Republicans Take the Senate by Flipping Ohio, West Virginia, and Montana
The GOP could take Pennsylvania and Nevada…maybe even Michigan and Wisconsin.
President-elect Donald Trump’s victory is YUGE news, but don’t forget the Senate.
The Republicans kept their seats and flipped Ohio, West Virginia, and Montana.
The party is on the verge of also flipping Pennsylvania and Nevada.
Republicans needed to win four seats to take the Senate. I’m not shocked the party won West Virginia and Montana, but man…Bernie Moreno ousted longtime Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown.
The GOP could add even more seats.
Dave McCormick leads incumbent Democrat Bob Casey in Pennsylvania, 49.11% to 48.34%.
McCormick lost the 2022 Republican primary to Mehmet Oz.
Casey knew he was in trouble. Don’t forget the ad he released last month, in which he broke with Biden and agreed with Trump about fracking.
In Nevada, Sam Brown leads incumbent Democrat Jacky Rosen 47.27% to 48.20%.
Brown nearly lost his life in Afghanistan due to a roadside bomb.
When I went to bed, the Republicans led in Wisconsin and Michigan, but now the Democrats have a slight lead.
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Is it too early for a little smug dance on my part? I predicted a trifecta and that’s what it’s looking like, at least for now.
But don’t be fooled into thinking that all is forgiven and that Trump et al will skip in unison with his Republican brothers and sisters to immediately solve all of the nation’s ills.
No, this will be an epic $&@# fight. Republicans hate him every bit as much as the D’s.
Something to contemplate: over at SCOTUS this morning, there are justices that are now making retirement plans. Who do you think will sail off into the sunset? Thomas? Alito? Roberts? (yes please) I can’t be certain but with a solidly R senate we might finally get some solid originalists instead of compromise-to-get-approved nominees.
don’t forget Schumers plan to add 4 new SCOTUS seats. lol
https://youtu.be/Qs0CGOwWmCI?si=4nvV8SvohgJWnAi9
There are still some votes to count, but just skimming through the results, it appears Trump is going to outperform every GOP Senate candidate who wasn’t an incumbent and every incumbent GOP Senator except MS, WY & UT. That’s pretty remarkable. The strength of his coattails turned out to be significant. The NPV for the House elections hasn’t been tabulated yet. It will be interesting to see how that number compares to Trump’s NPV. But, I suspect the GOP will have produced an even large national popular vote margin this year than they did in 2022. That the House remains closely divided speaks to the increasing power of Gerrymandering and the innate power of incumbency in House races.
The incumbent Junior Senator from Nebraska will out perform DJT, by ~20k votes.
Good catch. I didn’t even notice that race, probably because there are two contested seats in NE this year, which is unusual.
Ben Sasse vacated the seat to go back to Education as President of the University of Florida, but has since left that. So this was a special election for the last 2 years of an appointed Senator.
Rickets is a former governor, right? That might offer some explanation for his strong showing.
Governor elections are also a part of the mid terms in Nebraska so even from 2018 to now Sen. Ricketts outperformed himself.
Time to fill cabinet seats and judicial vacancies at warp speed with no filibusters.
On any nominee for less than cabinet-level or Supreme Court where the Dems demand X hours of debate, it should be scheduled in special sessions from 12am to 8am every day the Senate is present, with overlapping coverage and no motions permitted, just debate. “This session of the Senate is called into order for debate over the following nominees: Bob, Fred, Harold, Janet, Joyce….” Let the Senators who want to whine stay up late at night and preach to the empty benches.
Who will replace Vance?
Mandel or blystone would be great.
Now they can vote on Chuckie’s plan to add 4 new SCOTUS seats. I mean, they will bring it to the floor won’t they?
Yeah, where did we land on abolishing the filibuster and packing the court? Asking for a friend.
Republicans flip three states to take the senate.
Democrats flip their lids.