Republicans Gained Historic Wins In The Midterms

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Republicans Had An Historic Night – We Took Back The House, Turned Purple States Red, And Won Key Down Ballot Races

REPUBLICANS OBTAINED HISTORIC WINS ON TUESDAY

Republicans flipped the House for only the third time since the Eisenhower administration.
- This is now the second straight cycle Republicans will pick up seats in the House, following 2020 where the Party netted 14 seats.
In NY-17, Mike Lawler defeated Sean Patrick Maloney, becoming the first candidate to defeat a DCCC chair since 1980 and the first to defeat a party committee chair since 1992.
Of the votes that have been tallied so far, Republicans have received over 4 million more votes in House races than Democrats.

REPUBLICANS HAD A NIGHT OF HISTORIC FIRSTS

Katie Britt is the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama and will become the youngest woman in the Senate.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders was elected the first female Governor of Arkansas.
- Leslie Rutledge was elected the first female Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.
Oklahoma Senator-elect Markwayne Mullin will be the first Native American in the U.S. Senate in nearly two decades.
- Mullin will be the first Native American Senator from Oklahoma in a century.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer became Oregon’s first Republican Latina to be elected to Congress.
Juan Ciscomani became Arizona’s first Latino Republican to be elected to Congress.
Anna Paulina Luna became Florida’s first Mexican American woman elected to Congress.
Republican Monica De La Cruz is the first Republican and first Latina elected to represent Texas’ 15^th Congressional district in the district’s 120-year history.
Congressman-elect Andy Ogles won in TN-05, making it the first time Nashville has had a Republican representative in Congress since Reconstruction.
Guam elected its first Republican House delegate, James Moylan, since 1993.
Iowa elected a Republican Attorney General, Brenna Bird, for the first time in over 40 years.
- Iowa also elected a Republican state treasurer, Roby Smith, for the first time in 40 years.
Soo Hong is the first Asian American Republican woman elected to the Georgia State legislature.
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King, who was appointed to the office by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019, became the first Hispanic candidate elected to statewide office.

PURPLE STATES TURNED RED

Several states that were previously purple swing states have turned bright red.
Florida
- Sen. Marco Rubio won re-election by 16 points and Republicans picked up four House seats.
- Republicans captured every statewide office in Florida, the first time since reconstruction this has happened, and won the governor’s race by the largest margin in at least 40 years.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis won Miami-Dade County, becoming the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win the county since 2002.
  - DeSantis won Miami-Dade County by the largest margin of any Republican gubernatorial candidate in “at least the past 40 years.”
- Republicans took supermajorities in both chambers of the Florida Legislature, a feat that has not been accomplished by one party in “modern Florida political history.”
- Republicans are expected to hold 85 seats in the 120-member House, the largest GOP majority in history.
- All nine Republicans running in state legislative races in the Miami area won.
Ohio
- Ohio Republicans swept all six statewide elected offices, including re-electing Gov. Mike DeWine by 25 points.
- J.D. Vance won his race to become Ohio’s next Senator.
- Republicans expanded their supermajority in the Ohio State House and obtained their largest supermajority in the Senate in 70 years.
- Republicans swept the Ohio Supreme Court races, winning all three seats that were up this cycle.
Iowa
- Republicans swept nearly every statewide and federal race in Iowa.
  - Republicans swept all four of Iowa’s congressional races and re-elected Sen. Chuck Grassley, meaning the state’s entire congressional delegation is now Republican.
  - The last time the state’s congressional delegation was entirely Republican was in 1956.
- Republicans won all but one of Iowa’s statewide elected offices, with the last race still too close to call.
  - Iowa elected a Republican Attorney General, Brenna Bird, for the first time in over 40 years.
  - Iowa also elected a Republican state treasurer, Roby Smith, for the first time in 40 years.
- Republicans expanded their majority in the Iowa House and are on track to obtain a supermajority in the Iowa Senate, the first time that has happened in over 50 years.

REPUBLICANS WON UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT

Florida
- Republicans took supermajorities in both chambers of the Florida Legislature, a feat that has not been accomplished by one party in “modern Florida political history.”
- The Florida House Republican Campaign Committee announced that Republicans are expected to hold 85 seats in the 120-member House, the largest GOP majority in history.
Michigan
- An incumbent Republican won a competitive Michigan Supreme Court election.
- Conservatives are poised to take control over the Brandywine Board of Education after winning four seats.
Iowa
- Republicans expanded their majority in the Iowa House and are on track to obtain a supermajority in the Iowa Senate, the first time that has happened in over 50 years.
Kansas
- Republicans swept all five seats on the ballot for Kansas State Board of Education, giving them a 7-3 advantage over Democrats.
Kentucky
- In both state legislative chambers Republicans expanded their supermajorities, having flipped a net five seats in the House and one seat in the Senate.
New York
- Republicans struck down the Democrat supermajority in the State Senate.
- In Central New York, Republicans saw a clean sweep of State Supreme Court Judges, taking all four seats while flipping two from blue to red.
North Carolina
- Republicans gained a supermajority in the North Carolina State Senate and came within one seat of a supermajority in the House.
- Republicans won both state Supreme Court races that were on the ballot, flipping the makeup of the court from a 4-3 Democratic majority to a 5-2 Republican majority.
- Republicans won all four North Carolina Court of Appeals races.
Ohio
- Republicans expanded their supermajority in the Ohio State House and obtained their largest supermajority in the Senate in 70 years.
- Republicans easily swept all three Ohio Supreme Court races.
South Carolina
- Republicans gained a supermajority in the State House, now holding over 70 percent of the seats in the chamber.
Texas
- Republicans gained on a seat on the Texas State Board of Education, giving them a 10-5 majority over Democrats.
Wisconsin
- Republicans won a supermajority in Wisconsin’s state senate.

REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS WON BIG

No incumbent Republican Senator lost to a Democrat.
Every incumbent Republican governor won, and 14 out of 15 won by double digits.
- Republican Joe Lombardo defeated Nevada’s incumbent Democrat Gov. Steve Sisolak.
Every incumbent Republican Attorney General was re-elected.

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS WON

Candidates from all backgrounds won seats in races across the country, including:
- Hispanic candidates, including Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), and Monica De La Cruz (TX-15).
- Black candidates, including John James (MI-10) and Wesley Hunt (TX-38).
- Female candidates, including Katie Britt (AL), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), Laurel Lee (FL-15), Erin Houchin (IN-09), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Harriett Hageman (WY-At Large).
- Veteran candidates, including J.D. Vance (OH), Eli Crane (AZ-02), Cory Mills (FL-07), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), Rich McCormick (GA-06), Zach Nunn (IA-03), John James (MI-10), Ryan Zinke (MT-01), Nick LaLota (NY-01), Brandon Williams (NY-22), Joe Lombardo (NV), Max Miller (OH-07), Keith Self (TX-03), Morgan Luttrell (TX-08), Wesley Hunt (TX-38), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Derrick Van Orden (WI-03).

REPUBLICANS FLIPPED THE HOUSE

Republicans flipped blue seats to red across the country.
- Eli Crane flipped AZ-02 red.
- Juan Ciscomani flipped AZ-06 red.
- Cory Mills flipped FL-07 red.
- Anna Paulina Luna flipped FL-13 red.
- Rich McCormick flipped GA-06 red.
- Zach Nunn flipped IA-03 red.
- John James filled MI-10 red.
- Thomas Kean Jr. flipped NJ-07 red.
- Republicans flipped three congressional seats in deep blue New York.
  - Republicans swept all four congressional seats on Long Island.
  - George Santos won NY-03, becoming the first Republican to represent Nassau County, New York’s North Shore, since 1982.
  - Anthony D’Esposito is the first Republican to represent NY-04 since 1996.
  - Mike Lawler flipped NY-17 red – the first time the seat was won by a Republican in nearly 40 years.
  - Marc Molinaro flipped NY-19 red.
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer flipped OR-05 red.
- Andy Ogles flipped TN-05 red to replace retiring Democrat Jim Cooper.
- Monica De La Cruz flipped TX-15 red.
- Jen Kiggans flipped VA-02 red.
- Derrick Van Orden flipped WI-03 red – the first time the seat is held by a Republican in 26 years.