Medical Professionals Are Among the Winners of the Midterms
Topics: 2026 Midterm ElectionsHealth Policy & RFK Jr.
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- NYT reports: “About a half-dozen Democratic doctors and nurses ran for Congress. Some made opposition to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. central to their campaigns.”
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