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The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total, their biggest gain since 1974. Democrats won the American popular vote by 8.6%, the highest midterm margin since 1986, and larger than the 1994, 2006, and 2010 waves. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided after allegations of electoral fraud against Republican pastor Mark Harris. Democrats also gained 7 Governorships, including a sweep of the upper midwest. No statewide Republicans won in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, or Minnesota.

 

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total, their biggest gain since 1974. Democrats won the American popular vote by 8.6%, the highest midterm margin since 1986, and larger than the 1994, 2006, and 2010 waves. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided after allegations of electoral fraud against Republican pastor Mark Harris. Democrats also gained 7 Governorships, including a sweep of the upper midwest.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.

The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

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, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of 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, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party had to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

 

Of those 10 "Trump" states, 6 flipped back to the Democrats, while Republicans picked up senate seats in Missouri, North Dakota, Indiana, and Florida. Democrats won in the Clinton state of Nevada, and flipped Trump state Arizona blue. Trumps strong approval in rural states helped the GOP to gain 2 seats in the senate, but his poor national approval and cratering in the suburbs resulted in rout in the house, large governor losses, and hundreds of state legislative seats flipping blue.  

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.

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 losing 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]], used a record  $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media. His coattails however, flipped two house seats blue in Texas, dozens of state legislative races, and hundreds of local offices to the Democrats.  

==Issues==

==Issues==