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michael barone: neither party's prayers were answered

The three defeated Democrats and the one losing Democrat voted against the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, while West Virginia's Joe Manchin, Democrat voting aye, held on to win by 3 points. ..

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in historic midterms, women elected left ... and center

Only eight of the 23 Republican women in the House will be returning in the 116th class of Congress, and one non-incumbent — Carol Miller in West Virginia’s 3rd District — has won so far. . In a stunning upset, Republican Katie Arrington fell to Democrat Joe Cunningham in South..

us: midterm elections weaken republicans

Measures to restrict abortion passed in Alabama and West Virginia. . In terms of centrist Democratic strategy it stands out that powerful conservative Democrat Claire McCaskill lost in the same state that just voted to raise the minimum wage and recently overwhelmingly rejected..

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