How Biden and Trump squelched the red wave

By Ryan Lizza , Eugene Daniels and Rachael Bade

With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross

Writing is seen next to a photograph of former President Donald Trump on a bus in Newtown, Pa., on Election Day. | Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO

THE TOPLINES …

STILL UNCALLED — AZ-GOV: KATIE HOBBS leads KARI LAKE, 51.0%-49.0% … AZ-SEN: MARK KELLY leads BLAKE MASTERS, 52.1%-45.8% … GA-SEN: RAPHAEL WARNOCK leads HERSCHEL WALKER, 49.4%-48.5%, with a Dec. 6 runoff likely … NV-SEN: ADAM LAXALT leads CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, 49.9%-47.2% …and *eyes emoji* … CO-03: ADAM FRISCH leads LAUREN BOEBERT, 50.9%-49.1%

BREAKING OVERNIGHT — 1:51 a.m.: AP calls PA-SEN for Democrat JOHN FETTERMAN … 1:55 a.m.: AP calls MI-03 for Democrat HILLARY SCHOLTEN and NE-02 for incumbent Republican DON BACON…. 2:12 a.m.: AP calls WI-GOV for Democratic incumbent TONY EVERS … 3:08 a.m.: AP calls MI-07 for Democratic incumbent ELISSA SLOTKIN

THE SURVIVOR — Let’s start with JOE BIDEN.

A midterm is a referendum on the president. By all historic measures, voters should have handed Biden’s party a massive rebuke. Inflation is at historic levels, crime is up, Biden’s approval is underwater, Democrats have one-party control. The party of recent presidents in similar circumstances lost between 40 and 63 House seats.

And yet here’s where things stand this morning:

— In the House, our Steve Shepard now estimates Republicans will gain between eight and 15 seats — enough to control the chamber, but well short of both historical averages and pre-election predictions. Addressing supporters early this morning — hours after Republicans thought they would have victory in hand — KEVIN McCARTHY could only promise, “When you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority.” (Like his prior prediction that Republicans would gain 60 seats , that, too, has failed to pan out.)

— In the Senate, the outcome hinges on Nevada, where incumbent Cortez Masto fell behind Laxalt this morning, and Georgia, where Warnock is ahead by a hair but the race is likely headed for a runoff on Dec. 6. Republicans need to win both races to take control of the Senate. (Wisconsin and Arizona haven’t been called, but the incumbents — Republican RON JOHNSON and Kelly, respectively — are ahead in both states.)

Many of the (plausible) outcomes predicted by top GOP officials didn’t materialize. There was no massive shift of the Hispanic vote toward the GOP. There was no surge of hidden Trump voters. There was no widespread takeover of deep blue House territory. There was no expansion of the Senate map into New Hampshire, Colorado and Washington, where incumbent Democrats cruised to reelection. The governor of New York won easily.

There was no red wave. 

Once again, Biden defied expectations at the moment he seemed destined for a catastrophic loss — just as he did when he resurrected his left-for-dead candidacy in South Carolina in 2020, and just as he did when he resurrected his left-for-dead legislative agenda this past summer.

White House aides were giddy Tuesday night. We’re told that Biden is now leaning toward holding a traditional post-midterm press conference before he leaves town on Thursday for a lengthy foreign trip.

And 2024? “He’s running,” said a senior White House official.

THE ANCHOR — The list of explanations for GOP underperformance is long, but at the top is DONALD TRUMP.

He helped saddle the GOP with poor candidates, and he assisted the White House in its goal of turning the midterms into a choice between unpopular Biden and deeply unpopular Trump. Democrats lost blue-collar voters and gained white-collar voters in the Trump years. In some places, that has been a bad trade. But on Tuesday, it may have benefited Democrats, as their new anti-Trump supporters outperformed their former voters now on Team MAGA.

Meanwhile, the two breakout Republican stars of the night are Trump enemies. Gov. BRIAN KEMP, who stood up to Trump’s attempts to overturn the results in Georgia in 2020, easily defeated Democrat STACEY ABRAMS. In Florida, where Republicans dominated the state, Gov. RON DeSANTIS crushed CHARLIE CRIST by nearly 20 points — and actually broke through with voting groups that don’t traditionally support the GOP .

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife, Casey, at an election night party in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 8. | Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo

Unlike Trump, nobody will blame DeSantis for his party’s troubles elsewhere in the country. DeSantis got everything he wanted from these results ahead of a potential showdown with Trump in the 2024 presidential primary. (Note that RUPERT MURDOCH’s NY Post and Fox News are in a decidedly pro-DeSantis and anti-Trump mood this morning.)

In his victory party speech, DeSantis “gave what could be a preview for his next race, contending the state had become a ‘promised land’ that had served as a counterbalance to Democratic-led cities and counties,” write Matt Dixon and Gary Fineout in Tampa . “‘Now while our country flounders due to failed leadership in Washington, Florida is on the right track,’ DeSantis said.”

If that all wasn’t bad enough for the former president, one of the other winners of the night was LIZ CHENEY: Both of the Democratic House members she endorsed (Slotkin in Michigan and Virginia’s ABIGAIL SPANBERGER ) won their races, and Lake in Arizona, whom she opposed, is currently behind.

THE ISSUES — Over the summer, Democratic enthusiasm surged after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. The party exceeded expectations in five special elections. Conservative Kansans voted against a referendum to restrict abortion. For a while, it became conventional wisdom to view those developments as predictive of what might happen on Tuesday.

Then doubts set in.

But those summer developments now seem more helpful in understanding what took the edge off of the normal midterm backlash against a president.

According to exit polls, 27% of voters picked abortion as “mattering most in deciding” their vote, coming in second of five choices. Voters in California, Michigan and Vermont all chose to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions.

And then there were the Democratic gubernatorial candidates who leaned into protecting abortion access as a key issue, who also fared well. Pennsylvania’s JOSH SHAPIRO, Michigan’s GRETCHEN WHITMER and Wisconsin’s Evers all clinched victories with abortion as central to their campaigns.

Maybe abortion didn’t beat inflation, but it battled it to something close to a draw.

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A BIG CAVEAT — Losing the House, no matter the margin, is no small thing for a president. The Jan. 6 committee will be shut down. Congress’ powerful investigative machinery will now target not just Biden’s administration but his family, too. Reps. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE (R-Ga.) and PAUL GOSAR (R-Ariz.) will get committee assignments again. Unlocking a deal on the debt ceiling and spending bills could actually be more difficult with a smaller GOP majority.

And it is still possible that Republicans take the Senate. In Nevada, the rural MAGA vote did turn out, giving Laxalt a narrow lead this morning over Cortez Masto. If his margin can withstand a flood of late-arriving mail ballots from Dem-heavy counties, MITCH McCONNELL’s return as majority leader could hinge on Walker defeating Warnock in a runoff.

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QUICK LINKS — “Are Trump's riskiest picks winning or losing?” POLITICO … “How redistricting shaped the midterms,” POLITICO … “Tracking which 2020 election deniers are winning, losing in the midterms,” WaPo … “How different groups are voting according to exit polls and AP VoteCast,” WaPo

— NYT: “No Signs of ‘Red Wave’ That Republicans Expected,” by Jonathan Weisman

— WaPo: “The vaunted red wave never hit the shore in midterm elections,” by Dan Balz

— AP: “No sweep for the Republicans after all,” by Brian Slodysko

TURNING POINT — The most important moment for control of the House may have occurred way back in April, when New York’s highest court invalidated a Democratic-drawn redistricting map for violating the state constitution and ordered a judge to draw a nonpartisan substitute.

The death of the Empire State gerrymander may have created as much as a seven-seat swing in favor of Republicans: Democrats drew their map to deliver themselves as many as three additional seats, but now Republicans appear poised to not only maintain their present delegation but claim as many as four additional seats.

On Long Island, Republicans GEORGE SANTOS and ANTHONY D’ESPOSITO are respectively poised to win the seats being vacated by retiring Democrats TOM SUOZZI and KATHLEEN RICE. Up in the Hudson Valley, MARC MOLINARO is leading comfortably in the race for a newly drawn seat, while MIKE LAWLER is on the cusp of stunning DCCC Chair SEAN PATRICK MALONEY.

With some forecasters now readjusting their GOP House predictions to the mid-220s, April’s court decision was conceivably the difference-maker.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR CONGRESS — Before polls closed last night, McCarthy appeared to be on a glide path toward his dream job. Multiple House Republican sources we spoke to Tuesday were convinced that the Californian had the speaker’s gavel easily within his grasp, leaving his fellow members consumed with the ongoing drama of the GOP whip race.

So much for that. Now, due to the GOP’s underwhelming performance last night, McCarthy’s path to the speakership suddenly looks rocky. With a slimmer-than-expected House majority, Trump acolytes will be empowered to wring major concessions out of McCarthy, concessions that could handicap his ability to manage the unruly GOP conference.

Just listen to how Rep. THOMAS MASSIE (R-Ky.), already a pain in McCarthy’s side, described the benefits of a slim House majority for rabble-rousers such as himself: “I mean, look at what JOE MANCHIN has done in the Senate as the one deciding vote, right?” he told our Olivia Beavers and Hailey Fuchs at McCarthy’s election night party . “I would love for the Massie caucus to be relevant.”

But before McCarthy can manage his conference, he has to win. Some Republicans suddenly aren’t so sure he can. “If Kevin is under 225, the knives are out, and his speakership will be in peril,” one senior GOP aide texted us last night.

There’s also Trump himself. While the former president endorsed McCarthy for the speakership in a Fox News interview on Tuesday, Trump may be looking for a scapegoat — a fellow Republican whose missteps might divert attention from his own embarrassing night. Would Trump finally turn on “My Kevin”? We’ll see.

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A few other leadership dynamics to watch today:

 — What does NANCY PELOSI do? A new generation of Democrats, starting with heir-apparent HAKEEM JEFFRIES , were expected to hit the phones today to lock down support for their own leadership bids. But with critical races still in the balance — and Pelosi set to leave Wednesday for the COP27 climate conference in Egypt — her presumed exit could be delayed, throwing that much-awaited generational shift into question.

— McConnell’s told-you-so moment. NRSC Chair RICK SCOTT and McConnell sparred publicly and privately over campaign strategy all year — clashing over primary strategy and spending decisions. While the Senate majority remains unsettled, McConnell’s concerns about “candidate quality” now appear to have been wholly justified, and Scott’s decision to expend scarce donor funds in stretch races like Colorado and Washington looks baffling.

The races could have implications for the futures of both men. As recently as Tuesday, Trump suggested Scott should challenge McConnell for leader. But given last night’s results, Scott’s stock is sinking. Notably, Nevada — the race standing between Republicans and two more years in the minority — is where McConnell’s political advisers have been most closely involved — and where his pet super PAC has invested nearly $30 million.

DEMOCRACY ON THE BALLOT — For months, Democrats rang alarm bells about the prospect that a slate of Republican candidates who deny the fact that Biden won the 2020 election could win pivotal roles overseeing the electoral process.

But on Tuesday, voters largely rejected those candidates. In Minnesota, KIM CROCKETT lost her bid for secretary of state. In Michigan , Democratic incumbent JOCELYN BENSON hung on to an 11-point lead with 84% of votes counted, and declared victory over Trump-endorsed KRISTINA KARAMO. In Arizona , ADRIAN FONTES maintained a nearly seven-point lead over MARK FINCHEM. And in Nevada , CISCO AGUILAR has a narrow lead over Republican JIM MARCHANT.

On the gubernatorial side of things, Trump endorsees TUDOR DIXON in Michigan, DOUG MASTRIANO in Pennsylvania, DAN COX in Maryland, LEE ZELDIN in New York and TIM MICHELS in Wisconsin all fell to Democratic opponents.

Meanwhile in Arizona, even as Kari Lake lagged behind Democrat Katie Hobbs in the official tally, she took to the podium at her election night party and suggested, without evidence, that there were reasons to doubt the validity of the election results. “We had a big day today and don’t let those cheaters and crooks think anything different,” she said. “Don’t let them put doubt in you.”

— Related read: “Voting goes mostly smoothly on Election Day as baseless fraud claims swirl,” by CNN’s Jeremy Herb, Eric Levenson and Fredreka Schouten

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SCENES FROM ELECTION DAY

A security guard at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center checks camera monitors in the warehouse where ballots arrive on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, in Phoenix, Ariz. | David Butow for POLITICO

Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro greets people during a lunch gathering at Relish, a restaurant in Philadelphia, Pa., on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. | Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), left, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, right, take a selfie at Blue Owl Coffee on Nov. 8, 2022 in East Lansing, Mich. | Erin Kirkland for POLITICO

BATTLE FOR THE SENATE

PENNSYLVANIA: Democrat John Fetterman defeats Republican MEHMET OZ.

The analysis: “Mr. Fetterman’s victory could offer the Democratic Party a new pathway to assembling a winning coalition in an electorate that’s undergone fundamental shifts since Mr. Trump’s surprise win in the 2016 presidential election,” the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes . “He has long advocated campaigning in deep-red areas full of white, working class voters that have shifted toward the GOP in recent decades, not to win majorities there but to cut in to Republican advantages by splitting their voting coalitions.”

OHIO: Republican J.D. VANCE defeats Democrat TIM RYAN.

The analysis: “Vance found success in a message anchored around the economy and frustration over President Joe Biden. He repeatedly blasted U.S. energy policy and called for more security at the southern border. He also advocated for the traditional nuclear family, saying he opposes divorce, abortion and pornography,” the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Haley BeMiller and Stephanie Warsmith write . “Voters said on the campaign trail that they appreciated the backstory laid out in his memoir. With his victory Tuesday, Vance became the first Ohioan to win a U.S. Senate seat without running for any office previously.”

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Democratic Sen. MAGGIE HASSAN defeats DON BOLDUC.

The analysis: “Hassan, a former governor who cited her bipartisan work on infrastructure and the cost of prescription medications, had led in many polls by a modest but consistent margin until Bolduc narrowed the gap recently,” write the Boston Globe’s Brian MacQuarrie and Alexander Thompson . “Bolduc’s late surge showed just how potent [economic] concerns had become, even if he was not the candidate preferred by the Republican establishment. … Bolduc said repeatedly during the primary campaign that Trump won the 2020 election, but he changed that stance after he became the Republican nominee in the general election. Since then, he spread the widely debunked theory that some New Hampshire school districts were providing litter boxes for students who identify as cats.”

BATTLE FOR THE HOUSE

Here’s a snapshot of some key House races that caught our eye … 

NY-03: Republican George Santos defeats Democrat ROBERT ZIMMERMAN.

— Running on Long Island’s tony North Shore , Santos took advantage of the retirement of Democrat Tom Suozzi, who abandoned the seat after three terms to run for governor. Redistricting and retirement combined with political headwinds to flip this seat to the GOP.

IN-01: Democrat FRANK MRVAN defeats Republican JENNIFER-RUTH GREEN.

— Republicans spent millions in the pricey Chicago media market to try and flip this ancestral Democratic seat in industrial Northwest Indiana. But Mrvan showed resilience in the Calumet Region’s closest election in generations — mirroring the strong performances from other Rust Belt Dems like MARCY KAPTUR (Ohio) and DAN KILDEE (Mich.).

— Indy Star: “1st District stays in Democratic hands”

TX-34: Democrat VICENTE GONZALEZ defeats Republican MAYRA FLORES.

— One of two incumbent vs. incumbent elections decided Tuesday , this Rio Grande Valley contest was billed as a national bellwether for GOP advances into the Latino vote. But both Gonzalez and neighboring Democrat HENRY CUELLAR handily bucked predictions of a south Texas GOP blowout. Flores, notably, lashed out on Twitter afterward: “The RED WAVE did not happen. Republicans and Independents stayed home. DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RESULTS IF YOU DID NOT DO YOUR PART!”

— Texas Tribune: “Vicente Gonzalez holds back Republican surge, returns 34th Congressional District to Democratic control”

BATTLE FOR THE STATES

PENNSYLVANIA: Democrat Josh Shapiro defeats Republican Doug Mastriano.

The analysis: “For Shapiro, the win breaks with recent political history: It marks the first time since World War II that Pennsylvania voters will have awarded the governor’s desk to candidates from one party — in this case the Democrats — for three straight terms,” writes PennLive’s Charles Thompson . “That was likely a function of his far-right opponent as much as anything. … Mastriano either could or would not build bridges to the political center — or even the Republican establishment for that matter.”

MICHIGAN: Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defeats Republican Tudor Dixon.

The analysis: “Voters chose Gretchen Whitmer to lead Michigan another four years, re-electing the Democratic governor who guided the state through the COVID-19 pandemic and vowed to fight ‘like hell’ for abortion rights,” writes Bridge Michigan’s Jonathan Oosting . “Whitmer was dominating Detroit, as expected. But she was also building on her 2018 wins in vote-rich suburban areas that broke from the Republican Party under former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Dixon for governor.”

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WISCONSIN: Democratic Gov. TONY EVERS defeats Republican Tim Michels.

The analysis: “The two candidates battled in the most expensive governor's race in the country,” write the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Molly Beck, Katelyn Ferral and Madeline Heim . “Ultimately, Michels underperformed former GOP Gov. SCOTT WALKER’s 2018 loss in key areas including the suburban counties surrounding Milwaukee that historically undergirded Republicans' election victories until 2016, when former President Donald Trump began turning off some voters there — especially women.”

THE HISTORY MAKERS

— Maura Healey of Massachusetts is the first out lesbian elected to a governorship in the country.

— Maxwell Frost of Florida will become the first Gen Z member of Congress .

— Wes Moore will be the first Black governor of Maryland — and only the third black governor in U.S. history.

— Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the first woman elected as governor in Arkansas .

— Katie Britt is the first woman elected to the Senate in Alabama .

— Peter Welch is the first senator elected in Vermont who was born after World War II .

— Summer Lee is the first Black woman elected to Congress in Pennsylvania.

— Becca Balint is the first woman elected to Congress in Vermont — marking the last state in the country to send a woman to Congress.

— James Moylan is the first Republican elected as Guam’s non-voting congressional member since 1993.

— Kathy Hochul, the first female governor of New York, is now also the first woman to be elected governor of New York .

— Robert Garcia of California is the first LGBTQ immigrant elected to Congress .

— George Santos of New York is the first openly gay Republican who was out at the time of his first election to Congress .

— Robert Menendez Jr. and Robert Menendez of New Jersey are the first father-son duo in Congress since Ron and Rand Paul.

WAY DOWN-BALLOT

BANNING SLAVERY (YES, IT’S 2022) — “Vermont voters pass constitutional amendment explicitly prohibiting slavery,” VTDigger … “Tennessee voters officially ban all forms of slavery in the state,” CBS … “Measure 112 passes, removing slavery language from Oregon Constitution,” Oregon Public Broadcasting … “Voters erase racist wording in Alabama Constitution,” WVTM … “Muddled amendment to clarify slavery ban in Louisiana rejected by voters,” NOLA.com

MARIJUANA MOVES — “Maryland voters approve legalizing recreational cannabis,” Baltimore Sun … “Missouri voters approve legalizing recreational marijuana,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch … “Arkansas voters reject recreational marijuana amendment,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette … “North Dakota pot legalization measure falling short with most votes counted,” Jamestown Sun … “South Dakota voters appear to reject recreational marijuana,” Sioux Falls Argus Leader

MISCELLANEOUS — “Oregon passes Measure 114, one of strictest gun control measures in U.S.,” The Oregonian … “California sports betting measures fail despite record campaign spending,” Sacramento Bee … “Colorado voters split on Proposition 122, which would legalize psilocybin,” Denver Post … “D.C. Voters Approve Measure Phasing Out The Tipped Minimum Wage,” DCist

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Wes Moore’s election night party rocked out to DJ Kool .

A car behind Kari Lake blasted “FDT” by YG and Nipsey Hussle.

Don Bolduc showed off his pipes at his campaign rally, singing … “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

MEDIA MOVES — Del Quentin Wilber will be Washington investigations editor at the AP. He most recently was White House editor at the L.A. Times. … Former press secretary for first lady Jill Biden, Michael LaRosa has joined ABC News as a 2022 midterm elections contributor.

WHITE HOUSE ARRIVAL LOUNGE — Victoria Vinall is now press secretary at the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality. She most recently was deputy press secretary at DOE and is a Biden campaign alum.

TRANSITION — Elizabeth Parker is now senior manager, state affairs for Troutman Pepper Strategies. She previously was VP of Two Capitols Consulting.

ENGAGED — Joe Ballard, legislative assistant for Rep. Mayra Flores (R-Texas), and Mallory Parker, a client services manager for Campaign Solutions, got engaged on Oct. 29 at the Jefferson Memorial. The couple met at the University of Alabama through Young Americans for Freedom. Pic

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) (7-0) … Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) (6-0) … Sarah Isgur … POLITICO’s John Harris and Walker Livingston … Endpoints’ Zachary Brennan … WaPo’s Matt Brown … Hugh Ferguson … Sunshine Sachs’ Claire Tonneson … Peter Roff … Hunter Hall of the Picard Group … Matthew Ellison … Nancy Jacobson of No Labels … Wisconsin state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski … Marcus Switzer … Chelsea Rodriguez … Geoff Verhoff of Akin Gump … HuffPost’s Arthur Delaney … Capital One’s Jill Shatzen Kerr … Peter Lichtenbaum of Covington & Burling … Glenn Gerstell … Matthias Reynolds of Targeted Victory … The Economist’s Idrees Kahloon … Kendra Kostek … … Adfero’s Bethany Aronhalt Williams … former Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) … Joel Seidman … Marie Baldassarre of Rep. Ro Khanna’s (D-Calif.) office … Tara Patel … Marc Kimball … former Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) … Charles Kupperman … David Levine of BerlinRosen … Michael Lowder of Volkswagen Group of America … Kelsey McEvoy

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