The 2018 midterm elections

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As I noted above, Republican politicians -- from the President at the top to the school board member at the bottom -- accuse Democrats of "voter fraud" and of "trying to steal the election." Evidence? Bah! They make their idiotic accusations without evidence. That is what Republicans do -- among other things.

Orange County Republicans Mimi Walters and Young Kim adopt Trump tactic of charging vote fraud with no evidence of wrongdoing

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-m...115-story.html

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Katie Porter, a first-time candidate, a UC Irvine law professor and consumer protection attorney, just became the first Democrat to be elected in California’s 45th Congressional District since its creation in 1983. The district includes Orange, Irvine and Tustin.

Democrat Katie Porter unseats two-time incumbent Rep. Mimi Walters in California's 45th Congressional District

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...htmlstory.html

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After a review of the results of voting machines, the elections board upheld the Democrat's victory but the Republican who lost is planning to ask for a recount. Republicans just hate losing to Democrats -- but they'd better get used to it.

'A win's a win': Democrat Jim Glenn wins Kentucky House race by just one vote

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentuck...s-just-1-vote/

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In the 2018 midterms, no Republicans won a statewide race in California. Democrats won three of the four Congressional races in the formerly Republican stronghold of Orange County. Democrats regained a super-majority in the California House. Both state Senators are Democrats. Around 44.5% of registered voters in California are Democrats and there are now more independents than Republicans. "Farewell, Republican party -- we hardly knew ye."

Going, going.....with midterm wipeout, California Republican Party drifts closer to irrelevance

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-m...116-story.html

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Republican Brian Kemp has won Georgia's gubernatorial race. Kemp presided over the election as Secretary of State until he resigned on November 8. He had purged hundreds of thousands of voters from the rolls -- and what do you wanna bet that the vast majority of them were Democrats?

Stacey Abrams ends bid for Georgia governor and pledges to fight 'gross mismanagement’ of election

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-...116-story.html

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Well, Democrats, ya can't win 'em all.

Florida governor race: Democrat Andrew Gillum concedes to Republican Ron DeSantis

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-...ay-2018-11-17/

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Among the cities that make up Orange County are Anaheim, Santa Ana, Orange, Irvine, Newport Beach and Yorba Linda
(birthplace of Richard Nixon). Orange County used to be a Republican stronghold known as "John Wayne country." Not anymore. Gil Cisneros has won the final contested race and for the first time in 80 years, Democrats will hold all seven of the county's seats in the House.

Orange County goes blue as Democrats complete historic sweep of its seven Congressional seats

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-m...117-story.html

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Please don't make fun of the name of Business Insider writer John Haltiwanger -- his name isn't his fault -- but he points out that this year, for the first time in history, an opposition party got about the same number of votes in the midterm elections that the President got two years prior. That is "the blue wave" in action.

Democrats did something virtually unprecedented in the 2018 midterms and it says a lot about Trump's unpopularity

https://www.businessinsider.com/demo...dterms-2018-11

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In the midterm elections for seats in the House of Representatives, 53% of voters chose Democrats and 45.3% chose Republicans. Democrats defeated incumbent Republicans in 28 contests. Republicans defeated incumbent Democrats in three contests. Net gain for the Democrats: 25. Three races -- one in Georgia and two in New York -- are still undecided. Here is a race that was finally called today:

Democrats flip Utah House seat as Ben McAdams defeats Republican Representative Mia Love

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...VMzw?ocid=AMZN

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Another race has finally been called. In New York's 22nd Congressional District, a House seat has flipped from Republican to Democrat. The blue tide continues to flow.

How Anthony Brindisi defied the odds to defeat Claudia Tenney for Congress

https://www.syracuse.com/politics/in..._congress.html