Voters show they want sanity and don't want Trump
By Washington Examiner
November 09, 2022 11:17 AMRepublican hopes of a smashing victory in the midterm elections have fallen in ruins. This was no repudiation of the governing Democrats or its leader, even if, as seems likely, Speaker Nancy Pelosi's grip will be pried off the House of Representatives.
The precise makeup of the House remains unsettled at the time of writing, but if Republicans win, it will be by the slimmest of margins. If results hold for Republicans in Nevada and for Democrats in Arizona, the Senate will not be decided until next month when Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker (R-GA) will face a runoff in Georgia.
But look a little just a little closer, especially at races for governor, and a pattern emerges. “Florida was a refuge of sanity when the world went mad,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said in his victory speech Tuesday night. “We have embraced freedom. We have maintained law and order. We have protected the rights of parents. We have respected our taxpayers. And we reject woke ideology.”
Florida voters loved this message, and whereas then-President Donald Trump barely beat Joe Biden by 3 points in the state only two years ago, DeSantis crushed his opponent 20 points on Tuesday. Other Republican governors who brought order instead of chaos also won. In Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine ran away with a 25-point victory. Gov. Chris Sununu took New Hampshire by 15 points. And in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds won by 20 points. Meanwhile, Nevada’s incumbent Democratic governor lost and Oregon’s Democratic incumbent is barely hanging on with much of the vote still left to count.
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