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Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said her former colleagues were “dizzying and cheerful” as Democrats appeared to exceed expectations for the midterm elections.
“They are dizzying and cheerful, as they are, because of the existing situation,” Psaki said.
Psaki also claimed that Biden’s timeline has helped Democrats rather than hurt them in their quest to minimize Republican gains and potentially keep the House.
Rep. Frank Mrvan (R) won a term representing Indiana’s 1st Congressional District after fending off a challenge from Republican Jennifer-Ruth Green.
Election analysts unsympathetic to Cook’s political report and Sabato’s crystal ball called the midterm race a “toss-up,” meaning it didn’t appear to favor any of the applicants. It was in 1928, redistricting before the 2022 cycle made it a little more favorable for the Republican Party.
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Democrat Hillary Scholten won Michigan’s third district, defeating Republican John Gibbs and the first Democrat elected to the seat since 1990.
The Grand Rapids-area district seat opened when Gibbs defeated incumbent Rep. Peter Meijer (right), one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, in the primary. District 3 is used to being represented by centrist Republicans.
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Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen lamented the worst-than-expected Republicans in Tuesday’s midterm elections, calling the initial effects “a fiery impeachment trial against the Republican Party. “
“The GOP has to do deep introspection in the mirror right now because it’s an unmitigated disaster,” Thiessen said.
Republicans were expected to make massive gains in the midterm elections, and forecasters predicted the party would secure a healthy lead in the House and take over the Senate.
They can also take either chamber, but now it looks like the GOP would possibly win a narrow majority in the House and the Senate remains a tie.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) praised House Democrats for “far exceeding expectations” after many predictors expected Republican victories in House races.
“While many races remain too close to announce, it is clear that House Congressmen and Democratic candidates far exceed expectations across the country,” Pelosi said early Wednesday.
Pelosi also thanked the “grassroots volunteers” and under pressure that “every vote will have to be counted as cast” as tabulations continue in several close House races.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), chairman of the Democratic congressional crusade committee, warned voters that the race was too close to be called because the final votes were counted.
As one reporter put it, it appears he is looking to pre-empt an unwelcome victory claim imaginable to his Republican opponent Mike Lawler.
“This race is too much to be called with far more votes circulating in Westchester than the margin of the race. This is untimely and irresponsible for Lawler,” a Maloney spokesman said.
Maloney’s seat has long been a Democratic stronghold.
However, election forecasters moved the race as a tie just weeks before Election Day, giving Republicans hope they could oust a prominent Democrat as part of their efforts to take over the House.
With 96% of the vote counted, Maloney trailed his Republican rival 50. 6%-49. 4%.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defeated Republican challenger Tudor Dixon, claiming a midterm primary victory for Democrats on this key Midwestern battleground.
Whitmer, 51, has led nearly every vote since the crusade began, propelled a huge war chest and helped in part overcome Dixon’s defeated disintegration. Dixon joined the general election in August after winning a crowded Republican primary showing symptoms. of impulse. But Dixon was never able to locate his position or make a genuine dent in Whitmer’s support.
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Democrat John Fetterman claimed victory in the Pennsylvania Senate race and told his supporters in his victory speech that he “humiliated” them with his projected victory.
Fetterman’s victory over Oz is a major recovery for Democrats seeking their majority in the Senate.
Tony Evers won the race for governor of Wisconsin, scoring a victory that may have implications for how the presidential election will play out in the battleground state in 2024.
Evers’ victory over Tim Michels marks the end of a moot, high-stakes midterm cycle that has seen candidates in a stalled race in the weeks leading up to Election Day. in order to take from the state legislature and the governor’s mansion.
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