There’s still a lot we don’t know, but one thing we do know is that Republicans did not have the night they were hoping for.
Domenico Montanaro, NPR NewsVoters fill out their ballots at a polling center at the Meadows Mall on Tuesday in Las Vegas. This is why it’s always important to remember never to assume you know exactly what’s going to happen in an election — and to keep an open mind for potential surprises.
In Georgia, Democrat Raphael Warnock was narrowly ahead, but not quite above the 50% threshold needed for an outright victory. So, let’s say if Democrats hold on in Arizona, but lose in Nevada, then Georgia will decide control of the Senate in a runoff in about a month, Dec. 6. Wow.The House still looks like it’s headed for GOP hands, but not by a huge margin. While votes continue to be tallied, Republicans will make fewer gains than they had hoped for to claim a red wave.
But there are questions about the strength of McCarthy’s potential bid to be speaker of the House. He lost out once before on being speaker because of messaging problems, and the exit polls showed McCarthy with a 27% favorable, 53% unfavorable rating. Does he get a renewed challenge as leader of the party in the House?Former President Donald Trump weighed in heavily in these elections, but even in this landscape, with inflation high, Republican House candidates underperformed .
Think about that. This is a state Obama won twice and was decided by hanging chads in 2000 and has been thought of as a swing state for 20-plus years.
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