The Key Overlooked Trend of the Midterms: Democrats Finally Made Themselves More Local
In a Washington Sun opinion piece, David Fontana argues the overlooked trend of the 2026 midterms — possibly Democrats' best election in half a century — was candidates like Abdul El-Sayed and Adam Hamilton, who differed in nearly everything else, winning by presenting themselves as more local than their Republican opponents, from Rob Sand's Iowa roots to Scott Colom's Mississippi comeback.
