The GOP's political trouble has been unfolding slowly but unmistakably — starting even before Trump's loss to Biden in 2020.
The GOP's political trouble has been unfolding slowly but unmistakably, starting even before Trump's loss to Joe Biden in 2020., the 2018 House elections were a disaster for Republicans: Democrats had a net gain of 40 seats to take over the House — their largest gain since the post-Watergate election of 1974.Republicans blew two runoff elections in Georgia and lost control of the U.S. Senate. The runoffs took place a day before Trump backers stormed the Capitol.
election deniers on the 2022 midterm ballot in key state and federal races — only to see several lose winnable elections.a chance to control the Senate by nominating too many hard-to-elect-in-a-swing-state Trump facsimiles. Their hopes of a big House majority were erased for the same reason, creating constant headaches for new Speaker Kevin McCarthy.progressive Democrats triumphed in two of this year's most consequential elections.
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