How Election Week 2022 Went Down

Peter Welch’s win in Vermont’s Senate race officially gets the Democrats on the board — but no Senate seats have flipped, and there’s a lot of races yet to call, so it’ll be a while still before we know which party will reach the majority line first.

Still waiting on results from Maryland, but in addition to the races we’re watching there, we’ll also be paying attention to where voters land on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Maryland is one of five states with marijuana on the ballot this year. So far, 19 states have legalized marijuana for adult recreational use. It could be a higher number after tonight.

Zoha just mentioned Mooney of West Virginia, whose career is a prime example of how nationalized our politics have become: He used to be a state senator … across the border in Maryland.