Many Trump-backed candidates lost or were faring poorly.
Pennsylvania: Democrat Josh Shapiro beat Republican Doug Mastriano for governor. Democrat John Fetterman defeated Mehmet Oz.
Michigan: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defeated Tudor Dixon.
Arizona: Kari Lake & Blake Masters, “America First” candidates in Mr. Trump’s mold, were both behind in their races for governor and Senate, respectively.
How could you look at these results tonight and conclude Trump has any chance of winning a national election in 2024? -Scott Jennings, one of Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell’s former deputies
The Republican red wave in the 2022 mid-term election that Fox News ‘pundits’ had predicted did not materialize. (It does appear that the Republicans will win the House by a slim majority).
Control of the Senate may very well come down to the Dec. 6 run-off election in Georgia between incumbent Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R).
[Infographic by the Washington Post].