Staying away from wall to wall election coverage last night made for a lot less stress. That Democrats outperformed expectations made this morning's TV watching more enjoyable. The candidate of hate in the NY governor's race was defeated, albeit by an underwhelming margin. Thanks to an evenhanded state supreme court NY Dems could not gerrymander like some Republican controlled states which has set the stage for several GOP pickups in upstate. Of course Elise Stefanik won her race in my district. Absent some major scandal she could have beaten Jesus Christ if he was running on the Democratic line.
We won''t know for several days if Dems retained control of Congress or narrowly lost it, but all in all it was a good night for the party and by extension for small d democracy.
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