Regionality played a key role in the 2022 midterms. Democrats performed well in New England, winning tight House races in Connecticut, Maine, and Rhode Island and exceeding expectations in the New Hampshire Senate contest. In the Midwest, too, Democrats beat back Republican momentum, gaining full control of the Michigan and Minnesota state governments as well as snagging key House seats in Ohio and Indiana. Conversely, the red wave swelled in Florida and New York. Ron DeSantis and Marco Rubio each won by nearly twenty points, and Lee Zeldin, though he narrowly lost to Kathy Hochul, carried several Republican House candidates across the finish line.
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DAN WALTERS: Democrats hoped to make some big gains in California’s congressional elections this year, but the outcome was a virtual draw – and an indirect win for Republicans.
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Republican Congressman Mike Garcia had a target painted on his back this year. Garcia barely won a special election in 2020 and a full term later that year,