The Brian Lehrer Show

Clare Malone, writer at The New Yorker and co-host of the new podcast Still Counting, digs into the results and exit polls of the midterm elections and offers analysis of the national picture, as Democrats win control of both houses of Congress, and several key swing-state governorships.

Photo: Voters enter and exit a polling station during early voting for the midterm election in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

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U.S. Representative-elect Brad Lander (D, NY-10) talks about his plans and priorities as the next member of Congress for New York's 10th Congressional district.

Photo: Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander takes the stage during an election eve rally at Silo on June 22, 2026 in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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U.S. Representative-elect Cait Conley (D, NY-17) talks about her successful challenge to incumbent Mike Lawler and her plans for serving in Congress.

Photo: Cait Conley, who is challenging U.S. Representative Mike Lawler to represent New York’s 17th Congressional District, speaks to supporters in Tarrytown, New York. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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U.S. Representative-elect Rebecca Bennett (D, NJ-07) talks about her successful challenge to incumbent Tom Kean, Jr. and her plans for serving in Congress.

Photo: New Jersey Democratic Congressional candidate Rebecca Bennett arrives to a rally at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

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Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, and Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, offer analysis of the election results in New York.

Photo: A woman votes at a polling location on Election Day during the midterm elections in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP via Getty Images)

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