What Happened in the Midterm Elections

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🗓️ 7 November 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The results are in: Democrats gained control of the House, even as Republicans strengthened their hold in the Senate. What does this mean for the next two years? Guest: Alexander Burns, who covers national politics for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	Good morning, everybody.
0:01.0	Polls are open.
0:02.0	Millions of Americans now casting their ballots.
0:04.9	It is election day 2018.
0:06.6	Thanks for being here.
0:08.4	I'm Patricia Mase.
0:14.1	It's 9.30 a.m.
0:15.4	I'm in Tallahassee.
0:16.4	Hi, it's Richard Bostet.
0:18.4	From New York Times, I'm standing here in Atlanta.
0:21.0	Hi, I'm Lisa Lair.
0:22.8	I'm in Scottsdale, Arizona.
0:24.6	I'm from Tertin, Caldwell, New Jersey.
0:26.3	I'm in South America.
0:27.3	I'm in Dullet Blender.
0:28.3	I'm in Dullet Blender.
0:29.3	I'm in Texas, Dorena.
0:30.3	I'm in Kansas.
0:31.3	It's raining really hard.
0:34.3	It's 10 o'clock in the morning.
0:36.3	We're going to see if we can find some voters.
0:40.3	Pardon me, ma'am.
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