What Happened? | RealClearPolitics
As of this writing, most states have counted their 2022 election ballots. California, being California, continues to turtle toward its final vote tally. About 2 million ballots remain to be counted there. We nevertheless have a rough idea of how things are poised to shake out. The night was clearly disappointing for Republicans. They will certainly fail to claim the Senate by how much will be determined in a runoff in a few weeks and seem likely to take the House, probably with around 220 seats or so. Obviously, this is not the result that Republicans had hoped for.
What makes it all the stranger is that it looks like Republicans will notch a significant victory in the popular vote. As of this writing, they ve received 51.0% of the vote to Democrats 47.1%.
Sean Trende.