‘A complete repudiation’: public health won big in US midterm elections
Summary
Public health and healthcare were central issues in the U.S. midterm elections, and candidates who campaigned on them won offices at the national and state levels. The results could lead to changes in policies on vaccines, abortion, healthcare access and gender-affirming care.Key Facts
- The article says voters faced rising cases of vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles, and serious foodborne illness outbreaks.
- Democrats flipped state legislative chambers in several states.
- Texas attorney general Ken Paxton's successor said he would drop several lawsuits involving abortion and gender-affirming care.
- Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected governor of Georgia, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state.
- Georgia microbiologist Jasmine Clark won a seat in the U.S. House, and Senator Jon Ossoff won re-election.
- Ohio governor-elect Amy Acton and Michigan senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed had public health roles during the COVID-19 response.
- Pediatrician Annie Andrews won a U.S. Senate seat and campaigned on improving vaccination rates and impeaching Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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