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Democrats Sweep Republicans in Nearly Every Race That Matters

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Democrats Sweep Republicans in Nearly Every Race That Matters

Democrats stormed through key battleground races across the US in their battle to capture the House and Senate on Tuesday night, marking a decisive repudiation of President Donald Trump's second term.

The scale of victory for Democrats—in some races, the party flipped seats that Trump won by double digits just two years ago—marked a historic night that exceeded the party's highest expectations.

Democrats pulled off arguably the greatest upset in Texas, where James Talarico defeated scandal-plagued Republican state attorney general Ken Paxton and Gina Hinojosa defeated Greg Abbott for the governorship, despite the millions and millions of dollars spent by billionaire Elon Musk on behalf of the Republicans. No Democrat had won a statewide seat election since 1994.

Democrats also seized other critical Senate races on election night, including in Kansas, South Carolina, Iowa, and North Carolina, while retaining control of seats in Georgia and New Hampshire, according to the Associated Press.

At the White House, stunned Trump officials tell WIRED that the high gas prices and increased cost of living brought on by the Iran war were the principal reasons for widespread GOP losses.

“If any good comes out of tonight for the Republican party, it’s that no Republican president will ever listen to imbeciles like Mark Levin and Marc Thiessen again,” one source close to the White House said of two commentators who had urged Trump to prolong the Iran war.

Exit polling showing massive defections from other parts of the 2024 Trump coalition show there was more to the losses than that, with Latino voters turning to Democrats as the administration pursued brutal and unpopular immigration policies.


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