Midterm Mania! New Insight & Reporting into the 2026 Races

Next Up with Mark Halperin

MK Media

News, Daily News, Politics

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Mark Halperin’s reported monologue debuts "Midterm Mania", giving new insight into the redistricting fights, political strategies, and messaging battles that will determine who wins in November. Plus, Larry O’Connor and Kevin Walling join Mark to discuss what it's like co-hosting "The Morning Meeting” together, sharing the personal journeys that brought them to the national stage. Bank On Yourself: Discover the retirement plan banks Don't want you to know about—get your free report at https://BankOnYourself.com/Mark 120Life: Go to https://120Life.com and use code NEXTUP to save 20% Acre Gold: Turn your pocket change into physical 24-karat gold and enter to win a limited-edition Hot Wheels gold bar at https://GetAcreGold.com/Mark Follow Next Up with Mark Halperin on all social platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextuphalperin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nextuphalperin X (Twitter): https://x.com/NextUpHalperin Connect with Mark Halperin on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markevanhalperin X (Twitter): https://x.com/markhalperin Find the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-up-with-mark-halperin/id1810218232 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/2f0n8G4xqUo8aGxbbbtRjH%3Fsi%3D8e4ff54000cc438d

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0:00.0	Welcome to Next Up, it's Summit Week in Beijing, and I'm sitting here in New York City.
0:07.8	Mark Kalpren with you, editor-in-chief of the live interactive video platform, Two-Way,
0:12.2	and your guide to everything next up, at home and abroad, as they like to say.
0:16.9	Thank you for being here.
0:17.7	Thank you for being an extra and part of our community.
0:20.3	Happy that have you here and really excited about today's episodes because my two guests together
0:26.6	are my new co-hosts on the morning meeting on two-way. Larry O'Connor and Kevin Walling joined me every Monday,
0:32.6	9 a.m. Eastern Time on 2-way and then the playback on Series XM 11th is Making Kelly Channel at 10 Eastern Time on 2-A and then the playback on Sirius XM-11's Megan Kelly Channel at 10 Eastern
0:40.1	time. We've only been working together now for a couple weeks, although they've been on the show
0:44.3	in the past, and I'm still learning about them. And I'm excited to let you hear about their vision
0:49.4	for media in the future, the future of 2-way, but the future more broadly of participatory media.
0:55.0	And then also to learn a bit more about them. And I plan to ask some questions that I don't know
0:59.1	the answers to, which is sometimes a little bit dangerous. But we'll see how it goes.
1:03.4	Anyway, Larry and Kevin will be here in a bit. And then shortly before that, we're debuting a new
1:09.4	segment here. It's called Midterm Mania.
1:13.2	We're going to show you the best ads, the best strategies, the best analysis of what's coming up,
1:18.7	not too far from now in November with early voting beginning well before Election Day
1:23.2	in these all-important midterms elections.
1:26.4	So quick break, and then when we come back, next up is midterm media.
1:32.4	Right after this.
1:36.0	Are you being lied to?
1:37.7	They tell you to defer paying your taxes by saving in, say, a 401k, or maybe an IRA
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