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The Run-Up: The Stakes of the 2022 Midterm Elections

“I’m worried that democracy is being eroded.”

“The voting system is not secure.”

“It’s like the land of no more moderates.”

“There’s nothing in this country here really gives me hope.”

As voters are feeling a new level of political disconnect, Astead Herndon asks how we got here and lays out the stakes of the 2022 midterm elections.

Photo illustration: The New York Times; Photo: Samuel Corum for The New York Times

First launched in August 2016, three months before the election of Donald Trump, “The Run-Up” is back.

Through conversations with colleagues, newsmakers and voters across the country, our host, Astead Herndon, will grapple with the big ideas animating the 2022 midterm election cycle — and explore how we got to this fraught moment in American politics.


“The Run-Up” is hosted by Astead W. Herndon and produced by Elisa Gutierrez and Caitlin O’Keefe. The show is edited by Frannie Carr Toth, Larissa Anderson and Lisa Tobin. Engineering by Corey Schreppel and original music by Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Elisheba Ittoop. Fact-checking by Caitlin Love.

Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Sam Dolnick, Julia Simon, Mahima Chablani, Shannon Busta, Nell Gallogly, Jeffrey Miranda, Maddy Masiello and Sydney Harper.


Source: Elections - nytimes.com


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