Michael Bloomberg's Chances of Becoming President: Slim, None, and Fat
The latest trial balloon from the perennial White House Hamlet contains more lead than the paint of a New York public school.
Politics
The Florida Gubernatorial Race Is Over, and Trump Ally Ron DeSantis Has Won
Though not as hotly contested as the U.S. Senate race, Florida's gubernatorial race has a clear winner.
Ranked-Choice Voting Flips House Seat in Maine
GOP Rep. Bruce Poliquin fails to get a majority vote. Jared Golden joins the House's new Democratic majority.
Don't Count on Americans Hating Each Other Any Less Post-Midterms
Baffled by and fearful of each other, the political tribes remain consumed by loathing and dedicated to total victory.
Does Trump Really Think You Need ID to Buy a Box of Breakfast Cereal?
Also, are people putting on disguises so they can vote more than once?
Mitch McConnell Touts Wild Spending Bills as 'Bipartisan' Accomplishments
Should the Senate majority leader really be celebrating more reckless spending?
Here's What's Happened So Far in the Florida Recount
Florida's Senate race is far from over.
Maine's GOP Congressman Sues to Stop Ranked-Choice Voting
Bruce Poliquin is currently ahead. But a new requirement that he get a majority vote could unseat him.
Anti-Porn Republicans Haven't Gone Anywhere
The porn wars haven't died, they're just packaged differently.
Reporters Become Participants in Tribal Political Warfare
Journalists, like other Americans, will have an easier time only when the struggle for control of government stops mattering so much.
Are Democrats Now the Party of the Rich?
The Trump rebranding of the GOP as a working class party coincides with a number of super-rich Democrats winning high-profile elections.
House Democrats Plan to Use Their New Majority to Target Trump. Let's Hope It Keeps Them Too Busy to Legislate: Reason Roundup
Plus: menthol cigarettes may be banned, Big Tech warms to new regulation, and NYC building raided over illegal Airbnb listings.
Divided Government Means More Fiscal Discipline
In the next two years, Congress will probably do next to nothing. That's a good thing.
In Defense of "Designer Babies"
Why we should not let fears about inequality stand in the way of technological progress that could potentially make the next generation healthier, happier, and smarter.
Voters in Florida, North Carolina Just Made It Much Harder to Pass Future Tax Hikes
North Carolina capped income tax rates at 7 percent, while Florida will now require a supermajority to increase taxes or fees.
The Meaning of the Midterms: They Solve Nothing, Mean Nothing
No blue wave, no "Trump bump." We're still waiting for politics to catch up with a world of increased individual autonomy.
Texas State Rep Wins Uncontested Election From His Jail Cell
Barring an early release, Rep. Ron Reynolds will miss the entire 2019 legislative session.
Democrats Did Better Than Early Election Results Revealed: Reason Roundup
Plus: The FDA will ban flavored e-cigarette sales at most places, and Chris Christie is being floated as Jeff Sessions' replacement.
With Midterms Done, Are We Going To Get Serious About Policy or Continue the Clown Show?
Donald Trump's candidates didn't do particularly well on Tuesday, but he continues to succeed at making himself the center of attention.
Will There Ever Be a Morning After the Midterms?: Podcast
Before the news cycle spins forever into crazy-land, Reason editors pause to assess the deep meanings, and lack thereof, of this week's elections
After the Midterms, Trumpism Is the Dominant Force in the GOP
The Trumpening of the Republican Party continues apace. What will principled conservatives do now that it's clear they have no home in the GOP?
Jeff Sessions Is Out, 2020 Speculation Is In: Reason Roundup
For Democrats-and bookmakers-the 2020 election is already underway.
This Ousted Judge Just Released All the Juvenile Defendants Who Promised Him They Wouldn't Kill Anybody
"He was releasing everybody. Apparently he was saying that's what the voters wanted."
Florida Voters Passed an Initiative That Simultaneously Bans Office Vaping and Offshore Drilling
Amendment 9 bundled two seemingly unrelated prohibitions into one ban-happy ballot initiative.
Clint Bolick, Arizona's Libertarian Supreme Court Justice, Wins Judicial Retention Election
The justice prevailed by a lopsided margin of 71 percent to 29 percent.
President Trump Credits Himself for Republicans' Performance in the Midterms
But a few of Tuesday's big races indicate he did more harm than good.
California Rent Control Ballot Initiative Goes Down in Flames. Free Marketers Should Not Be Too Hasty in Celebrating Its Demise.
Prop 10 is dead, but support for rent control is alive and well in the Golden State.
Voters Approve Redistricting Reforms in Colorado, Missouri, Michigan (and Maybe Utah, Too)
Taking redistricting power away from lawmakers isn't a foolproof strategy for ending gerrymandering, but it's probably a modest step in the right direction.
Space Force: The Real Loser From Yesterday's Election Results?
If the Space Force goes down before it ever got up on its feet, that's probably for the best.
It's Time for Congress to Acknowledge the Collapse of Pot Prohibition
Two-thirds of the states have now legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use.
Harsh Republican Restrictionism Loses Bigly in the Midterms
Candidates who channeled Trump on immigration got roundly smacked.
New California Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Been 'Vocally Anti-Gun Every Chance He Gets'
Outcoming Gov. Jerry Brown was no gun rights advocate, but if Newsom's voting record is any indication, he's likely to be even worse.
Washington State Carbon Tax Initiative Loses
Did voters recognize it as a green pork-barrel scheme?
Ranked-Choice Voting in Maine May Affect House Race Results
Meanwhile, Fargo citizens adopt a different way to choose winners of citywide races.
Expect the House Education Committee to Target Betsy DeVos and Title IX Reforms
Democrats can't stop her, but they can hold a lot of hearings.
A Surprisingly Normal Election
The biggest shock from yesterday's midterms was that everything went more or less as expected.
Pundits Gripe Over Meaningless Senate 'Popular Vote'
To the extent that this is even a thing, it's no surprise the Democrats won it, since they won most of the seats that were up yesterday.
Ex-Nevada Brothel Owner Dennis Hof Wins Assembly Seat Despite Being Dead
He's not the first dead person to win an election.
2018 Midterm Election Results Include a Lot for Libertarians to Like: Reason Roundup
Amash and Massie will return. Michigan will have legal weed. No Nevada brothels will be banned. And more...
Libertarian State Sen. Laura Ebke of Nebraska Loses Re-Election Bid
Running a campaign that stressed small-government values over the Libertarian Party label, the incumbent was still unable to prevail.
Forget the Polls. Listen to the Gamblers.
When it comes to predicting the outcome of an election, bettors are better.
Three Cheers for the Return of Divided Government
Democrats will be able to check the worst parts of Trump's presidency in a way Republicans never would, but will otherwise be very limited.
Libertarian Bethany Baldes Gets Within 60 Votes of Victory in Wyoming State House Race Against Incumbent GOP Majority Leader
Digging in on one winnable small-total race comes very close to paying off for Libertarian strategist Apollo Pazell.
Utah Becomes the 33rd State to Legalize Medical Marijuana
The initiative's success is especially striking given the Mormon church's opposition.
Michigan Becomes the 10th State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
It is the first state in the Midwest to allow nonmedical use.
Midterm Voters Punished Anti-Kavanaugh Democrats
But pro-Kavanaugh Joe Manchin was spared.
Party-Switching N.H. State Rep. Brandon Phinney Gets Slaughtered as a Libertarian
"Voters care more about party than literally anything else."
