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Midterm Elections 2022, Politics

2022 Midterm Election Black Winners and Losers [Updated]

The Root takes a look at the results from important races from across the country.

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

November 24, 2022
Politics

Obama Back! The Former President Has Plans to Help Democrats Before Midterms

He will heading to Michigan and Georgia later this month.

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

October 17, 2022
Politics

Jermaine Dupri, Bakari Sellers Strive to Engage Black Male Voters With Shop Talk

It’s a simple equation that becomes more and more urgent by the day: Black women notoriously hold it down in elections, but if Joe Biden is going to emerge triumphant in November, he’s gonna need Black men to show up and show out at the polls—the same way we did for Barak Obama in 2008…

By

Jay Connor

Published

August 27, 2020
Politics

Winners and Losers From the 2018 Elections

It’s hard to sugarcoat what happened on election Tuesday; Democrats won the House, which was a huge victory, but beloved candidates like Andrew Gillum, running for governor in Florida, or Beto O’Rourke, who was challenging Ted “I’m totally not the Zodiac killer” Cruz for a seat in Congress, lost. The verdict is still out on…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

November 7, 2018
Politics

10 Races We All Should Be Watching in The Midterms

The midterms are coming (Game of Thrones voice) and The Root wanted to make it as easy as possible for you to follow the the elections that matter. Do they all matter? Of course they don’t. Look, we know that isn’t the politically correct answer, but when has The Root ever worried about being politically…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

November 5, 2018