Midterms Speed Read: All You Need to Know About Tuesday’s Vote

The 2018 midterms are the most closely watched, most expensive and most fretted-about congressional elections in memory. They’re always about the one person not on the ballot -- the president -- but never more so than this year.
Midterms Get Underway With Control of Congress Hanging in Balance
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The 2018 midterms are the most closely watched, most expensive and most fretted-about congressional elections in memory. They’re always about the one person not on the ballot -- the president -- but never more so than this year.

Democrats are expected to take control of the House of Representatives but fall short in the Senate. Then again, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton was expected to beat Donald Trump in 2016. The party’s despair over a second loss to Trump would be immeasurable.