Lost Despite Winning the Popular Vote](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/upshot/2022-republicans-midterms-analysis.html?unlocked_article_code=wlv4WFiwoR1hIcwmldmRnY6xdqmXmzFrnNbZKj1tmilqwkSJZLbld5DOY4B-sKd1lgduDAWu_fuTZ5dS_52OtMrzpS3FNXHRE3_euiqCGFcawpsjQ8vM4-E4JoYboxdW1_48VN9SeQ9ylK5Y56taqduVOqrjEKpBC3H70n9LU4F3ebSl2BngXV8X7TggQG7AfD3ik8aiyhoAQImSGCnGRFRxV_aJ8c6VpVusiB935O-Hw3srtwENXy5K70fSeCFq4G3TUgJmvTV_HleZXENh_oXOCilzu0FDOQfjosuRht8M_ZrNCxpy93bPXd9EqG5N33yt-DZa06Ofa0b0nqsI0ROzTyDEosbj85wG&smid=share-url). The writer takes the position that the GOP showed real strength in a lot of states and should have done better based on the fact they won the total vote by 3%, 51-48. The article is mostly focused on why the GOP failed to translate that advantage into the clear victory one would expect. On a different note, Boebert has won the recount as was expected. Also from the NYT, [this is another gift link to that article](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/us/politics/lauren-boebert-colorado-elected.html?unlocked_article_code=0QjDcdCDgsGBXcEY2LlnsBWhKRrf1LTsrd3jKxhH1jpwKbnDHSmC1pECa7sT2LLx7tNIz81bkmYhsk9NSFfgfr3cnK5ZltwEeJh6dmm4j5gdsE4syz6CWJAYXoPj6jsSAS8oPC82RaSwBAJNGSsxiH1GMIE8IHrr1KtyCwMZ6IHc_xdaUBewLPjeSDqUeIGyWAioWlhDHiczKv5WOGK2nYul0rtEgrtg0vzsNRgAdrBS_2F3xageLXkuLO23tae6vwbeSXo60ywADDsxILdlZghEaf9YIsxAROyTApOBDsGFPAbxXntA-annTMCgZFJ_k0mJ3ECQm9aMNPJZ93qKFs_IfUFjkkXwnu_0ZTM&smid=share-url), so again no paywall. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1340 "2022-12-13T21:19:09Z")
waiting on that recount was the last race. house is at 213d-222r. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619.md?page=68)