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U.S. Department of State

Diplomacy in Action

Midterm Elections 2010

Foreign Press Center Programs
-Briefings
-Tours

Transcripts of Foreign Press Center Briefings
-11/04/10  President's Upcoming Trip to Asia and U.S. Foreign Policy after the Mid-Term Elections; Mike Hammer, National Security Council Spokesman; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-11/04/10  A Point of View from the White House- How the Election Will Affect the Obama Administration's Agenda; Mike Allen, White House Reporter for POLITICO; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-11/04/10  Analysis of Election Results; David Lublin, Professor, American University; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-11/03/10  Review of the Midterm Elections by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly; R. Spencer Oliver, Secretary General, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-11/02/10  Latest Polling Results; John Zogby, Pollster; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-11/02/10  The New Congress and the Obama Administration; John Fortier, Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-11/02/10  Election Day Landscape - Forces at Play and Possible Outcomes; Jerry Hagstrom, Senior Editor with the National Journal; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-10/26/10  The Midterm Gubernatorial Races; Raymond C. Scheppach, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Governors Association; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-10/22/10  The Tea Party and the 2010 Midterm Elections; Kate Zernike, New York Times reporter and author of "Boiling Mad: Inside Tea Party America" ; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-10/13/10  The Midterm Election Campaign: 20 Days Left - Hot House and Senate Races; Alexander Burns, POLITICO reporter and political analyst on major television and radio shows; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-10/12/10  A Retrospective on House Midterm Elections; Dr. Fred Beuttler, Deputy House Historian, U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Historian; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-10/06/10  Midterm Election Scene Setter; Thomas Mann, Congressional Expert and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-06/18/10  Preview of the Upcoming Mid-Term Elections; Jerry Hagstrom, Senior Editor, National Journal; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC

Foreign Press Center Midterm Elections Monitor
-11/05/10   Number 8  [80 Kb]
-10/29/10   Number 7  [95 Kb]
-10/22/10   Number 6  [89 Kb]
-10/15/10   Number 5  [98 Kb]
-10/08/10   Number 4  [100 Kb]
-09/30/10   Number 3  [103 Kb]
-09/20/10   Number 2  [84 Kb]
-09/07/10   Number 1  [82 Kb]

Background Information
-- CNN Politics
-- CQ Politics
-- FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics Done Right - Political Analysis
-- The Green Papers: Midterm Election USA 2010
-- The Hill
-- Huffington Post - Elections 2010
-- New York Times
-- NPR- Elections 2010
-- Politico 2010
-- Real Clear Politics
-- U.S. Politics - about.com
-- Washington Post Politics

Senate Races
-- The Cook Political Report Senate Races
-- CQ Politics Senate Races
-- Politico
-- Politics Daily Senate Races
-- Sabato's Crystal Bowl

House Races
-- The Cook Political Report - House Races
-- Politico
-- Sabato's Crystal Bowl

Gubernatorial Races
-- The Cook Political Report - Governors' Races
-- CQ Politics: Races for Governor in 2010
-- Real Clear Politics: 2010 Governor Races

Polls
-- Election Projection
-- Gallup Poll
-- New York Times
-- Polling
-- Quinnipiac University Polling Institute
-- Rasmussen Reports

Blogs
-- Ben Smith
-- The Caucus
-- First Read
-- FiveThirtyEight
-- The Fix
-- List of State-Specific Political Blogs
-- Political Hotsheet
-- Politics and Policy
-- Politics Now
-- Polling Matters
-- Public Policy Polling
-- Swampland