Headline Roundup • November 8th, 2022
First 2022 Results Show Historic Wins in Senate, Governor's Races
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The first results in from Election Day 2022 show several historic victories in races for Senate and governor.
Arkansas: Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) is projected to beat engineer and minister Chris Jones (D) in the state's gubernatorial race. Sanders will be the first female governor of Arkansas, following in the footsteps of her father Mike, who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007.
Maryland: Political newcomer Wes Moore (D) is projected to defeat state legislator Dan Cox (R) in the state's race for governor, and will become Maryland's first black governor.
Massachusetts: Attorney General Maura Healey (D) is projected to beat Republican Geoff Diehl in the state's gubernatorial race. Healey will become Massachusetts' first female governor and one of three openly gay U.S. governors.
Oklahoma: Republican Markwayne Mullin is projected to beat Kendra Horn (D) in a special election to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe. Mullin will be the first Native American senator from Oklahoma in almost 100 years.
How the Media Covered it: The wins were covered by sources across the political spectrum, which focused similarly on their historic nature.
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Butch Dill/AP
The race for control of Congress, as well as governorships and key statewide positions, has defined the 2022 midterms.
In Washington, Republicans have had their eyes on breaking the Democratic trifecta by winning one or both chambers of Congress. In battleground states, Democrats are looking to defend vulnerable governors and win crucial down-ballot contests that could prove pivotal in future election fights.
Heading into Election Day, both parties were also looking to diversify their ranks of elected officials, both in Congress and beyond. Republicans were excited about growing their roster...
Jesse Costa/WBUR
Maura Healey scored a decisive and historic victory Tuesday night, becoming the state's first elected female and first openly gay governor as well as the nation's first openly lesbian governor.
The Massachusetts attorney general overwhelmed her Republican opponent, former state Rep. Geoff Diehl, and put the governorship firmly back in Democratic hands after Republican Gov. Charlie Baker declined to run for a third term.
The race was called by The Associated Press almost immediately after the polls closed.
Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll will join Healey on Beacon Hill as lieutenant governor. Together, they are the...
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Republican candidate and former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is projected to win the governor’s race. She replaces term-limited Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson. Sanders will be Arkansas' first female governor.
Sanders was the White House Press Secretary under former President Trump from 2017 to 2019.
She defeats Democrat Chris Jones, who is a nuclear engineer and ordained Baptist minister.
After Sanders voted in Little Rock on Tuesday, she told reporters that she doesn't think she ran a divisive campaign and focused on tax cuts as well as other issues that could unite...
