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🌈 Arc #2
The 2026 US midterms
The November 2026 midterm elections: the House and Senate races, the governors, the campaigns, the polls and early vote, the count and recounts, and what the results did to the parties and their leaders.
Oct 4, 1 PM ET to Nov 12, 7 PM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now
- 29threads (sagas)
- 170stories in them
- 106outlets carried a story
- 🫏47 · 19 · 32🐘left · center · right
- 39.3 daysfollowed so far
🌈 One affair followed over weeks. Each thread below is a saga, a turn of the affair told across days (the talks, a front, a race), and each saga is made of stories on the front pages. Sagas are put in an arc by Claude (Anthropic's AI model) for now; a local model will place new ones once it passes its test. An arc's sagas can be wrong: the saga tracker says how they're made.
🛤️ Its threads
each saga a row, oldest first; each bar a story's time on the front pages (point at one)
🧵 The midterm campaign and results 🔴 now 60 stories · 105 outlets
🧵 Ken Paxton Senate Campaign Controversy 2 stories · 22 outlets
🧵 Michigan Senate race 9 stories · 82 outlets
🧵 Maine Senate debate 2 stories · 37 outlets
🧵 Trump's Texas Senate race tensions 2 stories · 40 outlets
🧵 Texas Senate race 13 stories · 64 outlets
🧵 Georgia Senate race debates 4 stories · 24 outlets
🧵 Abdul El-Sayed Muslim Brotherhood controversy 3 stories · 24 outlets
🧵 DOJ California voter fraud case 12 stories · 62 outlets
🧵 Ohio governor race controversy 5 stories · 71 outlets
🧵 Alaska Senate race 🔴 now 8 stories · 60 outlets
🧵 Trump Michigan rally events 3 stories · 13 outlets
🧵 Trump Michigan rally events 3 stories · 37 outlets
🧵 White powder mailings to officials 2 stories · 29 outlets
🧵 Alaska Senate race claims 4 stories · 61 outlets
🧵 DOJ election monitoring 2 stories · 26 outlets
🧵 Trump rally disruptions 3 stories · 45 outlets
🧵 California billionaire tax defeat 2 stories · 43 outlets
🧵 Ballot scanning issues in New York 2 stories · 24 outlets
🧵 Florida redistricting dispute 2 stories · 21 outlets
🧵 Democrat faces felony charge 2 stories · 16 outlets
🧵 Republican midterm losses 4 stories · 34 outlets
🧵 Maine Senate race 2 stories · 50 outlets
🧵 Elon Musk's GOP campaign 3 stories · 39 outlets
🧵 House GOP leadership transition 🔴 now 3 stories · 60 outlets
🧵 Market turmoil and AI stock sell-off 3 stories · 45 outlets
🧵 Democrats investigate Trump 🔴 now 3 stories · 45 outlets
🧵 Colorado House race 3 stories · 18 outlets
🧵 Democrats leadership turmoil 4 stories · 37 outlets
🧵 The sagas in it
each with its latest stories; open a saga for its whole run
🧵 Democrats leadership turmoil
last on front pages Nov 12, 5 PM ET
4 parts · 37 outlets · since Nov 6, 2 PM ET · 6.1 days
- Senate Democrats face leadership challenge as Sanders and others oppose Schumer
- Democrats consider leadership changes as Schumer and Jeffries gain support
- Jon Stewart urges Democrats to remove senior leaders
🧵 Colorado House race
last on front pages Nov 10, 7 PM ET
3 parts · 18 outlets · since Nov 5, 1 PM ET · 5.3 days
- Lauren Boebert projected to lose reelection in Colorado
- Lauren boebert's campaign investigates unusual voting patterns in tight race
- Rep. Lauren Boebert trails Democrat in Colorado House race
🧵 Democrats investigate Trump
📰 on front pages now
3 parts · 45 outlets · since Nov 5, 1 PM ET · 7.2 days
- White House warns Democrats of potential criminality in investigations
- Attorney general Blanche says DOJ may probe Democratic lawmakers
- Democrats plan investigations of Trump and his associates
🧵 Market turmoil and AI stock sell-off
last on front pages Nov 8, 3 PM ET
3 parts · 45 outlets · since Nov 5, 11 AM ET · 3.2 days
- Democratic midterm wins trigger AI stock sell-off and market turmoil
- Nasdaq rebounds after tech selloff
- Nasdaq drops into correction territory as dow plunges
🧵 House GOP leadership transition
📰 on front pages now
3 parts · 60 outlets · since Nov 4, 11 AM ET · 8.3 days
- House Republicans elect Jim Jordan as new minority leader
- Mike Johnson criticizes voters after GOP midterm losses
- Mike Johnson to step down as House GOP leader after midterm losses
🧵 Elon Musk's GOP campaign
last on front pages Nov 7, 2 PM ET
3 parts · 39 outlets · since Nov 4, 9 AM ET · 3.2 days
- Elon Musk spent nearly half a billion dollars on Republican campaigns in midterms
- Elon Musk jokes about GOP election loss after campaign spending
- Elon Musk's Texas election effort ends in loss
🧵 Maine Senate race
last on front pages Nov 6, 11 AM ET
2 parts · 50 outlets · since Nov 4, 1 AM ET · 2.4 days
- Democrat Troy Jackson defeats Susan Collins in Maine Senate race
- Senator Susan Collins loses re-election bid
🧵 Republican midterm losses
last on front pages Nov 11, 6 PM ET
4 parts · 34 outlets · since Nov 4, 12 AM ET · 7.7 days
- Republicans face internal conflict after midterm losses
- DeSantis warns of extinction-level event for Republicans after midterm losses
- Republican party faces major losses in 2026 midterms
🧵 Democrat faces felony charge
last on front pages Nov 8, 12 PM ET
2 parts · 16 outlets · since Nov 3, 11 PM ET · 4.5 days
- Democrat faces felony charge after flipping House seat
- Democrat zach Dembo wins Kentucky House race
🧵 Florida redistricting dispute
last on front pages Nov 7, 3 PM ET
2 parts · 21 outlets · since Nov 3, 10 PM ET · 3.7 days
- Republicans' redistricting efforts failed to secure congressional gains
- Florida Democrats win congressional districts redrawn by Republicans
🧵 Ballot scanning issues in New York
last on front pages Nov 4, 10 PM ET
2 parts · 24 outlets · since Nov 3, 10 AM ET · 1.5 days
- Ballot scanning issues reported in New York House district
- Ballot scanners in Westchester County fail to read paper ballots
🧵 California billionaire tax defeat
last on front pages Nov 12, 11 AM ET
2 parts · 43 outlets · since Nov 2, 6 AM ET · 10.2 days
- California voters reject billionaire wealth tax
- California billionaire tax defeated in statewide vote
🧵 Trump rally disruptions
last on front pages Nov 3, 11 AM ET
3 parts · 45 outlets · since Oct 29, 3 PM ET · 4.9 days
- Trump interrupts rally as protester challenges remarks about candidate's weight
- Trump holds rallies in Iowa and Kansas ahead of midterms
- Trump criticizes reporter over canceled rally questions
🧵 DOJ election monitoring
last on front pages Nov 4, 8 PM ET
2 parts · 26 outlets · since Oct 29, 1 PM ET · 6.3 days
- DOJ deploys 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states
- Justice Department says FBI and ICE agents will not serve as poll monitors in midterms
🧵 Alaska Senate race claims
last on front pages Nov 6, 2 PM ET
4 parts · 61 outlets · since Oct 28, 2 PM ET · 9 days
- Trump calls for Alaska votes for 'fake' Dan Sullivan to go to 'real' Dan Sullivan
- Alaska voters report confusion over ballot candidates
- Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit over Alaska Senate race
🧵 White powder mailings to officials
last on front pages Nov 5, 1 AM ET
2 parts · 29 outlets · since Oct 26, 7 PM ET · 9.3 days
- Oklahoma man charged with mailing white powder letters to officials ahead of elections
- Illinois man charged with mailing white powder to Congress members
🧵 Trump Michigan rally events
last on front pages Oct 28, 6 PM ET
3 parts · 37 outlets · since Oct 25, 4 PM ET · 3.1 days
- Trump criticizes El-Sayed as 'jihadist' in Michigan rally
- Abdul El-Sayed campaign responds to Antisemitic ad controversy
- Trump praises Nicki Minaj at Michigan rally
🧵 Trump Michigan rally events
last on front pages Oct 26, 10 PM ET
3 parts · 13 outlets · since Oct 24, 9 PM ET · 2 days
- Obama criticizes Trump and Ramaswamy during midterm campaign rallies
- Trump holds midterm rally in Michigan with Nicki Minaj
- Trump campaigns for Republicans in Michigan ahead of midterms
🧵 Alaska Senate race
📰 on front pages now
8 parts · 60 outlets · since Oct 23, 12 PM ET · 20.3 days
- Alaska judge denies Peltola campaign's request for absentee ballot data
- Peltola campaign sues Alaska over rejected absentee ballot records
- Alaska Senate race remains too close to call
🧵 Ohio governor race controversy
last on front pages Nov 5, 10 PM ET
5 parts · 71 outlets · since Oct 20, 11 AM ET · 16.5 days
- Democrat amy Acton defeats Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio governor’s race
- Ramaswamy discontinues controversial attack ad featuring Acton's estranged mother
- Vivek Ramaswamy's ad faces backlash in GOP poll
🧵 DOJ California voter fraud case
last on front pages Nov 8, 6 PM ET
12 parts · 62 outlets · since Oct 14, 11 AM ET · 25.3 days
- Justice Department drops lawsuit against California over disputed ballots
- Supreme court rejects Trump administration bid to set aside California ballots
- Ninth Circuit allows Trump administration to request noncitizen ballot separation
🧵 Abdul El-Sayed Muslim Brotherhood controversy
last on front pages Oct 20, 1 PM ET
3 parts · 24 outlets · since Oct 12, 9 PM ET · 7.7 days
- Abdul El-Sayed confronts questions about Muslim Brotherhood ties
- Abdul El-Sayed's sister-in-law was placed on terror watch list, then removed after lawsuit
- Abdul El-Sayed denies family ties to Muslim Brotherhood after relative's admission
🧵 Georgia Senate race debates
last on front pages Oct 15, 10 AM ET
4 parts · 24 outlets · since Oct 9, 7 AM ET · 6.1 days
- Senator Jon Ossoff says he has zero interest in running for president
- Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins debate in Georgia Senate race
- Senators debate in Michigan Georgia and Maine
🧵 Texas Senate race
last on front pages Nov 10, 10 AM ET
13 parts · 64 outlets · since Oct 8, 11 AM ET · 33 days
- Texas senator-elect appears on SNL cold open
- James Talarico wins Texas Senate race
- Democrat wins Senate race in South Carolina
🧵 Trump's Texas Senate race tensions
last on front pages Oct 17, 1 PM ET
2 parts · 40 outlets · since Oct 7, 12 PM ET · 10 days
- Trump blames Cornyn and Rove if Paxton loses Texas Senate race
- Trump interrupted by protesters at Texas rally
🧵 Maine Senate debate
last on front pages Oct 20, 7 AM ET
2 parts · 37 outlets · since Oct 6, 11 PM ET · 13.3 days
- Troy Jackson refuses to apologize for telling Susan Collins to 'shut up' during Senate debate
- Maine Senate candidates debate corruption allegations
🧵 Michigan Senate race
last on front pages Nov 7, 8 AM ET
9 parts · 82 outlets · since Oct 5, 3 PM ET · 32.8 days
- Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate race
- Democrat Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race
- Abdul El-Sayed delivers victory speech after election win
🧵 Ken Paxton Senate Campaign Controversy
last on front pages Oct 6, 6 PM ET
2 parts · 22 outlets · since Oct 4, 6 PM ET · 2 days
- Ken Paxton admits campaign is controlled by Washington in leaked audio
- Angela Paxton endorses Texas GOP ticket
🧵 The midterm campaign and results
📰 on front pages now
60 parts · 105 outlets · since Oct 4, 1 PM ET · 39.3 days
- Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race
- Senate Republicans reelect John Thune as leader
- Republicans push to confirm Trump's judicial nominees before Senate takeover