# ‘A complete repudiation’: public health won big in US midterm elections

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/a-complete-repudiation-public-health-won-big-in-us-midterm-elections/
- Published: 2026-11-09T12:00:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T12:22:37+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/09/public-health-midterm-elections-changes
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Public health-focused candidates won key midterm races.
- Democrats gained ground in several state legislatures.
- Victories could reshape healthcare and reproductive policies.

## Summary

Candidates who centred their campaigns on healthcare and public health won offices across the US in last week’s midterm elections. Public health advocates called the results a rejection of the Trump administration’s health policies, as voters faced concerns including rising vaccine-preventable disease, healthcare costs and access to reproductive care.

Democrats gained ground in several state legislatures, with potential consequences for policies on abortion, gender-affirming care and vaccination. Victories included pediatrician Annie Andrews, who campaigned to impeach Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, and public health figures Amy Acton and Abdul El-Sayed; Texas’s incoming attorney general has also said he will drop several lawsuits pursued by his predecessor.

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