On October 31, Thompson Coburn's education team hosted a
webinar for the higher education community in advance of the
midterm elections. Special thanks to our friends Kim
Jones from the Council for Opportunity in
Education and Kevin Cain from
the Association of American Veterinary
Colleges for joining us for our live panel
discussion.
As promised during the webinar, we are posting this blog to
break down the election results and look ahead to the 116th
Congress. You may have more questions than answers after a long
election night! We hope our postgame commentary will break through
the confusion and help you plan for 2019.
A bird's eye view
The Democrats took back the House, which has been in GOP control
since 2010. Though they only needed to flip 23 seats to regain
their majority, the Democrats flipped at least 33 — a
slightly better performance than many polls had
anticipated.
