Hopkins reflects on the midterm election results
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Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on the 2018 midterm results, Maryland’s elections and reactions from Hopkins students and professors.
- The paper reported that Republicans kept control of the Senate with 51 seats, while Democrats took the House with 223 seats.
- The article says Republican Larry Hogan won a second term as Maryland governor with 56.2 percent of the vote, defeating Ben Jealous.
- The reporter writes that Professor Robert Lieberman linked the results to President Trump’s unpopularity and said the election could increase political polarization.
- According to the article, College Republicans President Kevin Gianaris said Hopkins and its SGA had taken steps to increase civic engagement, including the SGA Civic Engagement Committee.
- The News-Letter reported that Lieberman expected more conflict in Congress and said passing legislation would require cooperation between both parties.