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4:25 PM ET, November 9, 2022

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Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Five Takeaways From the Midterm Elections So Far  —  Democrats showed up, Trump-backed candidates underperformed and inflation wasn't the whole story: Here are last night's lessons.  —  Democrats tried to outrun history — and the lead weight of a wounded president who made his final political appearance …
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Mike Pence / Wall Street Journal:
My Last Days With Donald Trump  —  I supported legitimate challenges to the 2020 vote counts.  I also recognized that the Constitution didn't give me authority to override the voters.  —  1x  —  Thirteen days after the 2020 election, I had lunch with President Trump.
Semafor:
Donald Trump's candidates slumped and he's looking for someone to blame  —  It was a rough night for Republicans on Tuesday, but especially for prominent candidates who scored Donald Trump's early endorsement or mimicked his style of politics and echoed his false claims about the 2020 election.
Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: Trump's the loser as GOP falters  — There was no red wave. … There's an increased likelihood of a larger, more boisterous primary field competing against Trump in 2024, Jonathan Swan reports.  — The chances Trump can clear the field are vastly diminished.
Discussion: CNN and Washington Times
MSNBC:
Midterm elections live updates: 2022 results and highlights from key races  —  Watch MSNBC live: 2022 midterm election results and analysis … 5m ago / 3:43 PM UTC  —  Lindsey Graham admits ‘definitely not a Republican wave’  —  Hayley Miller  —  As the dust settles and results continue …
Liz Peek / Fox News:
Ron DeSantis is the new Republican Party leader  —  Republicans are ready to move on without Donald Trump  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wins sweeping re-election bid  —  The biggest winner of the midterm elections was without a doubt Governor Ron DeSantis, whose landslide victory in the state of Florida was breathtaking.
David Rutz / Fox News:
Trump blasted across media spectrum over Republicans' midterms performance: ‘Biggest loser tonight’  —  MSNBC's Chris Hayes says Trump ‘screwed’ Republicans  —  MSNBC, CNN place blame for Republican losses on Donald Trump  —  As the midterm results rolled in Tuesday night and the “red wave” …
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Blame Trump for weak Republican performance  —  The verdict is in: Against massive public dissatisfaction with the direction of a country led entirely by Democrats, former President Donald Trump's Republican Party still scared enough voters that it embarrassingly underperformed in this year's elections .
New York Times:
Trump Hoped for a Celebration but Did Not Have Much to Cheer
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Biden takes a moral-victory lap
Discussion: Bloomberg, HotAir and Washington Times
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Donald Trump's GOP Establishment Has Failed
Discussion: Raw Story and The Federalist
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Georgia senate race between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker heads to runoff, NBC News projects
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
I was wrong about the midterms. Here's what I missed.
MSNBC:
Control of House, Senate hang in the balance as key races not yet projected
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Gov. Ron DeSantis cruises to re-election, solidifying GOP hold on Florida politics
Washington Post:
One likely 2024 GOP contender triumphed on election night. It wasn't Donald Trump.
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Scalise announces bid for House majority leader  —  House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced a bid to become the next House majority leader on Wednesday as the GOP appears likely to win a narrow majority in the lower chamber.  —  “The American people deserve a House of Representatives …
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Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan Democrats take control of state House, Senate in historic power shift
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Democrats win control of Michigan Legislature for 1st time in decades
New York Times:
Colorado Third Congressional District Election Results  —  ‹ See all Colorado state results  —  Representative Lauren Boebert, one of former President Donald J. Trump's most ardent supporters, is facing Adam Frisch, a Democrat, and several independent candidates running as write-ins.
Discussion: Forbes and The Guardian
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New York Times:
New York 14th Congressional District Election Results
Discussion: Vox
New York Times:
California Proposition 30 Election Results: Electric Vehicle Incentive Tax
Discussion: The Daily Caller, IJR and The Hill
Raphael Warnock / New York Times:
Georgia U.S. Senate Election Results
Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Tina Kotek wins Oregon governor's race, fending off strongest Republican bid in a decade  —  3,444  —  Democrat Tina Kotek has won the race for Oregon governor, defeating Republican Christine Drazan.  —  It was a hard-fought and expensive win by Democrats, who have a huge party registration advantage …
New York Times:
Russia-Ukraine War  —  Russia Says It's Withdrawing From Kherson City, a Potential Blow to Moscow … Ukrainians see signs of a Russian retreat from Kherson City but are wary.  —  Russia's defense minister announced on television Wednesday that he was ordering the retreat of Moscow's forces …
Juliegrace Brufke / Washington Examiner:
McCarthy critic Matt Gaetz making calls to members about future of leadership  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a conservative firebrand and close ally to former President Donald Trump, has been making calls to members advocating that lawmakers vote against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mark Zuckerberg / Meta:
Mark Zuckerberg's Message to Meta Employees  —  Mark Zuckerberg just shared the following with Meta employees:  —  Today I'm sharing some of the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history.  I've decided to reduce the size of our team by about 13% and let more than 11,000 of our talented employees go.
Quinn Yeargain / Bolts:
Measures to Protect Abortion Rights Triumph on Tuesday  —  Voters in California, Michigan, and Vermont on Tuesday adopted constitutional amendments that enshrine abortion rights into their state constitutions.  The referendums came in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling …
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Brad Dress / The Hill:
Vermont votes to be 1st state to enshrine abortion rights in state constitution
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Glenn Youngkin Apologizes To Nancy Pelosi For Comments On Her Husband's Assault  —  The Virginia GOP governor sent the House speaker a handwritten note saying he was sorry for treating Paul Pelosi's attack as a political punchline.  —  Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin privately sent …
NBC News:
John Fetterman wins Pennsylvania Senate race, defeating TV doctor Mehmet Oz and flipping key state for Democrats  —  NBC News NOW  —  NEWTOWN, Penn.  — John Fetterman, the state lieutenant governor, has won Pennsylvania's high-voltage race for an open Senate seat, defeating celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Sean Patrick Maloney Concedes to Mike Lawler in Major Loss for Democrats  —  Mr. Maloney, who leads the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, was seeking to represent a different district after New York's messy redistricting process.  —  Representative Sean Patrick Maloney …
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Politico:
House Dem campaign chief Maloney concedes defeat in New York
 
 
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Georgia's record early vote doesn't vindicate its ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ law
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Miami Herald:
Ex-Proud Boy held rally for Rubio canvasser beaten in Hialeah. Now he thinks story was a lie
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Short / Hell Gate:
Magical Thinking at Lee Zeldin's ‘Victory’ Party
The Michigan Daily:
In the cold and dark, UMich students and locals wait hours to vote at UMMA, volunteers provide support
Discussion: MLive.com
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Kim Godwin steps down as ABC News' president, a role she has held since 2021, and says she will “retire from broadcast journalism”; no successor has been named

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Q&A with NYT Executive Editor Joe Kahn, who says polling shows “democracy” is not a prime concern warranting top coverage, while immigration and the economy are

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