Health Professionals Win in Democratic Midterm Sweep — SkimNews
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- Democrats regained control of Congress in midterm elections that spotlighted health care, public health and trust in science.
- Abdul El-Sayed won a Michigan Senate seat; the epidemiologist’s victory was among the election’s most notable Democratic wins.
- Annie Andrews flipped South Carolina’s Senate seat in a major upset, helping hand the chamber to Democrats.
- Amy Acton was elected governor of Ohio; the physician previously served as the state’s pandemic-era health director.
- Democrats took back the House with newly elected representatives including registered nurse Mitchell Berman, who flipped a Wisconsin seat; health care executive Rebecca Bennett, who flipped a New Jersey seat; microbiologist Jasmine Clark in Georgia; microbiologist Manny Rutinel, who flipped a Colorado seat; and pediatrician Richard Pan in California.
Why it matters: Democrats gained control of both chambers as eight named health professionals or health-care leaders won federal or state office. The second-order change is representational: the new Congress and Ohio government now include an epidemiologist, two pediatricians, two microbiologists, a registered nurse, a health care executive and a physician-governor, matching the election’s health-care and public-health themes.
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