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Republican Mike Braun, a multimillionaire auto parts magnate, has defeated incumbent Senator Joe Donnelly, the only Democratic statewide officeholder in Indiana. That predicted "blue wave" seems to be ebbing -- and I fear what the next two years will bring if Trump and the Republicans retain control of the House.
Democrats have picked up three House seats in Pennsylvania and south Florida and others in Minnesota, Kansas, New York, New Jersey and the suburbs of Denver and Washington DC. They have now gained 12 of the 23 seats needed to take control of the House.
In the Texas Senate race, with 64% of the votes counted, Ted Cruz leads Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke 51.1% to 48.2%. CBS and the Associated Press are projecting Cruz as the winner. Some day the people of Texas will elect another Democratic Congressman. It may not happen in our lifetime, but.......
As of 8:40 PM Pacific time, Democrats now have 168 House seats and the Republicans have 166. In projecting Democrats will take control of the House, CNN says, "The party gains new power to challenge Trump and sets up a divided Congress until the 2020 election." In Mississippi, no Senate candidate got 50% of the vote so there will be a runoff election November 27 between Democrat Mike Espy and Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith. But wait -- there's more! Trump's hateful, divisive, anti-immigrant rhetoric didn't fill everyone with fear and loathing:
First Muslim women in Congress: Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and Ilhan Omar in Minnesota
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/polit...ess/index.html
Democrat Jared Polis, who has served in the House of Representatives since 2009, has been elected Governor of Colorado, defeating Republican candidate and state treasurer Walker Stapleton. Democratic nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29, won the race for New York's 14th Congressional district and will be the youngest woman ever to serve in Congress.
As of 9:10 Pacific time, Democrats have won 191 seats in the House and Republicans have won 177. The Democrats need to pick up 21 seats to gain control of the House. CNN is predicting they could pick up as many as 35.
As of 9:30 Pacific Time, Democrats have won 198 seats in the House. They need 218. Republicans have won 184. Democrat Sean Casten, who campaigned on healthcare protections and stronger gun-control laws, has defeated six-term Republican Representative Peter Roskum in suburban Chicago. First-time Democratic candidate Jason Crow has defeated five-term Republican Representative Mike Coffman in suburban Denver. Democrats have defeated Republican incumbents in several other states as well.
California Representative Duncan Hunter and New York Representative Chris Collins were the first Republicans to support Presidential candidate Donald Trump. Hunter was indicted in August on several counts of wire fraud, conspiracy, falsifying records, campaign finance violations and taking campaign funds for his personal use. Collins was indicted in August on several counts of wire fraud, securities fraud and making false statements regarding an insider trading scheme. Tonight both men were re-elected, obviously by voters who value their party above morals, ethics, honesty, decency and integrity.
As of 10:55 PM Pacific time, Democrats have won 209 House seats and Republicans have won 194. I'm going to bed. If anything exciting happens in the next few hours, somebody else will have to post the news. Thank you and good night.
A record number of women -- 272 -- were candidates in this year's midterms. Not all races have been decided but as of 10:20 AM Pacific time, nine women have been elected Governor, 12 women have been elected to the Senate and 96 to the House of Representatives. Democrats now have 220 seats in the House and Republicans have 194, with 21 still undecided.
Today at a press conference, Trump said he's looking forward to working with the Democrats -- yeah, sure -- and he's hopeful of getting ten Democrats in the Senate to side with Republicans so he can pass a tax cut for the middle class. To offset the cost, Trump said he "may have to make some adjustments" to the tax rate for big corporations and the wealthiest americans. Yeah, sure.
Republicans place their party above all else. They would never consider voting for anyone other than a Republican -- even if the Republican is deceased.
Dennis Hof, brothel owner who died last month, wins election for Nevada legislative seat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...rhdN?ocid=AMZN
An increase in the minimum age for purchases of pistols and semi-automatics, a ten-day waiting period, expanded background checks and a requirement that guns be safely stored. The CBS headline could have simply said "Washington" instead of "Washington state." Nobody would ever think these gun control measures were passed in that other Washington.
Washington state voters approve tough gun control measures
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/washing...trol-measures/
Jon Tester, the top Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, has won a third term in the Montana Senate, beating Republican Matt Rosendale, the state auditor. In Connecticut, Democrat Ned Lamont narrowly defeated Republican Bob Stefanowski in the race for Governor.
As of 12:30 PM Pacific time, Democrats have won 222 seats in the House, Republicans have won 196 seats and 17 are still undecided.