Attribution: REACTION TO 2026 MIDTERM RESULTS by Dave Granlund

Dave Granlund’s cartoons have appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek.

Attribution: Election Season Never Truly Ends by Dave Whamond

Dave Whamonds work has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest and many more. He has won 7 Silver Reubens from the National Cartoonists Society and several book awards. Dave has written and/or illustrated over 50 books and his syndicated comic, “Reality Check”, has appeared in newspapers since 1995.

Attribution: Lady Liberty Rides Blue Wave by Jeff Koterba

Wiki: Jeffrey Koterba, born May 6, 1961, in Omaha, Nebraska, is a prominent editorial cartoonist known for his moderate and insightful cartoons that have appeared in over 850 publications globally through Cagle Cartoons . He began drawing editorial cartoons in high school and continued at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, contributing to the college newspaper, the Gateway, and local papers like the Bellevue Leader . After college, he worked part-time for the Kansas City Star before joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, where he served as the editorial cartoonist until 2020

Trump lost the Senate—and made the loss his own.

GOP Leader John Thune worked to protect the majority, backing candidates he thought could win. Trump overruled him at every turn, most notably in Texas, backing Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn.

Then Trump made other races a loyalty test. And Graham lost South Carolina, Whatley lost North Carolina; Collins lost Georgia; Sununu lost New Hampshire.

The economy and Iran mattered, too. But Trump chose the fights, demanded the loyalty, and left Thune to defend the wreckage. Now he gets the blame.

[Read our real-time thread as we watched history being made] –> “It’s 6 p.m. Eastern. The first polls are closing, and we’re watching for the early returns that could tell us whether a blue wave is building—or whether we’re looking at something bigger.”

Share what you’re seeing, gloat if you’re winning, whine if you’re losing, follow the night with us right here.

Exit Polls (includes early voters)…
Trump Approval 38%
Disapprove 62%

Top 3 Issues:
Economy
Democracy
Immigration

Attribution: Election Day by Bob Englehart

Bob Englehart was the editorial cartoonist for the Hartford Courant for 35 years when his job was eliminated by the hedge fund that bought the newspaper. Before that, he worked for Chicago Today, the Journal-Gazette in Ft. Wayne, IN and the Journal Herald in Dayton, OH. He studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago on scholarship. His progressive editorial cartoons have been distributed all over the world by CagleCartoons.com for nearly 20 years.

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