Democratic doctors and scientists win US midterm races as voters reject the MAHA movement

Summary

Democrats running on health and science won a wave of US midterm races up and down the ballot, a result that political organizations behind the candidates describe as a rebuke of Trumpism. The groups call it the 'Stem swing' and 'revenge of the nerds.' The wins follow years of cuts and upheaval to US health and science infrastructure. Democrats spent heavily on health-related ads, and voters rejected the Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement.

Timeline

1. The Guardian

   5 Nov 2026, 13:00 UTCSource ↗

   The Guardian reports that political organizations behind a wave of Democratic doctors and scientists winning elections up and down the ballot call the midterm results the 'Stem swing' and 'revenge of the nerds', a rebuke of Trumpism that follows years of cuts to US health and science infrastructure, Democratic spending on health-related ads, and voters rejecting the Make America Healthy Again movement.