After what seems like years of defeat after defeat, Democrats are still reeling from this week’s midterms results. The party has repainted the House, the Senate, and numerous Governor’s mansions and state capitols blue. But how did we get here? Chris invites MS NOW’s Director of Elections and Analytics, Kabir Khanna, to the show to answer all the election questions that have kept him up at night. What was the defection rate for Republicans? Why did corruption finally resonate with voters? Can we consider any states red or blue anymore? And will life always be this sweet for the Democratic party?

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At the start of the Iran war, Republicans said rising gas prices would be temporary.

Six months later, those same Republicans are now saying lower gas prices are just around the corner. MS NOW’s JM Rieger digs into the archive.

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While former President Barack Obama rallies for Democrats on a message directly calling out Trump’s grifting, Trump himself is bragging about it to voters at campaign events for Republicans. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Ben Rhodes for analysis on Deadline: White House.

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Pastor Adam Hamilton is the Democratic nominee for Kansas’ Senate race and is looking to turn the state blue. Pastor Hamilton joins Katy Tur to share why he believes he can win against incumbent GOP Sen. Roger Marshall and how he is reaching across the aisle to Republican voters.

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The New York Times reports Donald Trump Jr. is “cashing in” on his father’s policies. New York Times finance reporter Maureen Farrell joins MS NOW’s Catherine Rampell to discuss.

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