10 Midterm Races for Federal Employees to Watch

Government Executive: The midterm elections are just one week away and candidates are making their closing arguments to win over voters.

Federal employees have a lot on the line in the election, most significantly who will control the 116th Congress and chair the oversight of the executive branch. Nonpartisan forecasters give Democrats a higher likelihood of taking the House, while Republicans are the favorites to hold onto the Senate. A few key races could determine who is leading the legislative branch's watchdog efforts of the Trump administration, and who has a final say on a number of civil service reforms and compensation issues sure to come up in the next two years.

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