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2018 Midterm Election Coverage
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On Tuesday, November 6 you will get local, regional, and national election results on all of WOUB Public Media’s platforms. You can keep track of more than 200 state and county races by checking WOUB.org after the polls close. The Media Lab team will provide Facebook Live updates starting at 8:00 PM ET on the WOUB Public Media Facebook page. Also, be sure to follow our social media accounts including Twitter, and on Instagram at WOUB Visuals & OUtlet throughout the evening for the latest information. And for analysis and concerns regarding some of the top issues facing Southeast Ohio listen to #457SEO: Midterm Election Preview and a Midterms 2018 – Issue One.
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PBS will provide full primetime coverage and analysis of the midterm election results.
PBS NewsHour will be live with a standard broadcast at 7:00 PM, and then election night coverage will run from 8:00 PM ET through 12:00 AM ET — and possibly much later, depending on the news and availability of election results as the night progresses.
(The NewsHour team will make a news judgment about when to end coverage when there is no more news story to tell late on election night, but in no event will the coverage end before 12:00 AM ET.)
Joining anchor and manager Judy Woodruff in studio will be:
syndicated columnist Mark Shields
New York Times columnist David Brooks
Cook Political Report national editor Amy Walter
editor and publisher of American Greatness Chris Buskirk
MoveOn.org senior adviser Karine Jean-Pierre
PBS NewsHour Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins
Remotes will include:
PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor at the White House
presidential historian Michael Beschloss
former DHS official Juliette Kayyem
Wilson Center Kennan Institute global fellow Nina Jankowicz
and PBS NewsHour correspondents Amna Nawaz, William Brangham, Jeffrey Brown, and John Yang in the field and Washington.
There will also be reporting throughout the night on local and state elections in coordination with local stations.
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For broadcast, NPR will offer Special Coverage on Election Day, November 6th from 8:00 PM to 3:00 AM Eastern Time. Coverage will feature newsmaker interviews, reports from state races andanalysis from NPR’s Political Team.