Starting to look like a nationwide bloodbath...

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Its not all bad news for the Democrats.

It looks like we'll pick of the Pennsylvania and Florida governorships, and have shots in Wisconsin and Michigan, which are all very important.

Most of the Senate losses will be in deeply red states, where losing is disappointing, but not a sign that Democrats have a long term problem.  Not to mention, Democrats put up a good fight in Georgia, Kansas, and Kentucky. The fact that they can make these races competitive in a midterm election could be a good sign for 2016 and beyond.  I'd especially would like to see how Georgia continues to evolve.

Braley and Udal squandering their Senate races are the biggest disappointments.  We need to learn from what happened in those two races, because Democrats won't be able to compete in the Senate if we loose purple states like that. (Since there are more Republican states than Democratic states, Democrats need to win the vast majority of purple state contests).

The same thing happened in Nevada in 2012.  Shelly Berkley was a terrible candidate that squandered what should have been a Senate pickup.  We didn't really focus on that race because the Democrats did so well otherwise, but in hindsight we should have.  We've done an excellent job of recruiting top tier candidates in red states (see Nunn and Grimes for examples this cycle), but can't just expect to win in states like Iowa, Nevada, and Colorado with mediocre candidates.