Science FTW

Health Policy Nov 10, 2026• By KIM BELLARD Science won. At least, that’s one of the takeaways from last week’s midterm elections. If you were one of the 124 million Americans who voted, you probably already know that there was a Blue Wave, with resounding Democrat victories across the country, even in historically red areas. Georgia not only reelected its Democrat Senator – no surprise — but also elected a Democrat Governor, who will be the first black woman governor in the country, no less. Iowa elected a Democrat Senator and Governor. South Carolina is sending a Democrat to the Senate, and Mississippi – Mississippi!!! – may as well. Even Kansas elected a Democrat Senator, the first such in almost 100 years. Ohio and Texas not only flipped their Senators and Governors but Democrats won all the statewide elections. Truly strange times. I’m allowing myself to hope that we’ll finally have a Congress that will fulfill its constitutional duties of acting as a counterbalance to the power of the Presidency, but one thing I’m particularly excited about is the prospect these results will be less about being a Blue wave than what The Washington Post called a “STEM wave.” Among the newcomers...