Harry Reid's communications director finds the tiniest consolation prize in last night's results

Harry Reid's communications director finds the tiniest consolation prize in last night's results
(Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Yes, Democrats lost the Senate, and sure, the midterm results were pretty damning overall, but hey, at least one Democrat eked out a win over a highly criticized, somewhat unknowledgeable candidate, right?

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Kimberly Alters

Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.