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'A mandate for change': Progressive Democrat William Lawrence flips House seat in Michigan
In Michigan's 7th Congressional District, progressive activist William Lawrence unseated Republican Tom Barrett in one of the year’s most competitive House races. Lawrence joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the win and what comes next.
PBS NewsHour
What the coverage shows
Coverage converges on Democrats taking a South Carolina Senate seat, with all outlets framing it as a flip and most identifying Annie Andrews as the winner over Republican Darline Graham. The New York Times is the only outlet in this set to call it the first big surprise of election night and to say Graham’s missteps contributed to the loss, while PBS NewsHour is the only one to spotlight Andrews’ victory speech. Several other extracts are actually about North Carolina, so the South Carolina framing is not uniform across the group.
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