Amid all the electoral confusion, one thing is already abundantly clear: It was not the night Republicans had been hoping for.
Buoyed by widespread voter dismay over record inflation and doubts about President Biden’s ability to turn things around, some people in the GOP waltzed into Election Day expecting a red wave. A sweeping new majority in the U.S. House. Clear command of the U.S. Senate. And hard-right Republicans in position to rewrite the 2024 election rules in key swing states such as Arizona.
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania, waves to supporters at an election night party in Pittsburgh early Wednesday. Factor in the highest inflation in 40 years, skyrocketing interest rates, concerns about a coming recession, a pandemic-era uptick in violent crime and President Biden’s anemic approval rating — theBut now they seem to have avoided the worst. In each of the last four midterm elections, the president’s party has lost an average of about 37 House seats. In 2010 , Democrats lost 64 seats; in 2018 , Republicans lost 42 seats., give or take.
But even here, the GOP's grandest ambitions failed to materialize Tuesday. In New Hampshire and Colorado, the Democratic incumbents Maggie Hassan and Michael Bennet easily fended off what were supposed to be spirited Republican challenges. In Pennsylvania, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman defeated his Republican rival Dr. Mehmet Oz, flipping a former GOP seat.
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