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Al Jazeera English Chief US Correspondent. I get around a bit. Unlikely runner. Golfer. Scot. Tweets ≠ endorsements.

Washington DC
Joined January 2009
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I did a story 6 years ago about how people though Texas could be flipped blue . "Only a matter of time" I was told.
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Political earthquake #Elections2026
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Democrat Amy Acton has defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, to win the governor race in Ohio. 🟠 LIVE updates: aje.news/avvdpp
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"This is on Hegseth" says Republican. " He told Trump the war would be easy He has lost us this election". The recriminations begin
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The Republicans would be mistaken to think this is just about the war. It is much more than that.
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Shaping up to be as bad a result for Republicans since 2006 - when voters punished the party for a war in the Middle East
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One Republican told me the ad that said Marshall, a millionaire, was chasing families for medical bills effectively ended his campaign.
RACE UPDATE: CBS News rates the race for U.S. Senate in Kansas as leans Democratic. cbsn.ws/3UwhyJi
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RACE UPDATE: CBS News rates the race for U.S. Senate in Kansas as leans Democratic. cbsn.ws/3UwhyJi
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Dem messages me "We made it too big to claim its rigged"
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Republican tells me "This is worse than we thought. Much, much worse"
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Republicans now worried about Kansas "we are seeing some rough numbers"
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As expected Roy Cooper expected to win North Carolina. That's a Dem win in the senate.
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Republican source tells me "we are worried South Carolina is slipping away from us"
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Republican who told me the "internal exit polls looked good" messages me with "This could be a rough night after all"
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I'm guessing (can't guarantee) the information is being shared with the White House
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Trump is rage posting about Fox News and it's coverage of #Election2026 A sign of what's to come over the coming days?
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Democrats will do well in early results - they tend to use early voting more. Early results aren't ordinarily a predictor of what's to come. #Election2026
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The Republicans thought they could take out Ossoff tonight. The race has already been called. That's a pretty big piece off the board early for the Republicans #Election2026
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People will start picking at individual results and cast them as what will happen across the night. For the moment these are outliers. Wait till the picture is more complete before you start making claims.........#Election2026
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