US midterms: Hugh Linehan's guide to watching the results
Voting is underway in the US midterm elections, the results of which will decide which party controls Congress, and whether Donald Trump can advance his agenda for the remaining two years of his presidency. Democrats are expected to flip the House of Representatives but the Senate race is much tighter. Host of the Inside Politics podcast Hugh Linehan explains the outcome is likely to hinge on eight seats: Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio and Texas. Some of these haven’t elected a statewide Democratic senator in decades. In the case of Kansas, it hasn’t returned one…
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