***Country Wide Midterm Election of Senate and House Results 11/6/2018*** (Democrats, Republicans, money)

[Ibginnie]

Please stay on topic. This thread isn't about the governors' races, Trump's taxes, or marijuana, etc.

[NeutralParty]

Originally Posted by Delahanty

That Blue Wave turned out to be a puddle.

That may be true.

But the fact remains Trump lost the House. Democrats, after two years, now have power again.

Nothing gets passed now without the Dems approval.

which is a good thing, btw. No party should ever control all 3 (WH, SENATE, HOUSE), dems or repubs.

[moneill]

Originally Posted by maineguy8888

Dems spent almost $100 million on the Texas race.....and STILL couldn't beat Cruz!! Wow.....

Yeah that's one way of looking at it.

OR -- for the first time in history a Democratic might have won in a RED district ---- lol.

Sure lots of money spent....but Texas is changing -- Republicans will have to adapt.

Here in my district. Another VERY RED state -- not a whole lot of money spent by the Democratic candidate and yet the Republican candidate hasn't been declared a winner . She will by a small margin and we are now a pink district.....after having been a red district for a very long time.

These shifts can take time...........it isn't an issue for Trump -- he's short term -- in the long term this kind of shift is concerning for the RNC>

[NeutralParty]

Originally Posted by southbel

Not sure why Dems in here are calling tonight a huge win for the left. Looks like they’ll have a slim majority in the House and lose seats in the Senate which is quite bad for them. If anything, it’s a wash for both parties, yes? Although, I was personally far, far more concerned about the Senate because of judicial appointments.

Definitely a huge win for dems. They can now check Donald Trump and all legislation will need democratic approval.

Nobody expected dems to win the Senate, but they did lose seats.

[southbel]

Originally Posted by Spartacus713

Democrat Andrew Gillum has conceded to @RonDeSantisFL! REPUBLICANS WIN FLORIDA!

— Jon Thompson (@JonThompsonGOP) November 7, 2018

Interesting. Many networks haven’t called it yet either. Oh spoke too soon - they called it just now.

[atltechdude]

Originally Posted by NeutralParty

Definitely a huge win for dems. They can now check Donald Trump and all legislation will need democratic approval.

Nobody expected dems to win the Senate, but they did lose seats.

It's basically going as predicted, House for the Dems, Senate for the Reps.

[phma]

Originally Posted by NeutralParty

That may be true.

But the fact remains Trump lost the House. Democrats, after two years, now have power again.

Nothing gets passed now without the Dems approval.

which is a good thing, btw. No party should ever control all 3 (WH, SENATE, HOUSE), dems or repubs.

Can they put away the bike locks on the chain now ?

[Adric]

CNN now officially projecting the Democrats take control of the house.

[Spartacus713]

JUST IN: @NBCNews projects Mike DeWine (R) wins Ohio Governor.

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) November 7, 2018

[hawaiiancoconut]

Deantis wins