S1P03 - A Total GOP Victory

Here are the maybe, almost, possibly, sort of, perhaps final results of the 2018 midterm elections. There is still a possibility that the North Carolina Congressional district nine election might need a do-over. It now appears that the Republican winner, Mark Harris, had a campaign operative that committed voter fraud by harvesting mail-in ballots. Regardless of how that situation turns out, it will not affect the makeup of the new House. The Democrats will still have a significant majority.

I did a longer post about the midterms a few days ago. This is an update with the latest results and also notes a few additional items. The short summary:

Senate: 53 Republicans, 47 Democrats and independents (R+1)
House: 235 Democrats, 199 Republicans (D +41)
Governors: 27 Republicans, 23 Democrats (D +7)
Attorneys general: 26 Democrats, 24 Republicans (D +4)
State legislative chambers: 61 Republican, 38 Democratic (D +8)
State "trifectas": 23 Republican, 14 Democratic (D +7)

Pending the 2020 elections, Republicans are now in full control of the next round of redistricting in 17 states, down from 25 states where they controlled the process in 2011. 

House Democrats in districts Trump won in 2016: 30, up from 13 before the election. Meanwhile, House Republicans in districts Clinton won in 2016: three, down from 25 before the election.

Let me remind everyone that President Trump called this a total GOP victory. I beg to differ with his slightly optimistic assessment. Trump is one of many spin doctors who will be trying to claim a political victory, either actual or moral victory. The journalists, party operators, and pundits will be dissecting the 2018 elections for quite a while and then the historians will take over. The rest of us have a few short months to celebrate the holidays. Don't relax too much though. There are only about 23 months left until the 2020 elections.

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