Vive Carter

[Lord Admirale]

[The Govanah Jake]

I was hoping for Jimmy Carter... Oh Well. Haven't seen much timelines on Jason Carter, excited to see where this takes him!

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

Carter for Gov!

[Lord Admirale]

The Rise of Jason Carter
November 29, 2016 - June 20, 2017

Tom Price, a United States Representative, was slated to become President Donald Trump's next Secretary of Health and Human Services and would be subsequently forced to vacate his congressional seat. His district, Georgia’s 6th, had gained national attention in the past election cycle; the President underperformed every Republican candidate before him by at least 10 points or more. This would give a divided, yet eager, Democratic Party, an opportunity to send a message to the President by electing a Democrat in what was once Newt Gingrich’s congressional district. All they needed was someone who was willing to take the risk.

But who would that person be?

The immediate frontrunner for the Democrats was documentary filmmaker Jon Ossoff, a political novice who had grown up in the 6th district.



Ossoff already had the funds in his own pocket to start a strong campaign for Congress, but it didn't take long for the Republican Party to rip into him. One of Jon Ossoff's biggest problems brought forward by the GOP was that his residence was not within the 6th district's boundaries and that he couldn't even vote for himself in the April nonpartisan primary. Despite this, Ossoff managed to secure some high profile endorsements, such as Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.

Throughout the early weeks of the campaign, Ossoff seemed to be destined to be the Democratic candidate to potentially flip the 6th district, but that all changed with a very shocking announcement in early February.

The grandson of President Jimmy Carter wished to take the seat.



Jason Carter had been in politics since 2010, however left in 2014 after losing his gubernatorial bid. He had privately been eager to return to politics, and, with the 6th district vacant, saw this as a great opportunity to do so.

Within days, Carter began to dim Ossoff's rising star due to his name recognition and, unlike Ossoff, residence within the 6th district. Carter was endorsed by many prominent Georgian politicians, namely Roy Barnes, Stacey Evans, and most of his colleagues he had served with in the State Senate.

On April 18, Carter was a very happy man.

Georgia's 6th congressional district special election

Jason Carter (D) - 36.1%
Karen Handel (R) - 18.4%
Jon Ossoff (D) - 14.2%
Bob Gray (R) - 10.7%
Dan Moody (R) - 8.8%
Judson Hill (R) - 8.7%
Kurt Wilson (R) - 0.9%
David Abroms (R) - 0.8%
Others - 1.4%

Carter was grateful to have Ossoff endorse, and eventually campaign for, his candidacy. Carter was focused on rallying as many Democratic votes in the 6th district as possible, while also winning over moderate Republicans who had a lack of faith in Donald Trump. For campaigning, Carter would occasionally make appearances with his grandfather, however aside from him, Jason would usually do rallies either by himself or with other politicians from around Georgia.

In June, Handel's situation went from bad to worse when pundits saw Carter as the clear winner in their first and only televised debate, while pointing out that Handel seemed uneasy for most of the night. Carter's lead only grew and grew, however the President himself began working to help Handel defeat Carter.

By June 19th, the eve of election day, the running polls were as followed:

WSB/Landmark Communications
Jason Carter (D) - 52%
Karen Handel (R) - 46%
Undecided - 2%

Trafalgar Group
Jason Carter (D) - 53%
Karen Handel (R) - 47%
Undecided - 0%

CSP Polling
Jason Carter (D) - 54%
Karen Handel (R) - 43%
Undecided - 3%

On June 20th, 2017, Democrats across America were very pleased by what they saw, while the Trump administration was very disappointed in Handel's performance.

Georgia's 6th congressional district special election runoff
✓ Jason Carter (D) - 52.3%
Karen Handel (R) - 47.7%

Carter's victory was mostly due to a high turnout of minority voters, a majority of undecided voters casting their ballots in his name, and cross-party support from moderate Republicans. During his victory speech, Carter stated that he would head to Washington to help every resident of his district and would work against growing partisanship on Capitol Hill. As for Handel, her concession was relatively bitter, negatively comparing Jason to his grandfather's performance as President.

[Progressive]

I love me some Ossoff but yaaas Carter! Great TL

[BuckeyeNut]

Color me intrigued.

[libertpaulian]

Georgia residents: How did Carter campaign in 2014?

Based on my limited knowledge, I think Carter would have had a MUCH better shot than Ossoff.  Ossoff, while performing VERY well for such a Republican district trending blue, came off as too Rubio-ish for my tastes.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Color me intrigued.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Color me intrigued.

[NewYorkExpress]

Should be interesting. Will he run for Governor in 2018, Senate in 2020, or will he just jump to President in 2020 (which I don't recommend).

[Kingpoleon]

Should be interesting. Will he run for Governor in 2018, Senate in 2020, or will he just jump to President in 2020 (which I don't recommend).

I imagine Michelle Nunn will run for Governor and win, helping to establish a firm alliance for Carter in the state.

[Canis]

Color me intrigued.

[Lord Admirale]

The Beginning of the Storm

2018 was looking bleaker and bleaker for the Republican Party, beginning with Carter's victory in Georgia's 6th district. Polls indicated that Congress's approval ratings were almost dipping into single-digits, while the President's were slumping to the high 20s. Tax reform had failed in the Senate in early December, and a sexual assault scandal had completely destroyed Roy Moore's campaign for Jeff Sessions' old seat, causing what seemed impossible nearly a month before the election.

A Democrat was elected the junior U.S. Senator from Alabama.

United States Senate special election in Alabama, 2017
✓ Doug Jones (D) - 50.2%
Roy Moore (R) - 39.5%
Write-ins - 10.5%

The Senate was now 51-49, only two seats separated the Democrats from a majority. This already sounded bad for the Republican Party as Dean Heller and Kelli Ward trailed in Nevada and Arizona, meaning if the Republicans were unable to gain a seat elsewhere, the Democrats would take the Senate. If this sounded bad enough, the situation in the House of Representatives made this look wonderful in comparison.

In March of 2018, Democrat Conor Lamb won a special election in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, a district encompassing the suburbs of Pittsburgh.

Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district special election
✓ Conor Lamb (D) - 51.8%
Rick Saccone (R) - 48.2%

Shortly after, in June, Democrat Ed Albertson managed to defeat Republican Carol O'Brien for Ohio's 12th congressional district.

Ohio's 12th congressional district special election
✓ Ed Albertson (D) - 50.4%
Carol O'Brien (R) - 49.6%

It became much more clear that Paul Ryan's speakership would soon be terminated by voters in November, and the Democratic Party was making its way back into power.

[Lord Admirale]

The 2018 Midterms
Gubernatorial Races

Democratic Party - 25 seats (+9)
Republican Party - 24 seats (-9)
Independent - 1 seat (-)

In their electoral wave, the Democrats managed to take over 9 governorships: Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, New Mexico, and Wisconsin, giving them executive control of 25 states. This was a huge win for Democrats as they now gained control half of the nation's governorships.

The biggest disappointment for the Democrats was Maryland, where the Republican was reelected with just less than 1% of the popular vote, but these disappointments were overshadowed by wins in deep Republican states such as Georgia and Kansas.

Results

Alabama
✓ Kay Ivey (R) (inc.) - 59.4%
Walt Maddox (D) - 38.4%

Alaska
✓ Bill Walker (I) (inc.) - 48.3%
Joe Miller (R) - 45.5%

Arizona
✓ Doug Ducey (R) (inc.) - 51.9%
Steve Farley (D) - 46.0%

California
✓ Gavin Newsom (D) - 63.3%
John Chiang (D) - 36.7%

Colorado
✓ Jared Polis (D) - 54.8%
Tom Tancredo (R) - 44.9%

Connecticut (R+1)
✓ David M. Walker (R) - 49.5%
Chris Mattei (D) - 48.2%

Florida (D+1)
✓ Gwen Graham (D) - 50.2%
Adam Putnam (R) - 47.9%

Georgia (D+1)
✓ Stacey Evans (D) - 50.6%
Casey Cagle (R) - 47.1%

Hawaii
✓ Colleen Hanabusa (D) - 59.3%
Andria Tupola (R) - 38.5%

Idaho
✓ Raul Labrador (R) - 58.7%
Troy Minton (D) - 34.0%

Illinois (D+1)
✓ J. B. Pritzker (D) - 50.1%
Bruce Rauner (R) (inc.) - 48.3%

Iowa
✓ Kim Reynolds (R) (inc.) - 51.0%
Nate Boulton (D) - 45.7%

Kansas (D+1)
✓ Josh Svaty (D) - 48.2%
Jeff Colyer (R) (inc.) - 44.4%
Greg Orman (I) - 7.0%

Maine (D+1)
✓ Matthew Dunlap (D) - 46.3%
Mary Mayhew (R) - 38.3%
Terry Hayes (I) - 14.9%

Maryland
✓ Larry Hogan (R) (inc.) - 48.9%
Ben Jealous (D) - 48.5%

Massachusetts
✓ Charlie Baker (R) (inc.) - 57.9%
Setti Warren (D) - 40.5%

Michigan (D+1)
✓ Gretchen Whitmer (D) - 53.0%
Bill Schuette (R) - 45.1%

Minnesota
✓ Tim Walz (D) - 56.8%
Jeff Johnson (R) - 42.8%

Nebraska
✓ Pete Ricketts (R) (inc.) - 56.4%
Bob Krist (I) - 42.2%

Nevada
✓ Adam Laxalt (R) - 52.8%
Steve Sisolak (D) - 45.2%

New Hampshire (D+1)
✓ Steve Marchand (D) - 49.7%
Chris Sununu (R) (inc.) - 48.4%

New Mexico (D+1)
✓ Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) - 55.1%
Steve Pearce (R) - 43.5%

New York
✓ Andrew Cuomo (D) (inc.) - 61.9%
Marc Molinaro (R) - 38.0%

Ohio
✓ Richard Cordray (D) - 49.1%
Mike DeWine (R) - 48.5%

Oklahoma
✓ Todd Lamb (R) - 55.0%
Drew Edmondson (D) - 43.7%

Oregon
✓ Kate Brown (D) (inc.) - 54.2%
Greg Wooldridge (R) - 45.8%

Pennsylvania
✓ Tom Wolf (D) (inc.) - 55.2%
Scott Wagner (R) - 42.8%

Rhode Island
✓ Gina Raimondo (D) (inc.) - 53.7%
Allan Fung (R) - 46.6%

South Carolina
✓ Henry McMaster (R) (inc.) - 54.6%
James Smith (D) - 45.0%

South Dakota
✓ Kristie Noem (R) - 67.3%
Billie Sutton (D) - 31.8%

Tennessee
✓ Diane Black (R) - 54.2%
Karl Dean (D) - 44.9%

Texas
✓ Greg Abbott (R) (inc.) - 66.2%
Lupe Valdez (D) - 32.7%

Vermont
✓ Phil Scott (R) (inc.) - 56.2%
James Ehlers (D) - 41.1%

Wisconsin (D+1)
✓ Kathleen Vinehout (D) - 49.5%
Scott Walker (R) (inc.) - 48.3%

Wyoming
✓ Steve Harshman (R) - 62.6%
Mary Throne (D) - 36.6%

[Lord Admirale]

The 2018 Midterms
Senate races

Democratic Party - 52 seats (+3)
Republican Party - 48 seats (-3)

Along with securing a majority of governorships across the country, the Democrats were blessed with gaining a 52 seat majority in the United States, picking up the seats in Arizona, Nevada, and, by upset, Texas. Texas was the most surprising, yet sweetest, victory for Democrats across America as 2016 presidential candidate Ted Cruz was defeated by Congressman Beto O'Rourke. Many pundits owe Cruz's defeat to a bitter Senate primary, along with his sharp rift between him and the President back in 2016 during the presidential campaign.

Minority-turned-Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hailed the majority as a "victory for the American people and a strong message to the President," and said that his fellow Democrats would hold a firm line against the Trump administration. In contrast, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that he would step down from his post as Republican leader in the 116th United States Congress and would retire by 2021. Several weeks following McConnell's announcement, John Barrasso was selected to become the Senate Republican Leader.

Results

Arizona (D+1)
✓ Kyrsten Sinema (D) - 52.6%
Kelli Ward (R) - 41.1%

California
✓ Dianne Feinstein (D) (inc.) - 53.9%
Kevin de León (D) - 46.1%

Connecticut
✓ Chris Murphy (D) (inc.) - 65.2%
Dominic Rapini (R) - 34.7%

Delaware
✓ Tom Carper (D) (inc.) - 59.6%
Chuck Boyce (R) - 39.5%

Florida
✓ Bill Nelson (D) (inc.) - 55.7%
David Jolly (R) - 44.1%

Hawaii
✓ Mazie Hirono (D) (inc.) - 97.6%

Indiana
✓ Joe Donnelly (D) (inc.) - 50.2%
Todd Rotika (R) - 49.0%

Maine
✓ Angus King (I) (inc.) - 54.2%
Eric Brakey (R) - 40.2%
Zak Ringelstein (D) - 4.7%

Maryland
✓ Ben Cardin (D) (inc.) - 61.8%
Sam Faddis (R) - 37.4%

Massachusetts
✓ Elizabeth Warren (D) (inc.) - 63.3%
Geoff Diehl (R) - 35.9%

Michigan
✓ Debbie Stabenow (D) (inc.) - 54.2%
John James (R) - 45.7%

Minnesota
✓ Amy Klobuchar (D) (inc.) - 68.4%
Jim Newberger (R) - 30.5%

Mississippi
✓ Roger Wicker (R) (inc.) - 59.1%
Brandon Presley (D) - 38.5%

Missouri
✓ Claire McCaskill (D) (inc.) - 49.9%
Josh Hawley (R) - 49.0%

Montana
✓ Jon Tester (D) (inc.) - 50.7%
Matt Rosendale (R) - 48.6%

Nebraska
✓ Deb Fischer (R) (inc.) - 60.1%
Jane Raybould (D) - 38.8%

Nevada (D+1)
✓ Jacky Rosen (D) - 49.1%
Dean Heller (R) (inc.) - 48.6%

New Jersey
✓ Bob Menendez (D) (inc.) - 55.9%
Alison Littell McHose (R) - 43.6%

New Mexico
✓ Martin Heinrich (D) (inc.) - 60.2%
Mick Rich (R) - 37.3%

New York
✓ Kirsten Gillibrand (D) (inc.) - 65.8%
Chris Gibson (R) - 33.5%

North Dakota
✓ Heidi Heitkamp (D) (inc.) - 51.2%
Kevin Cramer (R) - 47.0%

Ohio
✓ Sherrod Brown (D) (inc.) - 52.9%
Josh Mandel (R) - 45.1%

Pennsylvania
✓ Bob Casey, Jr. (D) (inc.) - 57.4%
Lou Barletta (R) - 42.8%

Rhode Island
✓ Sheldon Whitehouse (D) (inc.) - 67.5%
Robert Nardolillo (R) - 31.8%

Tennessee
✓ Marsha Blackburn (R) - 53.0%
James Mackler (D) - 45.7%

Texas (D+1)
✓ Beto O'Rourke (D) - 49.5%
Ted Cruz (R) (inc.) - 48.5%

Utah
✓ Mitt Romney (R) - 73.7%
Jenny Wilson (D) - 24.0%

Vermont
✓ Bernie Sanders (I) (inc.) - 71.6%
Scott Milne (R) - 27.4%

Virginia
✓ Tim Kaine (D) (inc.) - 56.8%
Corey Stewart (R) - 43.5%

Washington
✓ Patty Murray (D) (inc.) - 64.0%
Chris Vance (R) - 32.7%

West Virginia
✓ Joe Manchin (D) (inc.) - 58.5%
Patrick Morrisey (R) - 39.9%

Wisconsin
✓ Tammy Baldwin (D) (inc.) - 54.1%
Leah Vukmir (R) - 44.2%

Wyoming
✓ John Barrasso (R) (inc.) - 71.9%
Charlie Hardy (D) - 27.9%

(Next part is the House of Representatives... buckle up!)

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Is Hatch still the Senator in Utah?

[Blackacre]

Aw, no OH-Gov. Sad!

[Lord Admirale]

Is Hatch still the Senator in Utah?

Nope, he decides to retire and Mittens takes his place.

[Lord Admirale]

The 2018 Midterms
House races


Democratic Party - 265 seats (+68)
Republican Party - 170 seats (-68)

On top of taking a majority of governorships and retaking the Senate, the Democrats made a massive sweep of the House of Representatives, ending the 8 year long Republican reign of the House. The Democrats owed many of their gains to a shift in suburban voters who were dissatisfied and angry with the Trump administration, along with high minority turnout in states such as California.

In her victory speech, Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi said that this was a great day for the American people and, like Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the results were a strong message to President Trump and their actions in the past two years.

Results (Part I)

Alabama
1. Bradley Byrne (R)
2. Martha Roby (R)
3. Mike Rogers (R)
4. Robert Aderholt (R)
5. Mo Brooks (R)
6. Gary Palmer (R)
7. Terri Sewell (D)

Alaska
At-large. Don Young (R)

Arizona (D+1)
1. Tom O'Halleran (D)
2. Matt Heinz (D)
3. Raúl Grijalva (D)
4. Paul Gosar (R)
5. Andy Biggs (R)
6. David Schweikert (R)
7. Ruben Gallego (D)
8. Trent Franks (R)
9. Greg Stanton (D)

Arkansas (D+1)
1. Rick Crawford (R)
2. Gwen Combs (D)
3. Steve Womack (R)
4. Bruce Westerman (R)

California (D+9)
1. Doug LaMalfa (R)
2. Jared Huffman (D)
3. John Garamendi (D)
4. Tom McClintock (R)
5. Mike Thompson (D)
6. Doris Matsui (D)
7. Ami Bera (D)
8. Paul Cook (R)
9. Jerry McNerney (D)
10. Virginia Madueño (D)
11. Mark DeSaulnier (D)
12. Nancy Pelosi (D)
13. Barbara Lee (D)
14. Jackie Speier (D)
15. Eric Swalwell (D)
16. Jim Costa (D)
17. Ro Khanna (D)
18. Anna Eshoo (D)
19. Zoe Lofgren (D)
20. Jimmy Panetta (D)
21. Emilio Huerta (D)
22. Andrew Janz (D)
23. Kevin McCarthy (R)
24. Salud Carbajal (D)
25. Bryan Caforio (D)
26. Julia Brownley (D)
27. Judy Chu (D)
28. Adam Schiff (D)
29. Tony Cárdenas (D)
30. Brad Sherman (D)
31. Pete Aguilar (D)
32. Grace Napolitano (D)
33. Ted Lieu (D)
34. Jimmy Gomez (D)
35. Norma Torres (D)
36. Raul Ruiz (D)
37. Karen Bass (D)
38. Linda Sánchez (D)
39. Phil Janowicz (D)
40. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
41. Mark Takano (D)
42. Julia Peacock (D)
43. Maxine Waters (D)
44. Nanette Barragán (D)
45. Dave Min (D)
46. Lou Correa (D)
47. Alan Lowenthal (D)
48. Harley Rouda (D)
49. Doug Applegate (D)
50. Duncan D. Hunter (R)
51. Juan Vargas (D)
52. Scott Peters (D)
53. Susan Davis (D)

Colorado (D+2)
1. Diana DeGette (D)
2. Kristopher Larsen (D)
3. Diane Mitsch Bush (D)
4. Ken Buck (R)
5. Doug Lamborn (R)
6. Levi Tillemann (D)
7. Ed Perlmutter (D)

Connecticut
1. John Larson (D)
2. Joe Courtney (D)
3. Rosa DeLauro (D)
4. Jim Himes (D)
5. Elizabeth Esty (D)

Delaware
At-large. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)

Florida (D+4)
1. Matt Gaetz (R)
2. Neal Dunn (R)
3. Ted Yoho (R)
4. John Rutherford (R)
5. Al Lawson (D)
6. Ron DeSantis (R)
7. Stephanie Murphy (D)
8. Bill Posey (D)
9. Darren Soto (D)
10. Val Demings (D)
11. Dan Webster (R)
12. Gus Bilirakis (R)
13. Charlie Crist (D)
14. Kathy Castor (D)
15. Ray Peña (D)
16. Vern Buchanan (R)
17. Tom Rooney (R)
18. Patrick Murphy (D)
19. Francis Rooney (R)
20. Alcee Hastings (D)
21. Lois Frankel (D)
22. Ted Deutch (D)
23. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)
24. Frederica Wilson (D)
25. Mario Díaz-Balart (R)
26. Steven Machat (D)
27. José Javier Rodríguez (D)

Georgia (D+1)
1. Buddy Carter (R)
2. Sanford Bishop (D)
3. Drew Ferguson (R)
4. Hank Johnson (D)
5. John Lewis (D)
6. Jason Carter (D)
7. Steve Reilly (D)
8. Austin Scott (R)
9. Doug Collins (R)
10. Jody Hice (R)
11. Barry Loudermilk (R)
12. Rick Allen (R)
13. David Scott (D)
14. Tom Graves (R)

Hawaii
1. Kaniela Ing (D)
2. Tulsi Gabbard (D)

Idaho
1. Russ Fulcher (R)
2. Mike Simpson (R)

Illinois (D+4)
1. Bobby Rush (D)
2. Robin Kelly (D)
3. Dan Lipinski (D)
4. Luis Gutierrez (D)
5. Mike Quigley (D)
6. Becky Anderson Wilkins (D)
7. Danny Davis (D)
8. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)
9. Jan Schakowsky (D)
10. Brad Schneider (D)
11. Bill Foster (D)
12. Brendan Kelly (D)
13. Erik Jones (D)
14. Matt Brolley (D)
15. John Shimkus (R)
16. Adam Kinzinger (R)
17. Cheri Bustos (D)
18. Darin LaHood (R)

Indiana
1. Pete Visclosky (D)
2. Jackie Walorski (R)
3. Jim Banks (R)
4. Diego Morales (R)
5. Susan Brooks (R)
6. Jonathan M. Lamb (R)
7. Andre Carson (D)
8. Larry Buschon (R)
9. Trey Hollingsworth (R)

Iowa (D+2)
1. Abby Finkenauer (D)
2. Dave Loebsack (D)
3. Theresa Greenfield (D)
4. Steve King (R)

Kansas (D+1)
1. Roger Marshall (R)
2. Steve Fitzgerald (R)
3. Jay Sidie (D)
4. Ron Estes (R)

Kentucky (D+1)
1. James Comer (R)
2. Brett Guthrie (R)
3. John Yarmuth (D)
4. Thomas Massie (R)
5. Hal Rogers (R)
6. Amy McGrath (D)

Louisiana
1. Steve Scalise (R)
2. Cedric Richmond (D)
3. Clay Higgins (R)
4. Mike Johnson (R)
5. Ralph Abraham (R)
6. Garret Graves (R)

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Color me intrigued.

[Anti-Bothsidesism]

Color me intrigued.

[Lord Admirale]

The Midterms 2018
House elections

Results (Part II)

Maine (D+1)
1. Chellie Pingree (D)
2. Jared Golden (D)

Maryland
1. Andy Harris (R)
2. Dutch Ruppersberger (D)
3. John Sarbanes (D)
4. Anthony G. Brown (D)
5. Steny Hoyer (D)
6. Roger Manno (D)
7. Elijah Cummings (D)
8. Jamie Raskin (D)

Massachusetts
1. Richard Neal (D)
2. Jim McGovern (D)
3. Steve Kerrigan (D)
4. Joe Kennedy III (D)
5. Katherine Clark (D)
6. Seth Moulton (D)
7. Mike Capuano (D)
8. Stephen Lynch (D)
9. Bill Keating (D)

Michigan (D+4)
1. Jack Bergman (R)
2. Bill Huizenga (R)
3. Justin Amash (R)
4. John Moolenaar (R)
5. Dan Kildee (D)
6. George Franklin (D)
7. Gretchen Driskell (D)
8. Elissa Slotkin (D)
9. Sander Levin (D)
10. Paul Mitchell (R)
11. Tim Greimel (D)
12. Debbie Dingell (D)
13. Bert Johnson (D)
14. Brenda Lawrence (D)

Minnesota (D+2)
1. Vicki Jensen (D)
2. Angie Craig (D)
3. Adam Jennings (D)
4. Betty McCollum (D)
5. Keith Ellison (D)
6. Tom Emmer (R)
7. Collin Peterson (D)
8. Rick Nolan (D)

Mississippi
1. Trent Kelly (R)
2. Bennie Thompson (D)
3. Gregg Harper (R)
4. Steven Palazzo (R)

Missouri
1. Lacy Clay (D)
2. Ann Wagner (R)
3. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R)
4. Vicky Hartzler (R)
5. Emanuel Cleaver (D)
6. Sam Graves (R)
7. Billy Long (R)
8. Jason Smith (R)

Montana (D+1)
At-large. Tom Woods (D)

Nebraska (D+1)
1. Jeff Fortenberry (R)
2. Brad Ashford (D)
3. Adrian Smith (R)

Nevada (D+1)
1. Dina Titus (D)
2. Clint Koble (D)
3. Susie Lee (D)
4. Ruben Kihuen (D)

New Hampshire
1. Chris Pappas (D)
2. Ann Kuster (D)

New Jersey (D+4)
1. Donald Norcross (D)
2. Tanzie Youngblood (D)
3. Andy Kim (D)
4. Chris Smith (R)
5. Josh Gottheimer (D)
6. Frank Pallone (D)
7. Tom Malinowski (D)
8. Albio Sires (D)
9. Bill Pascrell (D)
10. Donald Payne (D)
11. Mikie Sherrill (D)
12. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)

New Mexico (D+1)
1. Damon Martinez (D)
2. David Baake (D)
3. Ben Ray Luján (D)

New York (D+6)
1. Kate Browning (D)
2. Peter King (R)
3. Tom Suozzi (D)
4. Kathleen Rice (D)
5. Gregory Meeks (D)
6. Grace Meng (D)
7. Nydia Velázquez (D)
8. Hakeem Jeffries (D)
9. Yvette Clarke (D)
10. Jerry Nadler (D)
11. Boyd Melson (D)
12. Carolyn Maloney (D)
13. Adriano Espaillat (D)
14. Joe Crowley (D)
15. José Serrano (D)
16. Eliot Engel (D)
17. Chelsea Clinton (D)
18. Sean Maloney (D)
19. Gareth Rhodes (D)
20. Paul Tonko (D)
21. Elise Stefanik (R)
22. Anthony Brindisi (D)
23. J.G. Hertzler (D)
24. Dana Balter (D)
25. Louise Slaughter (D)
26. Brian Higgins (D)
27. Chris Collins (R)

North Carolina (D+2)
1. G. K. Butterfield (D)
2. George Holding (R)
3. Walter Jones (R)
4. David Price (D)
5. Virginia Foxx (R)
6. Mark Walker (R)
7. David Rouzer (R)
8. Richard Hudson (R)
9. Dan McCready (D)
10. Patrick McHenry (R)
11. Mark Meadows (R)
12. Alma Adams (D)
13. Adam Coker (D)

North Dakota
At-large. Larry Bellew (R)

Ohio (D+4)
1. Robert Barr (D)
2. Brad Wenstrup (R)
3. Joyce Beatty (D)
4. Jim Jordan (R)
5. Bob Latta (R)
6. Bill Johnson (R)
7. Bob Gibbs (R)
8. Warren Davidson (R)
9. Marcy Kaptur (D)
10. Michael Milisits (D)
11. Marcia Fudge (D)
12. Ed Albertson (D)
13. Tim Ryan (D)
14. Betsy Rader (D)
15. Steve Stivers (R)
16. Anthony Gonzalez (R)

Oklahoma
1. Nathan Dahm (R)
2. Markwayne Mullin (R)
3. Frank Lucas (R)
4. Tom Cole (R)
5. Steve Russell (R)

Oregon
1. Suzanne Bonamici (D)
2. Greg Walden (R)
3. Earl Blumenauer (D)
4. Peter DeFazio (D)
5. Kurt Schrader (D)

Pennsylvania (D+4)
1. Bob Brady (D)
2. Dwight Evans (D)
3. Mike Kelly (R)
4. Scott Perry (R)
5. Glenn Thompson (R)
6. Chrissy Houlahan (D)
7. Daylin Leach (D)
8. Brian Fitzpatrick (R)
9. Bill Shuster (R)
10. Tom Marino (R)
11. Dan Meuser
12. Keith Rothfus (R)
13. Brendan Boyle (D)
14. Mike Doyle (D)
15. Bill Leiner (R)
16. Christina Hartman (D)
17. Matt Cartwright (D)
18. Conor Lamb (D)

Rhode Island
1. David Cicilline (D)
2. James Langevin (D)

South Carolina (D+1)
1. Mark Sanford (R)
2. Joe Wilson (R)
3. Jeff Duncan (R)
4. Trey Gowdy (R)
5. Archie Parnell (D)
6. Jim Clyburn (D)
7. Tom Rice (R)

South Dakota
At-large. Shantel Krebs (R)

Tennessee
1. Phil Roe (R)
2. Tim Burchett (R)
3. Chuck Fleischmann (R)
4. Scott DesJarlais (R)
5. Jim Cooper (D)
6. John W. Rose (R)
7. Mark E. Green (R)
8. David Kustoff (R)
9. Steve Cohen (D)

[Lord Admirale]

The 2018 Midterms
House elections

Results (Part III)

Texas (D+4)
1. Louie Gohmert (R)
2. Kevin Roberts (R)
3. Van Taylor (R)
4. John Ratcliffe (R)
5. Kenneth Sheets (R)
6. Jana Lynne Sanchez (D)
7. James Cargas (D)
8. Kevin Brady (R)
9. Al Green (D)
10. Michael McCaul (R)
11. Mike Conaway (R)
12. Kay Granger (R)
13. Mac Thornberry (R)
14. Randy Weber (R)
15. Vicente González (D)
16. Veronica Escobar (D)
17. Bill Flores (R)
18. Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
19. Jodey Arrington (R)
20. Joaquín Castro (D)
21. Susan Narvaiz (R)
22. Pete Olson (R)
23. Jay Hulings (D)
24. Kenny Merchant (R)
25. Roger Williams (R)
26. Michael Burgess (R)
27. Blake Farenthold (R)
28. Henry Cuellar (D)
29. Sylvia Garcia (D)
30. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
31. John Carter (R)
32. Colin Allred (D)
33. Marc Veasey (D)
34. Filemon Vela Jr. (D)
35. Lloyd Doggett (D)
36. Brian Babin (R)

Utah
1. Rob Bishop (R)
2. Chris Stewart (R)
3. John Curtis (R)
4. Mia Love (R)

Vermont
At-large. Peter Welch (D)

Virginia (D+4)
1. Rob Wittman (R)
2. Shaun Brown (D)
3. Bobby Scott (D)
4. Donald McEachin (D)
5. Leslie Cockburn (D)
6. Cynthia Dunbar (R)
7. Dan Ward (D)
8. Don Beyer (D)
9. Morgan Griffith (R)
10. Jennifer Wexton (D)
11. Gerry Connolly (D)

Washington (D+2)
1. Suzan DelBene (D)
2. Rick Larsen (D)
3. Peter Harrison (D)
4. Dan Newhouse (R)
5. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)
6. Derek Kilmer (D)
7. Pramila Jayapal (D)
8. Jason Rittereiser (D)
9. Adam Smith (D)
10. Denny Heck (D)

West Virginia (D+1)
1. David McKinley (R)
2. Alex Mooney (R)
3. Richard Ojeda (D)

Wisconsin
1. Paul Ryan (R)
2. Mark Pocan (D)
3. Ron Kind (D)
4. Gwen Moore (D)
5. Jim Sensenbrenner (R)
6. Glenn Grothman (R)
7. Sean Duffy (R)
8. Mike Gallagher (R)

Wyoming
At-large. Liz Cheney (R)

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Twilight of the Trump Administration

With the Democrats forcing themselves back into Washington and the President's approval ratings sinking to the mid to low 20s, many in the Trump Administration saw the writing on the wall.

In late January, the final nails in the coffin of Donald Trump's presidency were being hammered in as revelations came forward about greater Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the President sharing intelligence information with Russian diplomats, and the president making deals to aide his business. News of this caused State Secretary Rex Tillerson to resign his post on February 1st. Shortly after, Tillerson publicly lambasted the Trump Administration, calling the President "incompetent and idiotic." This was, of course, followed up by the President lambasting Tillerson via Twitter.

The deepening scandals were causing Republican leaders to worry about 2020, which would hold the potential of not only losing the White House, but deepening the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. On February 3rd, Senate Minority Leader John Barrasso (R-WY) said that the President's actions and disregard for classified materials is "beyond disturbing" and that action must be taken. Just like with former State Secretary Tillerson, Trump lambasted Barrasso on Twitter as well.

During all of February, both Democrats and Republicans spoke about the potential for impeachment of the President with revelations of how far his scandals had gone.

On March 2nd, Trump issued a brief address to the nation, saying he has grown frustrated with what has happened in Washington, his scandals, and at the end, concluded with this:

"Effective March 3rd, 2019, I will resign the Presidency of the United States at noon." were words that would give Republicans a reason to be optimistic political futures.

As for the Democrats, they too were relieved by President Trump's departure from the White House, however there was a growing fear about what kind of President Mike Pence would be. Some Democrats feared that Pence would be a much stronger and competent president compared to former President Trump, and would have the potential to win in 2020.

Pence knew that Trump had damaged the Republican Party's brand, but also knew that with his experience in governing, he could turn the ship around.