In a few weeks the United
States of America will hold a major multi-office
election known as "midterm" because it's halfway through a
presidential term of office; although this will not affect the US
executive branch directly. The election takes place on the first Tuesday of
November when it is not the first of the month; if it is then it takes place on
the second Tuesday. For 2026 the date is the 3rd. All American registered
voters are eligible to cast a ballot in the midterm election. In Congress, the entire
House of Representatives, all 435 members will face the polls, along with about
a third of the hundred Senators. About two thirds of the states elect new
governors and some will also appoint officials in their own legislatures. A
number of local mayors and councils also have elections. The independent political
analysts all conclude that it's likely the Democrats will make major gains
against the ruling GOP. This is a recurring pattern in American political
dynamics; in which the people carry out a protest vote against the President's
party. From President Trump's position, this will be a serious obstacle;
without the federal legislature on his side he will have an uphill battle to
introduce his policies. However, the issue which concerns me the most is what
this will do to the UFO Disclosure movement. Over the last few years a number
of Congress-people have bravely spoken out over this traditionally
unfashionable topic. Names that immediately spring to mind are Tim Burchett (R-TN),
Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) and Eric Burlison (R-MO)
(There is a rumour that Eric Burlison was planning to speak at last year's
Contact in the Desert. If this had happened then it would have only been the
second time in history that a sitting elected statesman had spoken at a UFO
conference. The first was, of course, another Eric; Sir Eric Gairy, Prime Minister
of Grenada. He spoke at the first International UFO Congress in Acapulco ,
Mexico in 1977. I
attended last year's Contact myself and Burlison was not present at all, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2025/06/ben-in-desert-2.html
and: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2026/02/ending-south.html.)
At the moment the opinion polls look quite rosy for most of
these pro-UAP lawmakers. Eric Burlison's seat in the 7th Congressional District
of Missouri is one of the safest in the country. As a Republican, Tim Burchett
also is very secure because he represents a staunchly red region of Tennessee
and his constituents are generally pleased with his performance since the last
election. Anna Paulina Luna's Florida
seat is more marginal. The same goes for her fellow Floridian Jared Moskowitz.
Although Moskowitz is a Democrat, his district has been described as "a
toss-up". Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has explicitly campaigned on UFO Disclosure,
which is admirable in my view, but it has alienated her from some of her
electorate. In the Senate, none of the major players in the Disclosure game are
on the ballot. Mike Rounds, Kerstin Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer etc will face
an election at another time. I'm not American and I don't want to say too much
in case somebody makes that very fashionable accusation of foreign interference;
but I consider it vital that government officials who are maintaining this new
post-2017 open-minded and positive atmosphere towards UFO's and the need for
the public to know about them, remain in positions of political power. I ask my
American readers to do the right thing on polling day.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2020/02/ufo-disclosure-portal.html.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2020/02/ufo-disclosure-portal.html.






