Deputy national politics editor @WashingtonPost focused on campaigns. Fenitn.33 on Signal / [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined June 2011
- Tweets26K
- Following2.7K
- Followers21.7K
- Likes14.3K
Some amazing comments on the South Carolina Senate race from @natalie_allison’s interview with Ralph Norman, who lost to Darline Graham in the primary. (There are even more in the article) washingtonpost.com/politics/…
In his dispatch from South Carolina, @SchneiderG encountered voters who once supported Lindsey Graham explaining why they won’t vote for his sister washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Fenit Nirappil retweeted
There is something incredibly interesting happening right now in Democratic politics and it’s how men connect masculinity to fatherhood. It cuts through our politics’ harshness and the idea that masculinity is all bulging biceps.
I wrote about that here: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Don't miss @ktumulty's interview with Amy Acton and the resulting profile
“My childhood makes me see things people don’t see," Acton said. "I have an internal compass and radar that were very helpful and have always been helpful in a crisis"
Free link: wapo.st/4syGDQH
Excellent, well written profile of Hasan Piker by @oliviacgeorge washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Fenit Nirappil retweeted
NEW CNN Senate polls:
MI
El-Sayed 49
Rogers 42
TX
Talarico 49
Paxton 43
ME
Jackson 49
Collins 45
KS
Hamilton 49
Marshall 45
cnn.com/2026/10/29/politics/…
Fenit Nirappil retweeted
Key thing to remember about SC elections is the straight-ticket voting option: one click & voters can cast their entire ballot for the party ticket instead of going by race
A result like this would likely take a lot of folks foregoing that, but Rs still acknowledge a close race
NYT/Siena poll | 10/19-10/26 LV
US Senate South Carolina 2026
🟦Annie Andrews 48%
🟥Darline Graham 48% (incumbent)
Link to poll: nytimes.com/2026/10/28/upsho…
Fenit Nirappil retweeted
Former “Sunday Night Football” sideline reporter Michele Tafoya has emerged as an unexpectedly formidable Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, forcing Democrats to fight for a seat they once expected to hold comfortably. wapo.st/4jGmVjq
DOJ is usually quiet in the months before an election.
“But (Todd) Blanche has had some of his busiest weeks as attorney general ahead of next week’s midterms, cannonballing into politically fraught cases as the president cheers him on” washingtonpost.com/national-…
Useful guide here to the seven toss-up Senate races with more data, context from @theodoricmeyer & @KlaraAuerbach washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Fenit Nirappil retweeted
New: The FDA has rarely inspected the foreign facilities exporting the vast majority of fresh fruits & vegetables to the U.S., per WaPo investigation.
Only 7.6% of the facilities have been inspected by the agency since 2009.
With @caitlinsgilbert
washingtonpost.com/health/20…
Fenit Nirappil retweeted
Insightful story from smart reporters who know Texas and came here to listen to voters: The sleeper issue that could decide the U.S. Senate race in Texas wapo.st/4yIujhW
Fenit Nirappil retweeted
Just 2 years ago, RFK (Robert Kennedy) was in Dearborn meeting with Arab-Americans, posing for selfies with them. Today, he’s making disparaging remarks about Arabs. Video I took of him in Dearborn a few days before Nov. election.
Smart @jherrerx piece on why so many elections are unexpectedly in play
“Republicans have lost one of their greatest advantages in the last election: the border is quiet, and the fear and insecurity people once felt in South Texas has dissipated.” washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Coincidentally, we found two disaffected Republican voters from two states who are frustrated by $700 power bills and are quoted in two different articles
Trump 2024 voters who now disapprove of him make up about 8 percent of the electorate and are key to the midterms.
What a quote: “It’s kind of like if your wife is screwing the guy next door. You know, you’re kind of butt hurt about it.” washingtonpost.com/politics/…
More than a year ago, @dr_demetre resigned from CDC leadership to protest RFK Jr. and fight him from the outside.
@bylenasun has stayed in touch to report on what happened next.
Read the last installment of our Fight or Fold series for free: wapo.st/4BqcoiO
For Democrat Scott Colom to pull off the biggest upset of the midterms in Mississippi, he needs huge Black voter turnout and about a quarter of the white vote.
@SchneiderG went to Mississippi to report on why that's so hard washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Last night in Michigan, Obama directly tied Abdul El-Sayed's campaign and political story to his own, including how they both faced anti-Muslim rhetoric.
“We have seen this movie before. I starred in it,” Obama said. “This stuff didn’t work on me."
washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Fenit Nirappil retweeted
Democrats hold leads in the two Pa. swing districts GOP flipped two years ago, our latest poll shows inquirer.com/politics/pennsy…
