Everything you need to know about last night in under 1,000 words
Summary
The article reports that Democrats made large gains in the midterm elections, taking control of the Senate and winning a projected 257 House seats to Republicans’ 178. It says Democrats also won several traditionally Republican states and that polls and Republican redistricting efforts failed to match the election results.Key Facts
- Democrats were projected to hold at least 54 Senate seats, with races in Alaska and Mississippi still too close to call early Wednesday.
- The New York Times projected Democrats would win 257 House seats and Republicans 178, a 79-seat Democratic majority.
- Gina Hinojosa won the Texas governor’s race, and James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton in the Senate race, according to the article.
- Democrats won statewide races in Kansas, Ohio, Iowa, North Carolina and South Carolina, the article says.
- In Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District, Democrat Victoria Broderick was leading Republican incumbent Scott DesJarlais by about 200 votes when the article was written.
- The article says election polls underestimated Democratic support; one analysis put the national result at 13 points more Democratic than the polling average.
- Republicans’ redistricting effort did not produce the expected gains, with the article projecting they would win only one of five heavily redrawn Texas districts and none of four redrawn Florida districts.
- An AP voter survey cited in the article found that roughly 70% of voters under 30 backed Democratic House candidates.
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