Amber Phillips
Washington Post
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Past articles by Amber:
The biggest surprises of the 2018 election cycle
Who could have predicted the Russia probe would still be going strong and Republicans have won two Supreme Court battles by now? → Read More
Why the Florida governor’s race is ugly, unpredictable — and important
Polls and insiders give Democrat Andrew Gillum the slight edge -- for now → Read More
How to argue about whether Democrats will win back the House
Momentum has been with Democrats all election cycle, but some recent data suggests that the battle is tightening. → Read More
Chuck Grassley’s novel advice to Iowa Republicans: Elect a GOP governor, because I’m old
The 85-year-old just acknowledge his age could be a problem for him and his party. So let's talk about how old the Senate is. → Read More
Could a Democrat win the Kansas governor’s race? It’s looking possible.
Republicans have arguably done everything wrong to try to get over the Brownback tax drama and keep control of the governor’s mansion. → Read More
Trump is even more hyperbolic about immigration now than in 2016
President Trump launched his long-shot presidential campaign in 2015 by declaring Mexican immigrants were drug dealers, criminals and rapists. Three years later, Trump is again facing a tough campaign in which he — or, more accurately, his party — seems likely to face some heavy losses. And so, in the final weeks before November’s midterm elections, Trump is falling back into his trademark… → Read More
How the Georgia governor’s race could reshape the voting rights debate
It's a debate that Republicans have been winning for years. → Read More
Why did Alaska’s governor abruptly drop out of the race?
There aren't any clear answers, but here are some clues. → Read More
Nikki Haley joins a growing list of Trump officials who criticize Trump on their way out the door
"Our opponents are not evil. They’re just our opponents." → Read More
We knew Trump doesn’t condemn a congressman for assaulting a reporter. Now, he celebrates it.
This comes during a week when the probable killing of another journalist has caused international outrage. → Read More
How Democrats could win back the House on health care, in 4 polls
Their bet that health care is a winning issue again looks like it might the right one → Read More
The Fix’s midterm Senate rankings: Heidi Heitkamp’s seat is the most likely to flip
Democrats will need to win most or all of the seats on the list to have a chance to take back the Senate. → Read More
What can Congress do to punish Saudi Arabia if Trump won’t?
A lot of their options are Trump-dependent. → Read More
All the ways House Democrats are planning to make Trump’s life miserable next year
If Democrats win the House, expect investigations to be "off the charts," one person said. → Read More
Mitt Romney’s latest attempt to backtrack on Trump tells us what to expect from him in the Senate
Romney underscores how even one of the president’s former top critics has come to accept that the Republican Party is Trump’s party. → Read More
No, Beto O’Rourke’s insane $38 million fundraising haul does not mean he can win Texas
It's arguably even a giant waste of money in Democrats' uphill battle to retake the Senate → Read More
13 ads that define these midterm elections
Republicans are hugging Trump while Democrats suddenly want to talk about health care after years of avoiding it. → Read More
The 10 governor’s seats most likely to flip parties in November
Nine of the 10 gubernatorial races most likely to flip parties are held by Republicans. → Read More
The Kavanaugh fight was historically ugly. Blame a Congress that was primed to bungle it.
Congress was extraordinarily ill-equipped to deal with what the Kavanaugh nomination morphed into. → Read More
Why the Kavanaugh fight could hurt the GOP’s chances of keeping the House and help it keep the Senate
Two entirely different sets of voters could decide the fate of Republicans in Congress in November. → Read More