such big red wave, much wow.
I'm really looking forward to some in-depth analysis of this one. I don't know where the popular vote ultimately ends up, but that should go to the Republicans by a somewhat healthy margin and that should usually result in some sort of wave ... instead it was barely a dribble. Looks like Democrats benefited from structure and gerrymandering this time.
Either way, this is nothing but a disaster for the Republicans. They probably still narrowly take the House, but those fantasies of 230+ seats evaporated really quickly. Democrats not only held the Senate, but probably even gained a seat (without Kemp on the ballot and without the Senate majority on the line, I just don't see how Walker can beat Warnock). Trumpism actively lost key races for the Republicans, flipped red seats for the Democrats or at the very least brought some unusual uncertainty to deep red seats, so him gunning for 2024 while the party probably is more than over him is going to be really interesting ... and entertaining.
Still some tight races. Hobbs prevailing over Lake and Frisch beating Boebert would be incredibly delicious icing on the cake.
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