2022 Midterm Elections

A conversation with Lara Bazelon, law professor at the University of San Francisco and director of its criminal and juvenile and racial justice clinics, about the run for the district attorneys office and how it has changed over the years.

What do the midterm election results mean for President Biden's climate and clean energy agenda?

Georgian voters head to the polls as Senator Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker compete in a runoff election. What's at stake for the Democrats if they secure this crucial 51st Senate seat?

Darwin BondGraham, news editor at The Oaklandside, wrote an analysis about how the Oakland mayor’s race was all about public safety. KALW’s elections engagement editor Sonia Paul caught up with BondGraham to talk about how we got here, and how we’re seeing this play out.

Last week's election left us, both locally, and nationally, awash in uncertainty. Tonight, the second in a two-part series, looks at the election.In Part One, examined the uncertainty and anxiety. In national elections, how did we get to where the pundits so inaccurately predict with such confidence? In local elections, how do such practices as ranked-choice voting both potentially delay the result and alter the outcome?Tonight, in Part Two, we will look at specific issues, the legislative agenda, access to voting, and again, just where we are.For both broadcasts, we welcome your input. Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Democrats keep control of the Senate, but key House races are still being decided. We'll discuss what state and local results mean for climate change.

Major media and pollsters got the midterm elections wrong again. What will it take for reporters to focus on the issues and what's at stake?

Last night's election left us, both locally, and nationally, awash in uncertainty. Tonight, the first in a two-part series, looks at the election.In Part One, we will examine the uncertainty and anxiety. In national elections, how did we get to where the pundits so inaccurately predict with such confidence? In local elections, how do such practices as ranked-choice voting both potentially delay the result and alter the outcome?In Part Two, we will look at specific issues, the legislative agenda, access to voting, and again, just where we are.For both broadcasts, we welcome your input. Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Sixty percent of Americans have a Republican election denier on the ballot in this election. What's really at stake as voters head to the polls?

Prominent climate scientist Michael Mann discusses the impacts of the midterm elections on US climate policies and the transition to renewable energy.