Intra-party splitNov 7, 2026

Democrats sweep Texas, Senate in historic landslide against Trump

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62% Left — 38% Right

Estimated · This is based on a hypothetical but internally consistent election result with concrete data points (38% approval, 89% citing cost of living, massive landslide margins) that are hard to spin as anything other than a broad repudiation of the incumbent party. Independents and moderates, who decide midterms based on economic conditions and presidential approval, would largely accept the left framing's core factual claims even if many still vote Republican long-term, since election outcomes of this scale are widely read as verdicts on the incumbent rather than structural noise. The right's explanation (bad environment, polling error, leadership shakeup) is the standard post-defeat narrative that partisans use but doesn't change how the median voter interprets a historic landslide of this magnitude.

Purple = 20% dissent within the right

EstimateThis is based on a hypothetical but internally consistent election result with concrete data points (38% approval, 89% citing cost of living, massive landslide margins) that are hard to spin as anything other than a broad repudiation of the incumbent party. Independents and moderates, who decide midterms based on economic conditions and presidential approval, would largely accept the left framing's core factual claims even if many still vote Republican long-term, since election outcomes of this scale are widely read as verdicts on the incumbent rather than structural noise. The right's explanation (bad environment, polling error, leadership shakeup) is the standard post-defeat narrative that partisans use but doesn't change how the median voter interprets a historic landslide of this magnitude.

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Intra-Party Split Detected

Coverage points to internal GOP fallout, including leadership upheaval (Speaker Johnson stepping down as the party's House leader, a contested race between Jordan and Scalise), the defeat of the NRCC chair who led the party's House strategy, and questions over whether Trump's coalition and redistricting strategy failed the party, suggesting friction between Trump loyalists and traditional/establishment Republicans over the direction and strategy of the party heading into 2028.

Left says

•The results reflect a broad public repudiation of Trump's economic stewardship, with 89% of voters citing cost of living as a major factor and his approval at a historic 38%.
•The multiracial, working-class coalition Trump built in 2024 collapsed, with young voters, Hispanic voters, and even deep-red counties like Starr County, Texas swinging dramatically back to Democrats.
•Aggressive GOP mid-cycle redistricting in Texas, Florida, and elsewhere backfired spectacularly, spreading Republican support too thin and handing Democrats even more seats than expected.
•Voter anger over the unpopular Iran war and economic strain fueled the wave, elevating a new generation of Democratic leaders while casting doubt on Vice President Vance's 2028 prospects.

Right says

•A brutal political environment, defined by inflation fatigue and an unpopular foreign war, created historic headwinds that made this cycle uniquely difficult for the incumbent party regardless of candidates or strategy.
•Polling and conventional wisdom underestimated Democratic strength across the board, suggesting structural problems with how the electorate was being read heading into Election Day.
•Leadership turnover is already underway, with Speaker Johnson stepping aside and Jordan and Scalise vying to rebuild the party's direction for the next two years.
•Republicans can point to the scale of losses as a sign that corrective action on messaging and candidate quality, not abandonment of core principles, is needed before 2028.

Common Take

High Consensus

Democrats won control of both the House and Senate in the 2026 midterms, with Jeffries projecting at least 255 House seats and Democrats reaching at least 54 Senate seats.
Trump's approval rating stood at a historically low 38% heading into the election.
Cost of living was the dominant issue for voters, cited by 89% as a major or crucial factor in their vote.
Republican redistricting efforts in states like Texas and Florida failed to prevent significant Democratic gains in redrawn districts.

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The Arguments

Left argues

The scale and geographic breadth of the losses—deep-red Kansas, Texas, South Carolina—shows this was a genuine repudiation of Trump's governance, not just normal midterm drag, since 89% of voters cited cost of living and his approval hit 38%.

Right counters

Nearly every incumbent party suffers in a high-inflation environment regardless of ideology; the uniformity of losses across moderate and MAGA Republicans alike suggests structural economic headwinds, not a specific verdict on Trump's agenda or policies.

Right argues

Midterm elections during periods of inflation fatigue and unpopular foreign wars have historically produced brutal results for incumbent parties, as seen in 1974 and 2010, so this outcome reflects cyclical political gravity more than a rejection of conservative principles.

Left counters

If this were merely cyclical, Democrats wouldn't have broken a 94-year losing streak in Kansas or flipped Texas statewide offices for the first time in decades—the depth of inroads into the GOP's most loyal territory suggests coalition collapse, not just environment.

Left argues

The reversal among Hispanic voters—like the 75-point swing in Starr County—demonstrates that Trump's 2024 multiracial realignment was shallow and tied to specific economic promises that voters felt were broken, not a durable structural shift in party allegiance.

Right counters

A single midterm swing among a relatively small, economically sensitive voting bloc doesn't prove the realignment was illusory; Hispanic voters have shown volatility before and could swing back once inflation eases and 2028 becomes a choice between candidates rather than a referendum.

Right argues

Since polling and conventional wisdom underestimated Democratic strength almost uniformly, the miss points to deeper methodological problems in reading the electorate that both parties should be cautious about overinterpreting as a permanent realignment.

Left counters

Systematic polling misses in one direction—especially one that undersold the scale of a wave this large—are themselves evidence of a bigger shift in public sentiment than models anticipated, not a reason to discount the result's significance.

Left argues

The backfiring of GOP mid-cycle redistricting, where redrawn seats in Texas and Florida still flipped and spread thin Republican support, shows Democrats' strength was broad-based and organic rather than reliant on favorable maps.

Right counters

Redistricting failures reflect poor tactical execution and a uniquely bad environment colliding at the same time, not necessarily evidence that Democratic strength would persist once the political climate normalizes and maps remain in place for future cycles.

Challenge Questions

These questions target genuine internal contradictions — meant to provoke honest reflection.

Right asks Left

“If the coalition realignment Democrats are celebrating was driven heavily by anger over inflation and an unpopular war rather than enthusiasm for Democratic policy ideas, how confident can the left be that these voters are loyal converts rather than temporary protest voters who could swing back once conditions change?”

Left asks Right

“If this defeat is purely attributable to cyclical headwinds like inflation and war fatigue, why did losses extend so deeply into safe GOP territory like Kansas and Texas rather than concentrating in competitive swing districts as a standard midterm correction would predict?”

Outlier Report

Left Fringe

Figures like Jon favoring rapid impeachment talk or a hard-left reading (e.g., commentators in the mold of Jacobin writers or some DSA-aligned voices) might frame this as a mandate for aggressive progressive policy rather than simple anti-incumbent backlash; this represents maybe 10-15% of the left's commentary class, as most mainstream Democrats (per Jeffries' own comments ruling out impeachment focus) are cautious about overreach.

Right Fringe

Figures like Steve Bannon or certain MAGA-aligned commentators (e.g., some War Room guests) may reject the legitimacy of the results outright or blame 'RINO' betrayal/insufficient Trump loyalty rather than accepting the economic/Iran war explanation; this likely represents 15-20% of vocal right-wing commentary, though establishment figures like Johnson, Jordan, and Scalise are shown accepting the loss and moving to rebuild rather than contesting legitimacy.

Noise Assessment

High noise ratio expected on social media (X especially) with both sides amplifying extreme interpretations—doom/triumphalism from the left, fraud claims or scapegoating from fringe-right accounts—while actual public sentiment among the 60-70% of persuadable/moderate voters would track much closer to 'the economy and the war decided this' consensus reflected in both synopses' shared acknowledgment of cost-of-living and Iran war as drivers.

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Axios

Blue tsunami breaks MAGA: 5 takeaways from a blowout midterm election

President Trump's Republican Party suffered an <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/trump-republicans-midterms-2026-landslide-blue-wave" target="_blank">electoral humiliation</a> Tuesday night that stretched across the battleground map and into some of the deepest-red territory in America.Why it matters: The 2026 midterms will go down as one of the most sweeping repudiations of a sitting president in modern American history, on a <a href="https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2117814894988763256?a=ggIVXp2SeR25x6PEGAs&s=20" target="_blank">scale reminiscent</a> of the post-Watergate reckoning of 1974.<hr />The big picture: Two years after Trump's comeback appeared to herald a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/11/20/trump-cabinet-coalition-rfk-gabbard-gaetz" target="_blank">historic political realignment</a>, voters delivered a devastating verdict on his second presidency.<ul><li>Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress, on course to gain as many as <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/republicans-midterms-johnson-trump-scalise" target="_blank">40 House seats</a> and <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/03/election-day-midterm-trump-democrats-republicans" target="_blank">at least seven Senate seats</a> — eclipsing their wildest pre-election expectations.</li><li>The wave swept deep into Republican territory, from Texas and Georgia to both Carolinas, flipping hundreds of legislative seats and delivering Democratic trifectas in the unlikeliest of states.</li></ul><h2>5 takeaways</h2>1. Texas turns blue: After decades of dashed hopes, Democrats finally conquered the nation's most coveted Republican stronghold — in a landslide so sweeping that even three-term Gov. Greg Abbott was driven from office.<ul><li><a href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-antonio/2026/11/04/texas-governor-race-results-hinojosa-abbott" target="_blank">Gina Hinojosa</a> became the state's first Latina governor, while <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/texas-senate-results-talarico-paxton" target="_blank">James Talarico</a> defeated Trump-backed Ken Paxton to become the first Texas Democrat elected to the Senate since 1988.</li><li>The Democratic onslaught extended across statewide offices and possibly Texas' House of Representatives, suggesting that the state's political future could be up for grabs after 32 years of GOP dominance.</li></ul>2. Democrats storm Senate: What once looked like an impossibly difficult map for Democrats gave way to a historic rout, as Republicans watched their <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/senate-republicans-trump-midterm-elections" target="_blank">53-seat majority crumble</a> in states Trump carried by double digits.<ul><li>Democrats broke a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/kansas-senate-results-marshall-adam-hamilton" target="_blank">94-year losing streak in Kansas,</a> ousted Republicans in <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/ohio-senate-results-husted-brown" target="_blank">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2026/11/04/iowa-senate-election-win-hinson-turek" target="_blank">Iowa</a> and <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/nc-senate-results-cooper-whatley" target="_blank">North Carolina</a>, and captured <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/darline-graham-south-carolina-senate-annie-andrews-trump" target="_blank">South Carolina</a> for the first time since 1998.</li><li>In Maine, Democrats finally toppled five-term Sen. <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/maine-senate-results-collins-jackson" target="_blank">Susan Collins</a> after many failed attempts, putting them on course for a 54-seat majority — with Alaska and even Mississippi offering a chance to make it 55 or 56.</li></ul>3. MAGA coalition collapses: The multiracial, working-class coalition that powered Trump's 2024 comeback fractured spectacularly Tuesday, raising serious questions about the long-term durability of his MAGA movement.<ul><li><a href="https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/voter-poll/" target="_blank">AP's nationwide voter survey</a> found roughly 70% of voters under 30 and 60% of Hispanic voters backed Democratic House candidates, amid widespread anger over the economy and the Iran war.</li><li>In heavily Hispanic Starr County, Texas, which Trump famously flipped in 2024, Talarico led by nearly 60 points — a staggering <a href="https://twitter.com/juanfwulff/status/2117803723573674315" target="_blank">75-point reversal</a> from two years prior.</li></ul>4. GOP House firewall crumbles: Democrats are on course for their largest House majority since 2009, potentially winning as many as 255 seats.<ul><li>Casualties spanned the entire GOP conference, from <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democrat-janelle-stelson-topples-gop-034316983.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJx83jFKNF8euE-jHHjD0zpdpsgpUjEwr9RAsGdGU6fWDwoMxEd8mRSOGodek0LZUZQaOtWyWAHe-w9OVyShd6SXjTatsG4d02lMQ7EcDdxhBnfCVSes2wx3cZ-ARehKV0S81XvJXHrAkgB9d0fDR_iW5WXE3ovBSxtyvyY0K6Tc" target="_blank">MAGA firebrands</a> to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6186171-lawley-concedes-new-york-house-race/" target="_blank">battle-tested moderates</a>. Even seats redrawn to shield Republicans from a blue wave fell to Democrats, turning Trump's redistricting offensive into a spectacular miscalculation.</li><li>With control of the House secured, Democrats wasted little time signaling what comes next. Incoming Oversight chair Robert Garcia distilled the party's appetite for investigations into <a href="https://x.com/OversightDems/status/2117820172673106274?a=b_Iqt3qmNkHtQgFjZ8I&s=20" target="_blank">two words</a>: "Lawyer up."</li></ul>5. 2028's winners and losers: Tuesday's landslide elevated a new generation of Democratic contenders and cast a shadow over Vice President Vance's presidential ambitions.<ul><li>Georgia Sen. <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/georgia-senate-results-ossoff-collins" target="_blank">Jon Ossoff</a>, whose race was called 15 minutes after polls closed, immediately vaulted into the top tier of Democratic prospects. <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/georgia-governor-election-results-bottoms-jackson" target="_blank">Keisha Lance Bottoms' historic victory</a> for governor removed a key obstacle for both Ossoff and Sen. Raphael Warnock: She could appoint a Democrat to fill their seat if either became president.</li><li>Vance, Trump's presumed political heir, now faces the fallout from a deeply unpopular Iran war and the collapse of a once-in-a-generation coalition he hoped would carry him to the White House.</li></ul>The bottom line: For a decade, Trump has been the gravitational center of American politics. Tuesday's results suggest that era may finally be drawing to a close.

Axios

Everything you need to know about last night in under 1,000 words

It was a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/03/election-day-midterm-trump-democrats-republicans" target="_blank">drubbing</a> on a scale that neither side saw coming: Democrats pummeled Republicans across the battleground map and into some of the most MAGA-friendly terrain in the country.Why it matters: The results were an emphatic rejection of Donald Trump's second term in office — and set the stage for two years of corruption investigations and legislative frustration for the lame-duck president.<hr />Here's a rundown of what you need to know about last night's historic GOP beatdown.<h2>The size of the Dem majorities</h2>It was clear early in the night that Democrats would flip the Senate. Few predicted how big their majority would end up.<ul><li>Democrats will have at least 54 Senate seats, and another two — in Alaska and Mississippi — were too close to call early Wednesday.</li><li>The New York Times projects Democrats will win 257 seats vs. 178 for Republicans — a 79-seat majority. Those numbers could change as more races are called, but in any scenario it will be an astounding majority.</li></ul><h2>The big surprises</h2>1. Texas turns blue: After decades of dashed hopes, Democrats conquered the nation's most coveted Republican stronghold — in a landslide so sweeping that even three-term Gov. Greg Abbott was driven from office.<ul><li><a href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-antonio/2026/11/04/texas-governor-race-results-hinojosa-abbott" target="_blank">Gina Hinojosa</a> will be the state's first Latina governor, while <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/texas-senate-results-talarico-paxton" target="_blank">James Talarico</a> defeated Trump-backed Ken Paxton to become the first Texas Democrat elected to the Senate since 1988.</li><li>The Democratic onslaught extended across statewide offices and into the legislature, suggesting that the entire state's political future could be up for grabs after 32 years of GOP dominance.</li></ul>2. More red-state romps: Democrats broke a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/kansas-senate-results-marshall-adam-hamilton" target="_blank">94-year losing streak in Kansas,</a> ousted Republicans in <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/ohio-senate-results-husted-brown" target="_blank">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2026/11/04/iowa-senate-election-win-hinson-turek" target="_blank">Iowa</a> and <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/nc-senate-results-cooper-whatley" target="_blank">North Carolina</a>, and captured <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/darline-graham-south-carolina-senate-annie-andrews-trump" target="_blank">South Carolina</a> for the first time since 1998.3. House district reversals. Tennessee's 4th Congressional District race hadn't been called as of the wee hours Wednesday. But the returns were stunning regardless of the outcome.<ul><li> Trump carried the district two years ago by 24 points, and the Democratic candidate, Victoria Broderick, spent just $90,000 on her entire campaign as of Oct. 14. There was no record of her airing a single paid ad.</li><li>Yet Broderick was leading Rep. Scott DesJarlais by roughly 200 votes. Two years ago, Broderick received just 26.8% of the vote to DesJarlais' 70%.</li><li>Other House race results were littered with similar red-to-blue 180s from two years ago.</li></ul><h2>How the pollsters performed</h2>Democrats fretted that polls showing a blue wave were overestimating the party's strength. It turned out polls underestimated the size of the Democratic romp — in some cases by a lot.<ul><li>The midterm polling was "worse than you think," Lakshya Jain, a data and polling expert, <a href="https://substack.com/%40lakshyajain" target="_blank">wrote</a> last night. "The polls actually missed low on Democrats more than they whiffed on Republicans in 2016. In fact, the national environment is D+13, which is four points more Democratic than the national polling average."</li></ul><h2>How did the GOP redistricting play work out?</h2>Republicans tried to save their House majority with a bold wave of mid-cycle redistricting. It failed in spectacular fashion on Tuesday.<ul><li>Republicans not only fell short of winning seats in several districts they redrew to favor their candidates, they put some GOP incumbents in danger of losing by spreading their support thin.</li><li>In Florida, Republicans are set to go 0-for-4 in redistricted seats, and in Texas they're set to narrowly win just one of the five districts they heavily redrew in their favor.</li><li>The GOP also failed to dislodge Democrats in Ohio and Alabama who they drew into Republican-friendly districts.</li></ul><h2>MAGA coalition collapse</h2>The multiracial, working-class coalition that powered Trump's 2024 comeback fractured spectacularly Tuesday, raising serious questions about the long-term durability of his MAGA movement.<ul><li><a href="https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/voter-poll/" target="_blank">AP's nationwide voter survey</a> found roughly 70% of voters under 30 backed Democratic House candidates, amid widespread anger over the economy and the Iran war.</li></ul><h2>Hispanic voters swing back </h2>Republicans bet Trump's Latino breakthrough two years ago would create a lasting GOP realignment in Texas and beyond. Tuesday's results exposed how quickly those gains could unravel — and raised new questions about Republicans' coalition heading into 2028.<ul><li>The clearest examples of the Latino shift away from Trump came in Texas counties that Republicans had celebrated as evidence of their growing strength.</li><li>In heavily Hispanic Starr County, Texas, which Trump famously flipped in 2024, Talarico led by nearly 60 points — a staggering <a href="https://twitter.com/juanfwulff/status/2117803723573674315" target="_blank">75-point reversal</a> from two years prior.</li><li>Democrats are poised to control three congressional seats in Texas' Rio Grande Valley that Trump carried in 2024 — and the margins weren't even close.</li></ul><h2>The verdict on AI</h2>Voters sent a clear message on Tuesday about AI and data centers: less construction, more regulation.<ul><li>Hinojosa's surprise victory in the Texas governor's race fundamentally scrambles the math for the AI buildout, given the state was expected to host nearly half of new 2028 data center capacity.</li><li>Democrats won all three of the states that follow Texas for new data center capacity, including Ohio, Georgia and Arizona. The winners in Ohio and Georgia favor restrictive policies, although it's not yet clear how those will take shape.</li></ul><h2>2028's winners and losers</h2>Tuesday's landslide elevated a new generation of Democratic contenders and cast a shadow over Vice President JD Vance's presidential ambitions.<ul><li>Georgia Sen. <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/georgia-senate-results-ossoff-collins" target="_blank">Jon Ossoff</a>, whose race was called 15 minutes after polls closed, immediately vaulted into the top tier of Democratic prospects. <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/04/georgia-governor-election-results-bottoms-jackson" target="_blank">Keisha Lance Bottoms' historic victory</a> for governor removed a key obstacle for both Ossoff and Sen. Raphael Warnock: She could appoint a Democrat to fill their seat if either became president.</li><li>Vance, Trump's presumed political heir, now faces the fallout from a deeply unpopular Iran war and the collapse of a once-in-a-generation coalition.</li></ul>Maria Curi, Hans Nichols, Zachary Basu, Russell Contreras, Andrew Solender and Mike Zapler contributed.

Axios

The 5 biggest shockers of Democrats' stunning night

In red states and blue, Republicans suffered losses on a scale even Democrats would never have dared to dream about 24 hours ago.Why it matters: Democrats worried that polls showing a blue wave were overestimating the party's strength. It turned out polls underestimated the size of the Democratic romp — by a lot.<hr />The margins Democrats racked up in red states were stunning:<ul><li>Georgia: Sen. Jon Ossoff won reelection by nearly 18 percentage points.</li><li>North Carolina: Former Gov. Roy Cooper won his Senate race by roughly 19 points.</li><li>Texas: State Rep. James Talarico cruised to victory by approximately 12 points.</li></ul>These weren't nail-biters in competitive states. They were landslides in states President Trump carried just two years ago.1. The Texas trifectaDemocrats won the races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, giving the party unified control of state government for the first time since 1995.The sweep came alongside Talarico's double-digit victory in the U.S. Senate race.Texas, long the GOP's biggest electoral stronghold, delivered Democrats victories up and down the ballot.2. North Carolina was a bloodbathThe man in charge of steering House Republicans to victory — Rep. Richard Hudson, chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee — lost his own seat.<ul><li>He'll join the ranks of other defeated party leaders — Speaker Tom Foley in 1994 and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Sean Patrick Maloney in 2022 — who spent so much time trying to build a majority that they failed to protect themselves.</li><li>The carnage extended across the state. North Carolina's congressional delegation could shift from 10 Republicans and four Democrats to five Republicans and nine Democrats.</li></ul>3. The ridiculously cheap wins<ul><li>Democrats are leading in districts that received little or no outside spending from the DCCC or House Majority PAC, the party's main House super PAC, according to AdImpact.</li><li>In North Carolina's 6th, 9th and 13th districts, Missouri's 2nd and Tennessee's 4th, Democratic candidates are on track to win despite receiving little financial support from national Democratic groups.</li><li>North Carolina's 6th: Democrat Cyril Jefferson didn't spend a dime on advertising, according to AdImpact.</li><li>Tennessee's 4th: Democrat Victoria Broderick spent just $90,000 on her entire campaign as of Oct. 14, according to her FEC filing. AdImpact has no record of any paid TV advertising.</li></ul>4. Hispanic voters swung back in South TexasDemocrats are poised to control three congressional seats in the Rio Grande Valley that President Trump carried in 2024 — and the margins weren't even close.<ul><li>Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was leading Republican Tano Tijerina, 66% to 30%.</li><li>Democrat Bobby Pulido was leading Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz, 62% to 38%.</li><li>Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) was leading Republican Eric Flores, 56% to 40%.</li></ul>The results were a dramatic reversal in a region where Republicans had made significant gains with Hispanic voters during the Trump era.5. Democrats won deep in Trump country<ul><li>Democrats didn't just flip swing districts — they broke through in some of the reddest corners of the House map.</li><li>In Tennessee's 4th Congressional District, which Trump carried by 24 points, Broderick was leading Rep. Scott DesJarlais by roughly 200 votes.</li><li>Two years ago, Broderick received just 26.8% of the vote to DesJarlais' 70%.</li></ul>The bottom line: The wave didn't discriminate. It washed away good candidates and bad, senators, governors and seasoned Republicans alike.

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