Midterm elections are coming. But what, exactly, is a 'midterm'?
This November's elections are called "midterms" for a good reason: We're about halfway into the four-year term President Joe Biden won in 2020. The results will determine whether Biden has a supportive Congress or a hostile one for the next two years. Yet it's worth remembering that far more state and local races are on the Nov. 8 ballot than national ones. The U.S. Constitution sets up the ...
by Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times
Sep 15, 2022
3 minutes
This November's elections are called "midterms" for a good reason: We're about halfway into the four-year term President Joe Biden won in 2020.
The results will determine whether Biden has a supportive Congress or a hostile one for the next two years. Yet it's worth remembering that far more state and local races are on the Nov. 8 ballot than national ones.
The U.S. Constitution sets up the midterm dynamic by requiring every member of the U.S. House of Representatives and about a third
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