2014 US Congressional Election Results

[Joe Biden 2020]

I'm going to bed, guys.  It's been fun.

[Recalcuate]

Tillis defeats Hagan per Fox.

Looking R+9 if LA and AK follow.

[tmthforu94]

I leave for my staff meeting, come back, and it is looking great for the Republican Party!

What a night!

[7,052,770]

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

That's perfect, actually.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Tonight is brutal. Just brutal. I mean, we can't "win" every election but are there ANY bright spots for us tonight?

We have a star that's going to hang on in NH, your stereotypical horrible GOPer going down in flames in PA, and the the door is open for progressives to really take over the Democratic Party.  Those are the bright spots.

This is nuts. Progressives aren't a majority in this country, not even close, is the sad reality. This is a wake-up call like 1994 that we need to meet the electorate where it is or face an even worse fate.

Progressives are a bigger chunk of the electorate than you think, they just don't know it.  

[Keystone Phil]

Let's really spike the football and take Alaska.

[memphis]

Tonight is brutal. Just brutal. I mean, we can't "win" every election but are there ANY bright spots for us tonight?

We have a star that's going to hang on in NH, your stereotypical horrible GOPer going down in flames in PA, and the the door is open for progressives to really take over the Democratic Party.  Those are the bright spots.

This is nuts. Progressives aren't a majority in this country, not even close, is the sad reality. This is a wake-up call like 1994 that we need to meet the electorate where it is or face an even worse fate.

Short of suggesting putting people in camps, policy hardly matters at all in our elections. It's all about messaging and convincing voters they "belong" in the party. Fix the message.

[Zanas]

Dems don't go to the polls ; Dems lose big.
Reps think they won big ; Reps lose two years later because Dems go to the polls.

Ad lib.

[Vosem]

Based on early results (0% reporting ) CA-26 looks better than the usually suggested Republican pickup opportunities; Gorrell is leading Brownley 61-39. DeMaio is narrowly up as well; Bera is barely up. Oddly, Valadao is leading just 52-48; Renteria might end up being a bright spot for Democrats.

EDIT: Another possible upset, this one being an Eastern one I overlooked: with 38% reporting, Bruce Blakeman is leading Kathleen Rice 54-46.

[KCDem]

Wow. This couldn't have been worse. WTF Warner?!

[Boston Bread]

This is nuts. Progressives aren't a majority in this country, not even close, is the sad reality. This is a wake-up call like 1994 that we need to meet the electorate where it is or face an even worse fate.

Even as Pryor lost by 16, minimum wage is winning in a landslide. A progressive agenda can be tailored to be popular. There's a disconnect we need to bridge.

[SPQR]

Dems don't go to the polls ; Dems lose big.
Reps think they won big ; Reps lose two years later because Dems go to the polls.

Ad lib.

[Beet]

Tonight is brutal. Just brutal. I mean, we can't "win" every election but are there ANY bright spots for us tonight?

We have a star that's going to hang on in NH, your stereotypical horrible GOPer going down in flames in PA, and the the door is open for progressives to really take over the Democratic Party.  Those are the bright spots.

This is nuts. Progressives aren't a majority in this country, not even close, is the sad reality. This is a wake-up call like 1994 that we need to meet the electorate where it is or face an even worse fate.

Progressives are a bigger chunk of the electorate than you think, they just don't know it.  

Lol no. maybe in 10 or 15 years if they make the case to the American people, but not today or within the foreseeable future. Conservatives proved a bigger chunk of the electorate than thought today, by 5-10 points.

[Cubby]

MSNBC calls Iowa for Ernst.

GOP now has 51 seats

[sg0508]

Tillis wins NC per Fox News.

Mahoney in NY-18 must be a very talented politician (who may win and is ahead as Vosem says), since otherwise NY has been a Dem disaster.

Many Democratic reps went down and even Steve Israel (my former Rep) on LI had trouble. Bishop got beaten bad out east.

[JerryArkansas]

Thom Tillis was projected the winner.  Wow.

[SamInTheSouth]

What's with MD-8?  That's absurdly close

[Consciously Unconscious]

Can we officially call this a wave election?

[Zanas]

Tonight is brutal. Just brutal. I mean, we can't "win" every election but are there ANY bright spots for us tonight?

We have a star that's going to hang on in NH, your stereotypical horrible GOPer going down in flames in PA, and the the door is open for progressives to really take over the Democratic Party.  Those are the bright spots.

This is nuts. Progressives aren't a majority in this country, not even close, is the sad reality. This is a wake-up call like 1994 that we need to meet the electorate where it is or face an even worse fate.

Progressives are a bigger chunk of the electorate than you think, they just don't know it. 

Lol no. maybe in 10 or 15 years if they make the case to the American people, but not today or within the foreseeable future. Conservatives proved a bigger chunk of the electorate that went to the polling stations than thought today, by 5-10 points.

Fixed.

[memphis]

This is nuts. Progressives aren't a majority in this country, not even close, is the sad reality. This is a wake-up call like 1994 that we need to meet the electorate where it is or face an even worse fate.

Even as Pryor lost by 16, minimum wage is winning in a landslide. A progressive agenda can be tailored to be popular. There's a disconnect we need to bridge.

^^^^^^^
Obama doesn't even try to sell his own policies. It's like he thinks that his primary job is governing and that people are smart enough to figure out for themselves that having health insurance is better than not having health insurance. We need to start picking candidates who know better. I strongly suspect Hillary can do that.

[Boston Bread]

Can we officially call this a wave election?

Of course.

[Beagle]

This is more thinking out loud than expecting a response, but:

Would MD Gov be where it is right now if Gansler was the nominee?

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

This is nuts. Progressives aren't a majority in this country, not even close, is the sad reality. This is a wake-up call like 1994 that we need to meet the electorate where it is or face an even worse fate.

Even as Pryor lost by 16, minimum wage is winning in a landslide. A progressive agenda can be tailored to be popular. There's a disconnect we need to bridge.

Exactly.  Pretending that progressive accomplishments are actually horrible, and constantly talking about how you have to work with the reprehensible Republicans isn't the way to do it.  Americans are for greater health coverage, for a higher minimum wage, for background checks on guns, for abortion rights, etc etc etc.  The Democrats have absolutely no idea how to sell their message.  They literally need massive GOP ****-ups fresh in the voters' minds to win anything.  That has to change, now.

EDIT: The GOP will do horrible things in their two years here, because that's their agenda.  They are there to continue the gravy train for the rich and the white and the well-off.  This invariably makes this worse for 90% of us.  They make out with the moneybags so they don't care.  Are the Democrats going to miss yet another opportunity to sell progressive policy to the American people in 2016?  Your move, Hillary. 

[Torie]

This I submit is the most unbelievable result in the nation - a district Obama won by 56%, and it is not as if the Dem incumbent is horribly incompetent, or a crook, or caught sleeping with some teenage boy, etc. In fact, given the NY-11 result, being a crook is not fatal, so I guess that aspect of Maffei is not relevant.

[illegaloperation]

To be honest, I knew the Democrats were in trouble when I saw that Mark Warner just hanging on.