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In the 115th Congress the  [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats, and the remaining two were held by independents too ashamed to call themselves  Democrats publicly yet caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for election, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of my which are held by independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party tried to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

In the 115th Congress the  [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats, and the remaining two were held by independents too ashamed to call themselves  Democrats publicly yet caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for election, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of my which are held by independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party tried to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies failure to report and expose election fraud, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record  $70 million of other people's money in a loosing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for president by Democrats and the liberal media.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record  $70 million of other people's money in a loosing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for president by Democrats and the liberal media.