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We Still Dont Know Who Won, But Republicans Lost
PURPLE RAIN
Democrats always expected to lose seats in the House. What no one seemed to expect, however, was that they could possibly restrain a GOP majority to just a few seats.
Matt Fuller
Senior Politics Editor
Sam Brodey
Congressional Reporter
Published Nov. 09, 2022 2:25AM ET
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After four years of Democratic control in the House, two years of unified control between Congress and the White House, and a year of inflation driving voter concerns, the GOP seemed poised to ride a tide of dissatisfaction into power.
Even with plenty of races yet to be called, it was clear that Republicans wouldnt be winning the seats theyd expected to constitute the foundation of their majorities. John Fetterman pulled out a narrow victory in Pennsylvania against Dr. Mehmet Oz to flip the Senate seat there. The GOP fell flat in New Hampshire, with Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and both Democratic House lawmakersReps. Chris Pappas and Annie Kusterwinning re-election.
And Republicans struck out on a number of other targets: Democratic Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX), won their races. The GOP failed to flip an open Rhode Island seat that Allan Fung, a prized McCarthy recruit, was hyped to win. And Republicans lost competitive open seats in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
In fact, by 1 a.m. ET, just two Democratic incumbents, Reps. Elaine Luria (D-VA) and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), had lost. Somehow, Democrats had flipped two GOP-held seats of their own in the state of Ohio alone. In Michigan, GOP extremist John Gibbs defeated the more moderate Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) in the primaryand then lost to Democrat Hillary Scholten on Tuesday night.
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littlewolf
(3,813 posts)Mass and Maryland...
Emile
(21,909 posts)Ginjacat
(28 posts)They are all blushing....
Raven123
(4,716 posts)Over investigation may impact 2024
Kath2
(3,054 posts)The hateful views of Trump were rejected. And we should be encouraged by this,
ChazII
(6,198 posts)Arizona looks to remains blue.
BumRushDaShow
(127,317 posts)Not ALL Democrats.
The fucking media and idiotic punditry is STILL trying to cling to their FAILED prognostications. They essentially expected a red tsunami and if not that, a red wave that would engulf blue and purple areas while Democrats were expected to do nothing but piss and moan and roll over on the backs, taking women with them too, because, you know, "abortion wasn't an important issue".
Fuck all of them. Wait until the last votes are counted. Democrats were flipping seats overnight as well and it seems a good chunk of so-called GOP "flipped" seats were manufactured by FL through redistricting.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Basking in the glow of our huge, Blue tsunami!
They couldn't have run a worse bunch of weirdos.
🏄?♀️ 🏄?♂️
azureblue
(2,131 posts)the usual wringing of hands, lying, sore loser-ism, voter fraud, etc., spews from the GOP.
BumRushDaShow
(127,317 posts)doing just that. I didn't get chance to watch the clip but I know they are gearing up their talking points and corrupt lawyers.
Farmer-Rick
(10,072 posts)We are right back to the original prediction of about 8 months ago.
The house majority....very slight majority....goes to GOP. And the Senate majority goes to Dems.
That's no trouncing. That's not what 538 and the Wall Street Urinal were predicting just a few days ago.
If the House wasn't gerrymandered with the blessing of the Supremes, the GOP would never have gotten this close to a majority. GOP can never win unless they cheat.
jaxexpat
(6,703 posts)The gang of hoodlums and shine runners known as the Florida legislature had to throw in a lot of inbreeding grounds to pull Jacksonville firmly back into the red column.
Farmer-Rick
(10,072 posts)It looks like a snake biting its tail.
geomon666
(7,512 posts)I'm not bashing the good people here but this is a lost cause. It's only gotten worse and now it's only going to get worse.
appalachiablue
(41,055 posts)calimary
(80,700 posts)You gave me my first big laugh of the day!
Wall Street Urinal!!!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Truth is a great thing. They should try it. (Not holding my breath, as they appear to be slow on the uptake.)
joanbarnes
(1,715 posts)Marcuse
(7,399 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,474 posts)they hate democracy, they hate women's rights, they hate poor people. What is left of value? oh yeah, if you're a racist asshole, it's your party.