Ford McCracken

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[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

Some personal news: today is my first day @thehill where I'm starting as a breaking news reporter. So grateful to ABC News for the last nine months and excited for this new adventure!

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

Breaking: Van Hollen will challenge Sen. Schumer for majority leader

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

In this election, Americans called on us to unrig an economy rigged against working people & fueled by political corruption.

To deliver, we need new leadership. This isn't about any one person – it’s about answering that call.

That's why I’m running for Senate Majority Leader.

[Joe Khalil @JoeKhalilTV]

Okay.

We try not to use the word “hate” around my 5-yr-old, so I’ll say that I really really really don’t like this. And it’s very shitty.

You might think this is a funny troll job. You might think Cindy Hyde Smith was the worst senator in our history. You might think MAGA is cruel. Fine.

But many people in that office you walked into, whom you’re trying to “own”, are probably hard/dedicated workers making not that much money who come in every day and take calls from constituents in Mississippi. They listen to their problems and try to communicate solutions or act as a go-between for Mississippians and their elected Senator.

And all of them just lost their jobs.

So for clicks and likes you’re what…putting them on camera in an embarrassing way at probably one of the most difficult and vulnerable moments in their lives.

Cool. Hope you had fun.

And this is absolutely not a partisan post, I have no reason to defend Sen. Hyde Smith.

I was at USAID headquarters reporting the day DOGE announced their DC staff had to clear out their desks, and right wing trolls were there laughing, mocking dedicated public servants on their final day at work. It was disgusting, and I said as much as the time. To the trolls.

You can absolutely celebrate Scott Colom’s historic electoral win without sinking this low.

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

Had the chance to double down on this take with @KarriPeifer and @AndrewKerley_ on the Virginia Press Room this week... thank you @MichaelLeePope for hosting us as always. Check it out: https://t.co/NzbV7bEXPI

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

Will probably go undernoticed given the wave nationally, but Virginia Democrats had sort of an unimpressive performance? Warner won by 22 points, which in isolation is very impressive. But just next door in North Carolina, Dems routed the GOP. Same thing in SC (!) and GA.

Shannon Taylor barely got across the finish line in VA-01, Elaine Luria won VA-02 in the single digits and Tom Periello came up short in VA-05.

The same-sex marriage amendment also passed by far less than I would have thought. It underperformed Warner and abortion which is sort of shocking to me.

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

DDHQ has now called the race for Colom

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

Scott Colom has built on his lead in the Mississippi Senate race with thousands of more votes tallied today. AP and CNN have called it for him but DDHQ has not yet. https://t.co/DGi1lrNxY3

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

Hyde-Smith concedes the MS Senate race to Scott Colom

[Cindy Hyde-Smith @cindyhydesmith]

Thank you, Mississippi.

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

Scott Colom has built on his lead in the Mississippi Senate race with thousands of more votes tallied today. AP and CNN have called it for him but DDHQ has not yet. https://t.co/DGi1lrNxY3

[Chaz Nuttycombe @ChazNuttycombe]

Anyone notice how there isn't widespread frustration about the polling misses this year despite them being as large as 2020's? There were tons, *tons* of articles saying "polling is broken" etc. right after 2020, when the miss was driven by COVID.

This miss was just as large as 2020's but ~2/3 was driven by weighting decisions, yet I don't think I've seen a single article talking about it since the election. This is journalistic malpractice so far; we had a tidal wave of articles claiming "polls are just bad" by this time in 2020 despite, again, a very valid reason for a miss (pandemic). Media needs to step up to the plate.

[Jacob Rubashkin @JacobRubashkin]

One thing about all these House upsets is we’re going to get a lot more “normal people” in Congress next term who may be more transparent about the behind-the-scenes stuff that happens in DC.

Like NJ-02 winner Zach Mullock, who’s posting selfies on Instagram from orientation.

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

@xandertilock I love Gregory's

[Jessy Han @hjessy_]

The scale of James Talarico’s victory is simply astounding.

He still wins if you remove Dallas, Travis, and Harris counties.

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

Dana White has shared this to his Instagram story, along with a screenshot of Trump's Truth Social post

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

Story: https://t.co/Jh6mv1HkLS

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

BREAKING: President Trump says he has offered the job of White House press secretary to UFC CEO Dana White

[Jessica Huseman @JessicaHuseman]

Just so I understand: You're suggesting that Republicans, who have controlled every statewide elected office in Texas for more than 30 years, rigged an election against themselves?

[Jasper Scherer @jaspscherer]

Official headshots of what's shaping up to be the before/after Big Three in Texas #txlege

[Ford McCracken @mccrackennews]

Trump announces on Truth Social that Susie Wiles will be replaced as chief of staff by Stephen Miller starting Monday, a major shakeup post-midterms

[Maj. (Ret.) Richard Ojeda @Ojeda4America]

For years, my dad battled Parkinson’s disease. On Election Night, I got to tell him, “Pop, we won.”

This morning, he passed away.

A part of me believes he held on just long enough to see his son make it to Congress.

He won’t be there when I’m sworn in. But I know he’ll be standing right beside me.

Rest easy, Daddy. I’ll take it from here. These next two years are for you ❤️

[Gabby Birenbaum @birenbomb]

Seats that were won by both Talarico and House Rs:

TX-03 (Self)
TX-05 (Gooden)
TX-08 (Steinmann)
TX-10 (Gober)
TX-12 (Goldman)
TX-17 (Sessions)
TX-22 (Nehls)
TX-24 (Van Duyne)
TX-25 (Williams)
TX-27 (Cloud)
TX-31 (Carter)
TX-32 (Yarborough)
TX-38 (Bonck)

[Ben Jacobs @Bencjacobs]

Curious if redistricting hurt Democrats in Virginia and kept them from picking up reach seats there (in the same way it backfired for Rs). Dems won the low hanging fruit there but a seat like VA05 in any other Southern state would have been an easy Dem pickup

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

There's this concept called the God Gap.

Republicans are pretty religious.
Democrats are less so.

But here's a very important caveat.

The God Gap only exists among white Americans.
Huge differences in beliefs, attendance, and affiliation.

Almost none among nonwhites.