1st Edition

Understanding the 2022 U.S. Midterm Congressional Elections Continuity and Change

Edited By Joel Sievert, James C. Garand, Bruce I Newman Copyright 2026
112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

This book brings together a group of respected congressional election scholars to explore how and why the 2022 midterm congressional elections unfolded as they did. The 2022 midterm congressional elections were full of surprises. Most political observers expected the Republicans to gain substantial majority in House of Representatives, but instead, they secured a narrow majority in the House... Read more

Introduction: The 2022 Midterm Congressional Election

Joel Sievert and James C. Garand

 

1. In the Shadow of Trump: The 2022 Midterm Elections

Jamie L. Carson and Stewart Ulrich

 

2. Redistricting and the 2022 Congressional Midterm Elections

Ryan D. Williamson

 

3. Do Quality Candidates and Incumbents Still Matter in the Partisan World? Comparing Trends and Relationship Between Candidate Differentials and Congressional Election Outcomes, 1900–2022

Carlos Algara and Byengseon Bae

 

4. The Selling of Experience in the 2022 Congressional Elections

Colin R. Case and Sarah A. Treul

 

5. Embeddedness, Social Contagion, and Vote Choice in the 2022 U.S. Senate Elections

Costas Panagopoulos and Nunzio Lore

 

6. A Tale of Two Elections: Changes in Candidates’ Tweets During the 2022 Midterm Elections in Virginia

Heather K. Evans and Katelynn Parton 

Biography

Joel Sievert is Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.

James C. Garand is the Emogene Pliner Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.

Bruce I. Newman is Professor and Wicklander Fellow in Business Ethics at DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA, and editor of Journal of Political Marketing.