A Week After the Election, Democratic Gains Grow Stronger
(NYT)
Dave Brat the Brat who defeated the Asshole Eric Cantor in the R-R primary a few years ago was defeated by the Demo this time around!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
The 2018 midterm election looked last Tuesday like a serious but not crippling setback for Republicans, with Democrats making significant gains in congressional races but failing to deliver a comprehensive defeat to President Trump and his party.
The picture for Republicans has gotten grimmer since then, as a more complete tally of votes has come in across the country.
What looked at first like a modest Democratic majority in the House has grown into a stronger one: The party has gained 32 seats so far and appears on track to gain between 35 and 40 once all the counting is complete.
And Democratic losses in the Senate look less serious than they did a week ago, after Kyrsten Sinema was declared the winner in Arizona on Monday. It now looks like the party is likely to lose a net of one or two seats, rather than three or four as they feared last Tuesday.
The picture for Republicans has gotten grimmer since then, as a more complete tally of votes has come in across the country.
What looked at first like a modest Democratic majority in the House has grown into a stronger one: The party has gained 32 seats so far and appears on track to gain between 35 and 40 once all the counting is complete.
And Democratic losses in the Senate look less serious than they did a week ago, after Kyrsten Sinema was declared the winner in Arizona on Monday. It now looks like the party is likely to lose a net of one or two seats, rather than three or four as they feared last Tuesday.
This is Wikipedia's enlightening account of the election from Brat's Wikipedia page:
Brat ran for a third term in 2018 against Henrico native and former CIA officer Abigail Spanberger. Up until October 13, 2017, the district was rated "Safe Republican" by the non-partisan Cook Political Report. On October 13, 2017, Cook updated the race rating to "Likely Republican." On February 8, 2018, the race rating was changed to "Leans Republican," and on July 7, 2018, the race was rated a "Toss-up." [47]
During an October 2018 debate, Brat characterized his opponent, Spanberger, as a disciple of Nancy Pelosi. Brat referred so often to Pelosi that it started to draw laughs. According to the Washington Post, a conservative estimate is that he referred to Pelosi 25 times.[48][49]
Brat ultimately lost to Spanberger, 48.5% to 50.3%, due in part to a large swing in the suburban counties of Henrico and Chesterfield, traditional Republican strongholds.[50] While Brat carried five of the district's seven counties, Spanberger swamped him in Henrico and Chesterfield by a combined 30,600 votes, five times the overall margin of 6,600 votes.[51]
