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PBS NewsHour Announces 2018 Midterm Election Night Special Coverage Plans

Washington, DC (October 25, 2018) — PBS NewsHour will present live coverage of the 2018 Midterm Elections on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 starting at 8pm ET on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings). The special broadcast will be anchored by managing editor Judy Woodruff, with a panel of studio guests to include syndicated columnist Mark ShieldsNew York Times columnist David Brooks, Cook Political Report national editor Amy Walter, editor and publisher of American Greatness Chris Buskirk, MoveOn.org senior adviser Karine Jean-Pierre, and PBS NewsHour Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins.

Joining NewsHour’s coverage remotely will be PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor at the White House; presidential historian Michael Beschloss; former DHS official Juliette Kayyem; Wilson Center Kennan Institute global fellow Nina Jankowicz; PBS NewsHour Weekend special correspondent Jeff Greenfield; and PBS NewsHour correspondents Amna NawazWilliam BranghamJeffrey Brown, and John Yang in the field and in Washington.

The special will also include reporting throughout the night on local and state elections in coordination with local PBS and NPR stations.

In addition to its broadcast on PBS stations nationwide, NewsHour’s special will stream on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Ustream. NewsHour’s 6pm daily broadcast will be updated at 7pm prior to the start of the evening’s special.

Coverage will extend online and on social beginning at 8am on November 6. Follow PBS NewsHour everywhere it will be:

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