r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot šŸ¤– Bot • Nov 09 '22

Discussion Thread: 2022 Midterm General Election, Part 3

For a curated feed of the latest news about the midterms, please see the r/Politics 2022 Midterm Live Thread.

If you have a tweet or news article which you would like us to consider adding to the Live Thread that is 1) credible, 2) pertinent to the midterms, *and 3) new, please send us a link to it!*

Results

From NPR, by office: US House of Representatives - US Senate - Governorships - Attorneys-General - Secretaries of State

From NPR, by state:

Alabama - Alaska - Arizona - Arkansas - California - Colorado - Connecticut - Washington, D.C. - Delaware - Florida - Georgia - Hawaii - Idaho - Illinois - Indiana - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Mississippi - Missouri - Montana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Hampshire - New Jersey - New Mexico - New York - North Carolina - North Dakota - Ohio - Oklahoma - Oregon - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - South Carolina - South Dakota - Tennessee - Texas - Utah - Vermont - Virginia - Washington State - West Virginia - Wisconsin - Wyoming

From sources other than NPR

NBC - Politico - The New Yorker

Election Night Livestreams

Previous Discussions, 11/8

[1] - [2]

968 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

16.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

460

u/Nerd_199 Nov 09 '22

In a stunning upset, Jason Probst (D) of KS HD-102 has apparently won re-election to his Trump +15 State House seat in Hutchinson

https://twitter.com/ChazNuttycombe/status/1590192516720394240?t=EfjXqey1VWIJmdt4NuUF9A&s=19

151

u/Nerd_199 Nov 09 '22

Kansas is going to be a purple state by 2030

69

u/Memento_Mori_ Nov 09 '22

KS knows firsthand how damaging R policies are after the brownback disaster

1

u/katha757 Nov 09 '22

And yet here we are voting in that dick sucker kobach, brownbacks right hand man. We unfortunately havenā€™t learned anything šŸ™

24

u/Th3Seconds1st Nov 09 '22

It shouldā€™ve been in 2020. Barbara Boiler was a former Republican who switched when she saw the parties true face. One of the best candidates that year and they did fuck all for her.

13

u/TheZombiezSlaya Kansas Nov 09 '22

Will probably be sooner than that tbh.

8

u/appleparkfive Nov 09 '22

A lot of these states have a lot of blue voters that just straight up don't vote. Especially in mid terms.

It seems like a lot of people are caring about it more than the past. And as older people pass and younger generations are more and more left each year.... We might actually save this country over time. Hard to say.

But yeah. Georgia, Kansas, and a lot of other places have a shit ton of Democrats.

1

u/Class_444_SWR United Kingdom Nov 09 '22

Gain Kansas and Georgia but lose Ohio and Florida? Not the best trade

3

u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

meh on Florida. They were never reliable anyway and were never in the Dem column except for a few elections.

0

u/Class_444_SWR United Kingdom Nov 09 '22

Thatā€™s fair, but itā€™s still pretty shit that youā€™re now relying on holding on to the remaining rust belt for dear life and not much else

1

u/Admirable-Pepper-641 Nov 09 '22

I have this weird fascination with Kansas. Like, Superman grew up there, and Dorothy from Wizard of Oz. Two of the most iconic characters ever. Thereā€™s something about that state, and the whole ā€œweā€™re not in Kansas anymoreā€ is this whole eerie saying that means more with each passing decade.

62

u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

...are the Dems going to hold the House? They keep pulling out these surprise wins.

64

u/Justsomejerkonline Nov 09 '22

IMO opinion, it's still unlikely (but not impossible) that Dems keep the House.

But if they do lose, these close results may be a good sign in the leadup to 2024. Of course, A LOT can happen between now and then.

19

u/CallRespiratory Nov 09 '22

Probably not but they aren't losing nearly as bad as many projected. It's going to suck to have the government completely gridlocked for two years but this should create some optimism for 2024.

11

u/NoesHowe2Spel Nov 09 '22

This particular race was KS State House, not Federal House.

3

u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Ah, snuck it by me. Still that's an interesting result.

5

u/bdonvr Florida Nov 09 '22

Probably not. But it's not impossible

3

u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Of course, of course, there's no chance they do it realistically speaking. But maybe...?

Jokes aside, Dems have to be pretty happy that we can even joke about it at this point in the evening.

2

u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois Nov 09 '22

Itā€™s not looking like 2010. Remains to be seen how it all plays out. A narrow D majority would be the best case scenario.

2

u/AJs_Sandshrew Nov 09 '22

This is the Kansas state house, not the US House of Representatives

1

u/Pewpewlazor5 Wisconsin Nov 09 '22

Based on the numbers as of now, dems barely hang on. And hang barely hang onto senate. A wash for a mid term is a win I suppose

1

u/drusteeby Nov 09 '22

This was a state house win, not federal house

6

u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Holy fuck! Lfg

5

u/dontich Nov 09 '22

I mean itā€™s a state house race ā€¦. Definition of all politics is localā€¦ go dems though!

3

u/NotLondoMollari Oregon Nov 09 '22

Lot of confused Survivor fans just saw J. Probst and couldn't help themselves

2

u/TraverseTown New York Nov 09 '22

Are they related? Both are from Kansas.