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I will say that it is nice to see Abbott beat Beto decisively. Especially considering Beto is the first legit (as far as name recognition and fund raising) challenge Abbott's faced as Governor.
 
This is kind of a weird day. If you’re a democrat you feel like you won, even though you’ve likely lost both the house and senate. If you’re Republican you feel like you’ve lost even though you’ve probably won both the house and senate.
 
We currently have a 1 seat advantage in the Senate with 3 seats still to be called. We will win one of those seats and take the Senate.

We currently have a 29 seat advantage in the House with 53 seats still to be called.

If we end up with a 30+ seat advantage in the House and control of the Senate I'm calling that a red wave. The House especially would be an enormous flip.

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Even CNN has projected the House being +17 Republican. This is a huge flip.
 
NYT has the Rs at +30 in the house currently.
 
Iamtdg said:
We currently have a 1 seat advantage in the Senate with 3 seats still to be called. We will win one of those seats and take the Senate.

We currently have a 29 seat advantage in the House with 53 seats still to be called.

If we end up with a 30+ seat advantage in the House and control of the Senate I'm calling that a red wave. The House especially would be an enormous flip.

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To me a red wave was 54 seats in the senate. I get what you’re saying, though. If you can chair the committees and have subpoena power, that’s huge.
 
Sheik said:
To me a red wave was 54 seats in the senate. I get what you’re saying, though. If you can chair the committees and have subpoena power, that’s huge.
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Even if the Dems win half of the remaining seats in the House we are still +27 there. All we need is 2 of the 3 remaining Senate seats to get that house too.
 
Also, 16 governor's seats flipped with 11 of those flipping to red. This assumes Lake wins in AZ.
 
armadillooutlaw said:
Gut feeling is that we pick up Nevada and Senate control comes down to the Georgia runoff. I feel like Masters will fall a little short in AZ.
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Agree except I don't know about any state with a big mail in vote, and that's Nevada.
 
Iamtdg said:
Also, 16 governor's seats flipped with 11 of those flipping to red. This assumes Lake wins in AZ.
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I read the graphic wrong on this one. Please disregard.
 
Dems had a +9 seat advantage go into the midterms. If we hit +25, that's a 34 seat swing. That is huge.
 
armadillooutlaw said:
I will say that it is nice to see Abbott beat Beto decisively. Especially considering Beto is the first legit (as far as name recognition and fund raising) challenge Abbott's faced as Governor.
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Yes, and there were a lot of rumblings that Oklahoma's governor was in trouble, which would have been crazy for such a red state. I know I saw about a billion Dem hit piece ads against him -- no telling how much money was wasted there. But he won easily.

Also on a positive note, maybe this means the Dems don't push out Biden and he runs again in 24.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
Yes, and there were a lot of rumblings that Oklahoma's governor was in trouble, which would have been crazy for such a red state. I know I saw about a billion Dem hit piece ads against him -- no telling how much money was wasted there. But he won easily.

Also on a positive note, maybe this means the Dems don't push out Biden and he runs again in 24.
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Beto spent $70 million from what I read.
 
Iamtdg said:
We currently have a 1 seat advantage in the Senate with 3 seats still to be called. We will win one of those seats and take the Senate.

We currently have a 29 seat advantage in the House with 53 seats still to be called.

If we end up with a 30+ seat advantage in the House and control of the Senate I'm calling that a red wave. The House especially would be an enormous flip.

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I wouldn't call it a red wave. but I don't care.

Just win the House and Senate and I'll be happy either way.
 
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