<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent"></span><b style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">The Institute for Ethics in Public Life invites you to join us for "What Just Happened?", a discussion of the midterm election results at 3:30pm on Wednesday, November 11, in person or on Zoom with special guest Dr. Maggie Martin, Asst. Prof. of Political Science</b></div><div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"><b> </b><br></span></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;padding:0px"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">The 2026 midterm election is shaping up to be incredibly consequential. While pre-election polling indicated it was likely to be a good election for the Democratic Party, the election night results exceeded expectations. What led to such a massive victory for the Democrats, and what does it mean? Was it simply antipathy towards President Trump, or are there larger lessons to be learned? And how will this affect legislation and policy over the next two years? Will President Trump moderate some of his domestic and foreign policies, or double down? Will Congress reassert its prerogatives against administration encroachment, and engage in real Congressional oversight of the administration up to and including possible impeachment of administration officials? </span></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;padding:0px"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">To help us understand the midterm election and its implications we welcome Dr. Maggie Smith, Assistant Professor of Political Science, to the Institute.</span></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"><b> </b></span></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">Please join us in person in the Thomas Moran Seminar Room of the Institute for Ethics in Public Life (Hawkins 233) or on Zoom (see below). </span></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;padding:0px"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">Topic: What just happened?</span></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">Time: Nov 11, 2026 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)</span></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;padding:0px"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Google Sans Text","Google Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">Join Zoom Meeting</span></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-se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