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michael barone: neither party's prayers were answered

That's description of this week's offyear elections — and of those in 1982, the time voters paired Republican with Democratic House and Republican Senate. ... Similarly, one issue helping Republican Florida, Ron DeSantis, Supreme Court. ..

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republican gains may have put senate out of reach for 2020 democrats

Climate Solutions Caucus suffered huge losses of Republican members in the midterm elections, and GOP members vowing to rebuild it rather than fold, as some Democratic critics would prefer... Republican president, considered lightweight and ignoramus by many Washington, suffers..

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gop: 'brett bump' saved the senate after kavanaugh fight angered

Kavanaugh was winner with GOP crowds, and Republican Senate candidates everywhere leaned on it in the month of the campaign to make up ground and push past their Democratic competition... ... Climate Solutions Caucus suffered huge losses of Republican members in the midterm..

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what dems still fail to understand about white women voters

pattern once again emerged — Democrats remain with gaining support from white women, and that sought-after love affair remains one-sided and unrequited.. ..

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in historic midterms, women elected left ... and center

Women will make up 37 percent of Democratic members of Congress and 6 percent of Republicans.. ... EMILY's List, Democratic group that spends to elect female candidates who support abortion rights, heard from 42,000 women. ..

lessons of the election

One is Democrat Stacey Abrams, running for governor of Georgia, trailed Republican opponent by less than 1 percent of the vote. Christine Hallquist ran for governor of Vermont as Democrat and got 40 percent of the vote — not enough to win, except real breakthrough.. ..

the midterms and the war on yemen

As committee chairmen, they would have the power to hold repeated hearings and force the Trump administration to explain its plans in ways the Republican-led House has not done. . Some of those hearings – which Democratic members have been shouting for since early 2017 – could be acutely..

us: midterm elections weaken republicans

The outcome of the midterm election will broadly encourage those who want to fight back against Trump whereas a Republican victory would clearly have been temporarily demoralizing. However, the immediate pushback of the Democratic establishment against raised expectations is a clear..

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