Podcast: What We Learned From 2017’s Special Elections – Roll Call

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Podcast: What We Learned From 2017’s Special Elections

The Big Story, Episode 59

Campaign workers decorate the ballroom with balloons for Jon Ossoff's election night watch party in Atlanta, Ga., on special election day, Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Jason Dick and Simone Pathé

Posted June 21, 2017 at 6:49pm

Special election season is over, yielding an expensive status quo in the House’s partisan balance. But there are lessons to learn from these contests, including how they will affect the congressional agenda and what it means for the 2018 elections. Roll Call’s Simone Pathé and Jason Dick discuss the fallout.

 

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