Cameron Joseph
Senior Political Reporter
cameron.joseph@vice.comCameron Joseph is VICE News' award-winning senior political reporter. He covers the modern Republican Party, elections, voting rights, and threats to democracy. He also writes for the Almanac of American Politics.
Trump Announces 2024 Presidential Bid Days After Costing GOP the Midterms
“In order to make America great and glorious again I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” said Trump.
Election Deniers Got Thrashed in the Midterm Elections
It looks like every election-denying secretary of state candidate backed by former President Donald Trump will lose their swing-state elections.
‘Complete Bloodbath’: What Just Happened in Florida?
Florida didn’t have a red wave, it had a red tsunami.
A Red Wave Didn’t Give Republicans the House But Gerrymandering Probably Will
The 2022 election turned out to be a draw. But Republicans won the redistricting wars—and it'll likely give them the House.
Trump’s Handpicked Candidates Just Got Destroyed—and Screwed the GOP
Democrats’ surprisingly strong election night came because Trump backed a bunch of conspiracist duds.
Republicans Thought They Were Going to Win Big. Then They Didn’t.
Democrats are outperforming expectations and winning nearly every tossup race as they fight to hang onto Congress.
This Election Could Be Just as Long and Ugly as 2020
Slow vote counts, close races, and a crowd of GOP candidates ready to cry “rigged” could lead to a scary election month.
Election Official Fired for Doing a Voting Fraud to Prove Voting Fraud
The action seemed designed to sow doubt in Wisconsin voters’ trust in their election system.
Trump Jr., GOP Push Homophobic Conspiracy Theory After Paul Pelosi Attack
Key Republicans are pushing a new conspiracy theory to avoid grappling with the possibility that their lies may have inspired the attack on Pelosi.
Get Ready for a Bunch of Sore-Loser Republicans Claiming 2022 Is Rigged
Many GOP candidates who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged are signaling they’ll do the same for 2022.
Blake Masters Wants to Fire All Generals and Replace Them With Conservatives
Masters explicitly called for a wholesale firing of the generals at least seven times between August 2021 and March 2022.
Election-Denying MAGA Republicans Just Swept 2022’s Last Primaries
Republicans nominated more conspiracy theorists—and hurt their chances at winning control of Congress.