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Should China be happy about the Democrats’ landslide?

China Translated Briefing #78

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Robert Wu
Nov 12, 2026

Most years, you can get through an American midterm election in China without having to know where Kansas is. This year quite a few people around me learned something about Kansas. It had been 94 years since the state last elected a Democrat to the US Senate. Donald Trump won it by more than 16 points two years ago. Last week it elected Adam Hamilton.

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