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Actual US Senator once regarded as sane.

Boebert vs Frisch apparently may still go to Frisch, though it’ll be in the low hundreds at best either way. But given it was a solid Republican area, it’s a sign how lousy the GOP did.

Colorado's 3rd congressional district is a weird one. It is mostly populated by comfortable liberals, each with a cleaner or three, yet the nutters have prevailed since God was a wee girl.

Apart from the fact that they all laud Buffalo Bill as a "good guy", I'll never understand.

Good grief, that Arizona GOP tweet is properly insane. What on earth was running through their minds when they decided to post that?

Shame about Nevada governor. Maybe COVID was a factor there, because so dependent on tourism? Predictably the governors who didn’t care much about COVID have done well.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:20 am Shame about Nevada governor. Maybe COVID was a factor there, because so dependent on tourism? Predictably the governors who didn’t care much about COVID have done well.

True, but Nevada Dems still bagged Secretary of State which is arguably more important considering how extreme the GOP candidate was. Coupled Attorney General and a likely Senate win, I still think the Dems have done extremely well there overall. In a typical midterms election, all of these races would've been lost by big margins.

They won the Secretary of State pretty handily. But I don't know if the Governor can pull rank on them?

I’m sure that red wave will be along any minute now. Aaaaaany minute nooooooooowwwww.

Small majority in the House, with loons pissing everyone about could be bad for Republicans. Then again they ran amok under Obama but still did well in 2014 and 2016.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 11:22 am Small majority in the House, with loons pissing everyone about could be bad for Republicans. Then again they ran amok under Obama but still did well in 2014 and 2016.

I think they’re in a spot not unlike the Tories now - a tainted former leader hankering for a comeback, a load of sycophants still sniffing round him, and a new guy who’s unproven but very slick, though may only be a lightweight.

I suspect there will be a shit-ton of infighting as the batshit wing try and impeach Biden for absolutely anything in revenge for Trump, while the moderates try and hold them off because they know it’s increasingly a vote loser.

Shame about the US Senate race, but fairly unsung success for Democrats in North Carolina. Gained 2 seats in the House of Representatives, so 7 v 7.

They also stopped Republicans getting a veto proof majority in the statehouse, though not in the state senate. Winning the North Carolina Governor election in 2016 and 2020 has made a big difference.

Remember all that guff about how the Dems might be about to bag the governor's mansion in Oklahoma? The GOP incumbent ended up winning it by about 13%............

At least the GOP fell short in similar races in both Oregon and Kansas.

Arrowhead wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 8:07 pm Remember all that guff about how the Dems might be about to bag the governor's mansion in Oklahoma? The GOP incumbent ended up winning it by about 13%............

At least the GOP fell short in similar races in both Oregon and Kansas.

There's a split in the Oklahoma GOP, with the Governor trying to get tax cuts but some relatively sane members of the Legislature pointing out that the state has long term funding pressures. I suppose it's a bit like the split in Kansas GOP, which allowed a Democrat to win the governor's race in 2018 and 2022, but the state is redder, and a Democrat isn't going to win.

It's easier to be a US Senator from somewhere like Oklahoma than a local politician, mouth off about Biden then take credit for money coming to the state under Biden programmes. Governor Kevin Stitt would be in his element there, but seems to have missed the boat (ie the retirement of James Inhofe, who is 87, came 4 years earlier than expected).

Disappointing result for the Democrats in Oregon 5th district. It had one of the most conservative Democrats, Kurt Shrader, who lost a primary to a progressive. The progressive has lost the seat by about 51-49. I don't know if this is part of a wider trend, but it's a shame. Perhaps "Portland" looms over progressives running in the rest of Oregon.

Looks like uncle Rupert has seen enough. Now to see exactly how much of a tantrum Donald will throw…