His victory is less a surprise than the fact that major networks could even call the election in the early hours of Wednesday morning. This year, it was clear hours into the night: John Fetterman will be the next Senator from the state. Then, the country spent days waiting as Pennsylvania tallied its votes, with the count revealing Biden’s assured victory over Trump. It also strengthens DeSantis’ claim as pretender to the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, setting up a fight with the state’s most famous Republican resident. Val Demings (D-FL) – doesn’t only remove Florida from immediate Democratic aspirations. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’s re-election against Rep. This, in Florida: For years, it has been the quintessential swing state, bouncing back and forth in presidential, congressional, and state elections.ĭeSantis’ handy victory – accompanied by Sen. DeSantis appears to have trounced him by nearly twenty percent of the vote. Florida counts fast, but even with that taken into account, there just wasn’t a significant fight put up by his opponent, Rep. The fact of DeSantis’ victory is less surprising than its conclusiveness. Ron DeSantis (R) quickly and decisively secured victory on Tuesday evening, with Republicans sweeping statewide offices. But in other states, like Pennsylvania, Republican candidates fell short of expectations and Democrats surprised by holding on to important House seats in Virginia and Texas as well as the Senate seat in New Hampshire. GOP candidates did perform well in places like Florida - with successful re-election bids from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said in an interview with NBC News last night. “Definitely not a Republican wave, that is for darn sure,” Sen. Control of the lower chamber still hangs in the balance, but visions of a strong, unified GOP House super-majority have shifted significantly in the last 24 hours. But Republicans under-performed in key races and Democrats did much better than expected.
In the weeks leading up to the midterms, polls and precedent predicted overwhelming Republican wins across the country. Republicans may still take control of the House but general consensus: there was no “giant red wave.” While Republicans entered the night with historical precedent and weeks of red wave projections firmly on their side, Democrats hit the hay in the wee hours of Wednesday morning tentatively cheers-ing their success in fending off a bloodbath.īut the President’s party’s ability to resist historical patterns for midterms, potentially ensuring that Republicans hold a slimmer-than-expected majority in the House, was not all that surprised us last night.
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