The historic wave delivered Democrats seven Senate seats, at least 24 House districts, five governorships, and 12 state legislative chambers. Major milestones included Texas electing its first Democratic senator since 1988 while unseating three-term Governor Greg Abbott, and Kansas electing its first Democratic senator since 1932. Gubernatorial wins in Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, and Nevada officially gave the party a majority of nationwide governorships for the first time since 2010. Even with mid-decade redistricting efforts, the opposition was left with zero seat flips as several late races remained uncalled.
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Republican candidates failed to flip a single Democratic-held congressional seat, governo…: Republican candidates failed to flip a single Democratic-held congressional seat, governorship, or state legislative chamber by Wednesday afternoon.
Conservative lawmakers lost key veto-proof supermajorities across Florida, Indiana, Kansa…: Conservative lawmakers lost key veto-proof supermajorities across Florida, Indiana, Kansas, and Missouri despite aggressive congressional redistricting efforts.
Several federal contests remained uncalled late Wednesday, including high-profile Senate…: Several federal contests remained uncalled late Wednesday, including high-profile Senate battles situated in Alaska and Mississippi.
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Seven Senate seats. At least 24 House districts. Five governorships. Twelve state legislative chambers. By Wednesday afternoon, that's how far Democrats' historic midterm rout had reached.
Republicans, meanwhile, had yet to flip a single Democratic-held congressional seat, governorship or state legislative chamber, according to Associated Press data. Their remaining opportunities for congressional pickups are largely confined to two newly gerrymandered House districts that weren't even supposed to be competitive in the first place.
The lopsided results underscored the breadth of the GOP's shellacking, with Democrats breaking decades of Republican dominance in reliably red states and reshaping the balance of power from Washington to state capitols.
As of late Wednesday, nine House seats remained uncalled by the AP along with two Senate seats and two governors races. The one seat Republicans may have a chance of flipping that hasn't been redistricted ahead of this election is Maine's 2nd District, FiftyPlusOne head of research Mary Radcliffe said by email.
In Kansas, voters elected their first Democratic U.S. senator since 1932, ending a 94-year losing streak. In Texas, Democrats toppled three-term Republican Gov.…
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