**Renaming thread, looks like the defacto 2022 Midterm Election thread.
2022 Midterms are upon us. With important primaries starting on May 3rd.
The midterm elections won't take place until November, but the primaries that begin in earnest on Tuesday will frame Americans' choices on which direction the country takes.
*announcer voice*
Will Democrats move to the middle or the left?
Will a season of reinvention for critics of former President Donald Trump reassert his power over Republicans?
Here's what to watch as election season kicks off on Tuesday.
50-50 Senate: The Senate is evenly divided, but Democrats control the chamber with Vice President Kamala Harris' deciding vote.
222-213 House: Democrats in the House hold a very slim majority. Republicans need to net just five seats to claim a House majority.
Some of the more interesting and most horseracey primaries...
May 3- Ohio
Governor, Senate, OH-01, OH-09,OH-13
The Senate race features several state politicians looking to out-Trump one another against Tim Ryan, the likely Democratic nominee and a former presidential candidate from Youngstown. Republicans are favored in a state that has trended red in recent election cycles. With a bunch of MAGA clones vying for the other spot. Money on JP Mandel.
At the House level, former President Donald J. Trump is backing Max Miller in the newly redrawn Seventh District. Cenk Uyger called the Ohio 10th primary the most "important in his life", hoping that bernout Nina Turner wins.
May 17 - Oregon
Governor,Senate,OR-05
Representative Kurt Schrader, a long-serving moderate Democrat in the state’s Fifth District, is facing a strong primary challenge from Jamie McLeod-Skinner, a school board member who has drawn support from progressive groups and local Democratic officials. Tobias Read, the state treasurer, and Tina Kotek, a former State House speaker, lead the pack of Democrats hoping to replace Gov. Kate Brown, who is term-limited. There’s a crowded Republican primary as well, and Betsy Johnson, a former Democratic state senator, will run in the general election as an unaffiliated candidate. Oregon's courts rlued Nick Kristoff, carpet bagger and NYT gasbag as; INELGIBLE for failing to actually live in Oregon.
May 17- Pennsylvania
Governor,Senate,PA-17,,PA-07,PA-08
Open seats for Senate and governor. The Senate Republican primary includes the celebrity physician Dr. Mehmet Oz and a former hedge fund executive, David McCormick. On the Democratic side, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is the early front-runner in a field that also includes Representative Connor Lamb. For governor, Democrats have Attorney General Josh Shapiro; the Republican primary has more than a dozen hopefuls and no clear front-runner.
May 24 - Georgia
Governor,Senate
Nowhere are there more elections to watch than in Georgia, despite all of the gerrymandering and ratfuckery. Senator Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams lead the Democratic field. Senator Warnock’s re-election bid for a full term in the seat he won last year is critical to Democrats’ hope of maintaining Senate control, former President Donald J. Trump endorsed his challenger, Herschel Walker.
Abrams is seeking to defeat Gov. Brian Kemp, the Republican who beat her by a small margin in 2018 — but first, Gov. Kemp will have to best David Perdue, the Trump-backed former senator, in the primary.
June 7 - California
Governor,Senate
Gov. Gavin Newsom is on the ballot, can his numbers get bigger than his previous election, or the failed recall?