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My map of the 2022 RI-02 general election, in which Seth Magaziner was elected to Congress. I had Magaziner favored in this race, unlike the major forecasters.

hElium Politics is an independent publication launched in September 2026 by Eli Spencer Heyman, covering Georgia and Rhode Island politics from the left. If you subscribe today, you'll get full access to the website as well as email newsletters about new content when it's available. Your subscription makes this site possible, and allows hElium Politics to exist. Thank you! Please check out my introductory post for more information or to subscribe.

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My main website is elium2.com, featuring my maps and datasets. I'm currently working on updating it with more recent work.

Disclosures

I serve as the paid treasurer for two Georgia campaign committees, the Committee to Elect Gabriel Sanchez (State House District 42) and Kelsea Bond for Atlanta (City Council District 2); you are welcome to check this statement against the state's list of active candidate committees. I also served as a paid legislative aide to Rep. Sanchez in the 2026 Georgia legislative session and have reason to believe I might have similar work in the future. I have never taken on any paid work in Rhode Island politics. I sometimes donate to campaigns I support in both states and elsewhere, which isn't a conflict of interest per se but which I disclose within reason when writing about those campaigns.

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