Federal Fallout: The 2026 Midterms Edition

A non-partisan podcast exploring the 2026 midterms by looking at the most important states and races. Views expressed are those of the host personally. Contact: federalfalloutpod@gmail.com samshirazi.substack.com

Federal Fallout: The 2026 Midterms Edition is a news podcast hosted by Sam Shirazi, with 115 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Sam Shirazi hosts Federal Fallout: The 2026 Midterms Edition, a news show with 115 episodes published.

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  Federal Fallout: The 2026 Midterms Edition

  Grand Finale: Referendum Struck Down

  May 9, 202629 minS0

  <p>Hi everyone, I’m Sam and this is Federal the Virginia Elections. This episode is the grand finale where we will go over the Virginia Supreme Court ruling that finally came down on the redistricting referendum. And then at the end, I’ll talk a little bit about what what might be next for me. So to begin, I wanted to talk about this Virginia Supreme Court opinion we were all waiting for it. Oral arguments had happened. And really, everyone was on pins and needles waiting for the Virginia Supreme Court to rule. And luckily, they finally gave thei...

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  Federal Fallout: The 2026 Midterms Edition

  Next Stop: Virginia Supreme Court

  Apr 25, 202617 minS0

  <p>Hi, everyone. I’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Federal Fall Out of Virginia Elections. This episode, we will look at what’s next with Virginia redistricting, specifically what’s going to be going on at the Virginia Supreme Court now that the redistricting referendum has passed.</p><p>00:13.62</p><p>Sam Shirazi</p><p>So last episode, we kind of broke down the results of the redistricting referendum. I may talk about that some more down the line. However, I did want to talk about basically the next step in the redistricting referendum.</p><p>00:25.34</p><p>Sam Shiraz...

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  Referendum Passes and Federal Fallout Continues

  Apr 22, 202617 minS0

  <p>Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Will Fall Out of Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over the results of the redistricting referendum after the results came in on Tuesday night and it looks like yes is going to win by probably around 4% when all the votes are in.</p><p>00:15.61</p><p>Sam Shirazi</p><p>And yeah, really interesting results. Honestly, kind of what we expected based off the vibes, based off the polls. So what I wanted to do is kind of break down the results, talk about them a little bi...

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  Election Day: Vibes and What to Expect

  Apr 21, 202623 minS0

  <p>Hi, everyone. i’m Sam Shirazi, and this is Feroa Fall Out the Virginia Elections. This episode, we will go over the election day here in the Commonwealth of Virginia as voters go to the polls to cast their ballots in this redistricting referendum.</p><p>00:13.62</p><p>Sam Shirazi</p><p>And then at seven o’clock, we will start to see the results. So certainly an exciting day and the culmination of a... an Interesting campaign that is something that was unique in Virginia history, a redistricting referendum in the spring. And first I want to go over...

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  Shy Yes Voters vs. Skeptical No Independents

  Apr 18, 202619 minS0

  <p>Hi everyone, I’m Sam Shirazi and this is Federal Fallout the Virginia Elections. This episode we will go over the final days of the redistricting campaign and some of the dynamics we might see as the results start coming in on Tuesday.</p><p>00:12.44</p><p>Sam Shirazi</p><p>But before I get to that, I did want to talk about something a lot more tragic and that is the news that I’m sure many of you have heard about former Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax.</p><p>00:23.51</p><p>Sam Shirazi</p><p>and his wife. For...

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