Regardless, analysts across the political spectrum said Democrats should be favoured to retake the House of Representatives in the 2018 congressional mid-terms. But the night was hard to read as anything other than a disturbing sign for Republicans and Trump, himself. Democrats flipped a critical state senate seat in Washington state to earn full control of every state government on the west coast. Days before the election, Bannon boasted to the New York Times that a Gillespie victory would show that “Trumpism” can prevail without Trump. Republican voters turned out for Gillespie; he received significantly more votes than any state Republican ever.

Source: thestar November 08, 2017 16:50 UTC