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Mass Politics Profs: Midterm elections reaction

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GBH
Published
Sun 13 Nov 2022
Episode Link
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_181_50271191-a2ee-4926-9fbb-28104c5b5e59&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wgbh.org%2F181%2Ffeed-rss.xml

This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:

The November 8th midterm elections brought some historic victories; Maura Healey became the first LGBTQ person to be elected governor in the history of the United States. But it also brought some surprises; the "red wave" Republicans were predicting was more of a trickle. 

We spent a full hour with the Mass Politics Profs to hear what they had to say in the wake of the elections.

Find more of their analysis on their blog.

Guests:

Shannon Jenkins is the interim assistant dean of the college of arts and sciences at UMass Dartmouth and a professor of political science.

Erin O’Brien is an associate professor of political science at UMass Boston.

Luis Jiménez is an assistant professor of political science at UMass Boston.

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