Trip Gabriel: “Yesterday’s results were foreshadowed a year ago, when suburbanites’ rebuke of Trump did not translate downballot, and Democrats lost House seats and suffered crushing losses in legislative races. None of the Democrats targeted chambers flipped even though Biden won many of the swing districts.”
Democrats Should Have Seen It Coming
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