BREAKING: Tester won. The "big" GOP gain in the Senate is now maxed out at +3—with the Dem trailing by only 0.9% in Arizona with 1 million ballots left to count. There's also a recount in Florida, where the Dem trails by only 0.4%.
The NYT predicts just a +2 GOP gain in the end.
The NYT predicts just a +2 GOP gain in the end.
2/ Facing their worst Senate map in 60 years, the Dems could reasonably call a mere +2 GOP gain a win—sealing yesterday as a major Democratic victory. With a completely different map in both 2020 and 2022—*very* favorable to Democrats—today's slight GOP gains will be erased soon.
3/ And the Democrats were +7 in governorships—a major victory. (Stacey Abrams could still head to a run-off in Georgia—leaving the possibility of a +8 gain on the night for Dems.) Add to that what happened in statehouses around the nation and this was a *big* night for Democrats.
