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Voters Bring Generational Change to Congress – The Wednesday AM Quickie 11/4/26

By Corey Pein —

Listen: speaking personally, between the wars and the fascism, writing this daily news roundup can be a bleak affair. Not today. Great work, folks! Now we just need to make sure Democrats do everything they were elected to do. - Corey

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THE BIG NEWS

Voters Crush Trumpism and Send a New Brand of Democrats to Control Senate and House

Abdul El-Sayed Wins in Michigan

Texas! Kansas! Hot Damn!

Eleven years of Donald Trump dominating American politics has been sufficient to destroy the country's social infrastructure, democratic institutions, and international standing. The public has suffered a cost-of-living crisis as billionaires take over more and more of the economy and political corruption runs rampant, led by a Republican Party with no sense of propriety. Citizens have been murdered in the street by Trump's paramilitary thugs while their noncitizen neighbors have been sent to concentration camps, deported, and tortured by the regime. The long coup d'etat of Jan. 6, 2021 succeeded. Human rights have been repealed. The forever wars have returned. Fascism has risen again.

That dark era is coming to an end. Voting in the midterm elections of Trump's disastrous second concluded yesterday. The results (see below) were beyond any expectation of a Democratic wave or even a "blue tsunami" – this was a great flood on a Biblical scale. Democrats won control of the Senate and the House of Representatives, exceeding expectations across the electoral map.

That means come January, a new Congress will be sworn in with strong Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress. The new Democratic majority won't be able to pass legislation that changes people's lives for the better, so long as Trump holds veto power. But neither will Trump be able to advance his MAGA agenda of bigotry and immiseration. He is a lame duck starting today. And he is likely as not to impeached for a third time in the next Congress. His reprehensible enablers, like Nazi-saluting oligarch Elon Musk, will also face investigations from a new Congress with the power to issue subpoenas and make criminal referrals.

And when the 2028 presidential election rolls around, progressive Democrats will finally have the chance to begin rebuilding a more just economy, civic life, the rule of law, and the image of America as a land of freedom and equality, where great things can happen – or, at least, ordinary people can get by and maybe not lose everything to medical bills.

To be sure, Democrats have squandered their power before when voters have granted it to them. But this is a new class of Democrats. In the House, a new leftist formation known as "the Bloc" will pick up where the Squad left off, working toward passage of Medicare for All and a Green New Deal. Leftist positions – including a turn away from Israel's genocide in Gaza – are becoming litmus tests for Democratic nominees.

In the Senate, milquetoast centrism is likewise threatened. Michigan progressive Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the country's most closely watched race, defeated loathsome Republican nominee Mike Rogers and brushing off a last-minute knife in the back from his former primary rival, Rep. Haley Stevens. El-Sayed's was the kind of victory that the craven centrists and the political consultant class said wasn't possible. Not only was it possible, it will define the politics of the American left-progressive-liberal coalition for a generation to come.

"We did it," El-Sayed told supporters in his victory speech last night. "We showed that in a battle between the money and the many that the many really can win. And so to all the kids who watched this last month, to all the parents who struggled to explain why the president openly mocked someone for their name or how they pray, let them know tomorrow that the bad guys lost."

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Victory Day Roundup: Amazing Full Results from Every State

  • Texas GOP 'Thunderstruck' as Democrats James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa Win Senate and Governor's Races "The crowd [at Talarico's rally in Austin] erupted into screams as CNN called the race, bursting into chants of 'USA' and 'TALARICO' as they celebrated the dream of a blue Texas becoming a reality. The screams got even louder when CNN called the governor's race for Democrat Gina Hinojosa, with attendees bursting into tears and jumping up and down, waving American flags and embracing each other." via the Associated Press, the Dallas Morning News, and the Texas Tribune.
  • South Carolina Elects First Democratic Senator Since 1998, Annie Andrews "This Senate seat belongs to South Carolina. It does not belong to one family," Andrews said at a rally last month, referring to her Republican opponent Sen. Darlene Graham, who effectively inherited the seat her late brother Lindsey left open when he died of a ruptured aorta. via the South Carolina Daily Gazette, NBC News, and Mother Jones.
  • Troy Jackson Defeats GOP Sen. Susan Collins in Maine "We did it. Working people won," the fifth-generation logger, a late addition to the Democratic ticket in the state, told supporters last night. via the Guardian, the AP, and the Portland Press Herald.
  • Democratic Senate Nominees Flip Seats in Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, and North Carolina Ohio Republican Sen. Jon Husted's renowned hindquarters weren't enough to shield him from the wrath of Sherrod Brown; in Kansas, Adam Hamilton's victory over Sen. Roger Marshall makes him the first Democrat to represent the state in the Senate in nearly 100 years. via the Ohio Capital Journal, Reuters, the AP, and NPR.
  • DSA-Backed Angie Nixon Loses to Incumbent GOP Sen. Ashley Moody in Florida "I'm going to wake up tomorrow and keep fighting against the corruption that’s keeping our wages stagnant and driving up our costs," Nixon told supporters in her concession speech. "The war is not over — 2028 is around the corner. Ashley Moody, you better get it right because we're coming for you." via the Florida Phoenix, the Miami Herald, and the Tampa Bay Times.
  • Democrats Win Governor's Offices from Coast to Coast In Ohio, Amy Acton won an upset victory over the despicable Republican billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy; in Georgia, Keisha Lance Bottoms will become the first Black woman to lead any state; and in New Mexico, Deb Haaland will do the same as an Indigenous woman. via the Guardian, the AP, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the Santa Fe New Mexican.
  • Democratic Socialist Janeese Lewis George Wins Mayor's Race in Washington, DC "Her campaign was fueled by firm union backing, both financially and in the form of a high-energy grassroots door knockers." via the Washington Post, NBC News, and the Washington City Paper.
  • Trump Claims He's 'Absolutely Willing' to Accept Results; No Voting Chaos Reported His explanation of the Democratic blowout: "I wasn't on the ticket, and because I wasn't on the ticket, we couldn't get enough people out to vote." Yes, sir; whatever you say, sir! via the New York Times, ProPublica, and the Washington Post.

QUICKEST QUICKIES

  • Trump Wastes No Time Resuming Strikes on Iran The US military yesterday launched what it called a "defensive" aerial attack on Iran's Queshm Island at the northern entrance of the Strait of Hormuz. via the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
  • Google Will Cut Off Search Tools for Schools That Decline to Adopt AI "Schools should use this opportunity to help students find more privacy-protective alternatives for search, as well as ways to do more substantive research beyond search and click," says Josh Golin of the advocacy group Fairplay. via NBC News, the Washington Post, and the Financial Times.
  • Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut Recovering In Hospital from Stroke Murphy "started experiencing numbness in his arm" while attending his son's hockey game four days ago. via the New York Times, the Hartford Courant, and Connecticut Public Radio.
  • Trump Claims US Will Cut Off $4 Billion in Aid to Israel at the End of the Year "'We'll help Israel if they need it — you know they've been a great ally,' Trump said, adding that the Israeli government was 'fine with it, because, you know, they have become a very successful country' and 'they don't need' the money." via NBC News, Common Dreams, and Al Jazeera.

SOME NUMBER

16 percentage points

That's the average shift in favor of Democrats in counties that reported most of their votes last night, according to the New York Times. The shift to Republicans in 2024, when Donald Trump won the White House for a second time, was only 5 percentage points. "Even in states where Democrats did not win, voters still shifted sharply to the left from 2024," the Times reports. "Results in Tennessee and Kentucky each shifted 18 points toward Democrats."

ON THE SHOW TODAY

11/4: Sam and Emma will be in studio, I expect, discussing the big news.

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ELECTION NIGHT LIVE w/ MR Crew + SPECIAL GUESTS

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Trump Is Totally Detached From Reality

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PARTING WORDS

"We will rip ICE apart."

-- Future Democratic Sen. Peggy Flanagan of Minnesota, speaking to supporters last night after defeating Republican Michele Tafoya. Flanagan, who is Ojibwe, is the first Indigenous woman elected to the Senate.

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