As you know, Federal and, for the first time in months, State elections took place just a few days ago on March 10. In this article, we are going to focus on the elections held at the Federal level. (In this article, * means incumbent. For example, Senator Schlorp* (L))

Before the elections, the Senate makeup was 8-2, with the Progressives having a supermajority. About a week or two weeks before the election, the Senate makeup changed to 7-3, due to the resignation of Progressive Senator Luke Walker, who was replaced by Charles Lee, who became apart of the Schlorp Caucus. The office of President and Vice President was similar to what it has been for the past few months, with President Battle (L) and Vice President Pluribus (D) being the incumbents. It was announced a few weeks before the election that the President would run for reelection, while the Vice President would not.

Let’s start off with the Olympia (formerly District 1) Senate races. Rep. Lego (D) was up against Senator Wayne* (L) for the Class I Senate seat. With Olympia recently being a stronghold for the Right, many predicted that Senator Wayne would win by big margins. Still, a notable amount of people thought Rep. Lego had won the debate, despite incumbents usually having an advantage. In the end, Senator Wayne won the election, with him getting 62.64% to Lego’s 37.36% of the voted. Rep. Lego went on to become the Secretary of State and the Treasury Secretary for Olympia.

Now on to Pacifica (formerly District 2) Senate races. The incumbent Senator, Senator Loulou* (S), announced that he would not be running for re-election, but would instead be running for Governor. Therefore, the race was between then-NASA Administrator Seaver (L) and then-Secretary of Commerce and Labor Someone (S). It was a pretty unique race, as Secretary Someone ran a write-in campaign (he was not officially on the ballot, but voters had the option to write in the Secretary as their option), something that had never happened in a federal election before. Many individuals thought that Secretary Someone had an advantage, due to strong support from the Left, but despite that Administrator Seaver would go on to become Pacifica’s Class I Senator, winning 62.61% of the vote, while Secretary Someone would get 37.39%, which many considered to be a valiant showing for the first write-in campaign. Secretary Someone would go on to stay in the Battle Administration, and would be confirmed by the House of Representatives to become Secretary of Education, as well as Acting Attorney General.

Now onto Lincoln (formerly District 3), easily the most contested race in this election. As I stated earlier, the seat was held by Former Senator Walker (S). Though the Senator unexpectedly resigned a few weeks before the election, prompting Governor Holland* (R) to fill the seat with Charles Lee (L). This appointment shortened the Progressive Caucus’ supermajority by one seat. Senator Lee announced that he would be running to gain the voter’s mandate. His opponents would be Former Secretary of Environment Lightwood (S), and Former DNC member Starr (D). Many people were worried that if Senator Lee won the election, he would resign before his term was over, as he had done so several times in the past. Many people speculated that this election was going to be one of the closest ever, with Senator Lee and Secretary Lightwood being the prominent opponents. Secretary Lightwood ended up winning the election for the Class III Senate seat, with 50.93% of the vote, while Senator Lee and Starr received 49.05% and 0.02% support respectively. The slim 1.88% difference between first and second place was narrowly above the 1% required to hold a recount.

Now on to Jackson (formerly District 4), an interesting race. Senator Koay-Johnson (I) announced he would not be running for re-election. The candidates for the race would not be fresh faces, but candidates who have ran before, former House Presiding Officer Noah (L) and former Secretary of Education Justice (D). Both were strong candidates, but Secretary Justice had the advantage, as HPO Noah hadn’t released any ads, answered debate questions, nor done any rallies until the last minute. There wasn’t necessarily a strong get-out-the-vote movement for Jackson, as many believed that Secretary Justice would win, and they were correct. Justice won 60.95% of the vote opposed to Noah’s 39.05%. Justice went kn to be Jackson’s newest Class III Senator, and Noah kept his position as House Clerk, as well as becoming the new Speaker Pro Tempore.

Now for the last Senate race, Frontier (formerly District 5). Senator Chuck* (D) announced that he would be seeking re-election as Frontier’s Class I Senator. His opponents would be then-Attorney General Long and Former Senator Hersey. Many of Chuck’s supporters were worried that he would lose because, like SPT Noah in Jackson, he hadn’t completed many of those crucial activities until the last minute. Still, many of Chuck’s supporters were somewhat confident that he would come out on top, as they didn’t see Long and Hersey as strong opponents. Chuck ended up winning re-election with 54.93% of the vote, with Long winning 41.47%, and Hersey 3.60%. Chuck became Senate President Pro Tempore, Long was nominated as Secretary of State (currently being voted on in the House), and Hersey ran for Speaker of the House against Speaker Romerio-Jacob* (S), but lost narrowly by only four votes.

Now, what you’ve all been waiting for: the Presidential election. President Battle* (L) announced he would be running for re-election for a second consecutive term, the first President to do so in months. His Vice President, Pluribus (D), who, as you know was also Vice President under President Cade (D), announced he would not be running on the ticket with the President this time around, reportedly his own choice. Instead, the President chose then-Frontier Governor Broadman (L) as his running mate. The opposing ticket was Rep. MacIntyre (D) and Rep. Nikolai (S), two individuals who were not known in the political spotlight. There was a lot of controversy surrounding their run, as Nikolai was an apparent Fascist, one time even using the Twitter tag “JewishFascistParty”, and MacIntyre not considered to be a serious candidate, as he showed an apparent lack of care for the American people. During his run, MacIntyre also made harmful threats to fellow members of Congress, leading to his expulsion from the Democratic Party. He then became an Independent for a while, then joined and became the new Party Leader of the newly founded Constitution Party, which has gained bipartisan criticism for their actions. The results for each of the States were:

Olympia: Battle: 84.03% and MacIntyre: 5.47% Pacifica: Battle: 82.58% and MacIntyre: 8.27% Lincoln: Battle: 86.38% and MacIntyre: 5.72% Jackson: Battle: 87.38% and MacIntyre: 6.73% Frontier: Battle: 86.58% and MacIntyre: 6.27% District of Columbia: Battle: 85.98% and MacIntyre: 4.27%

Winners of All Races: Wayne (Olympia), Seaver (Pacifica), Lightwood (Lincoln), Justice (Jackson), Chuck (Frontier), and Battle/Broadman (Presidential).

I hope you enjoyed this recap of the elections! This has been David Miller with The Congressional Report.