legislature here in a year in which a red wave was predicted quite confidently by a lot of republicans. it really was. maria, you re looking at masto s story, and you say her story is nevada s story. explain. she s the daughter of a latino, of a union worker. she comes from a working-class family. and i totally agree with john. i was on the 2010 race in nevada work under these machine women, right. i worked under shannon and others, and lirned then that nevada is unique and many times the national reporting is lopsided. folks underestimated senator cortez masto, and she delivered. she also delivered the latino vote, outperforming president biden there. maria, you re part of the reed machine that s still
lopsided win last week. mark preston joins me now from washington, d.c. a cnn senior political analyst. i want to ask you this in the broader picture because you re a big picture guy, the gop. how they see governor ron desantis they re already say he s the shining light of the mid-terms but donald trump already attacking him as, quote, ron desanctimonious. he called him average. how is that likely to play out? trump s true social feed smacks of desperation in many ways. beyond desperation at this point. michael, in politics your only as good as your last win, only as big as your biggest check you re going to write me. what we re seeing right now is ron desantis very disciplined, very well educated. he s a lawyer. he s someone right now republicans are starting to
democrat mark kelly will win re-election for a full term in arizona against republican challenger blake masters. this gives both parties 49 seats each, two races outstanding. in three days former u.s. president trump is set to make what he calls a special announcement in florida. his team has hinted that he could declare a presidential run for 2024. but some republicans are urging him to hold off especially after the party underperformed in the mid- mid-terms. some conservatives say trump is to blame for their losses and want him to hold off the now unsment at least until the senate race in georgia. some georgia republicans also believe desantis could help them on the campaign trail citing his lopsided win last week. and the governor s wife is playing a big role in his success.
mentions that. i could go through a long list of what fetterman did on the parole board and board of pardons. the only member of the pennsylvania board of pardons to cast a vote to free a man for beating a police officer s 17-year-old son. that s one of many. top of the list issues would be inflation. jen psaki admits inflation is the major issue but not her party s fault. when you look at the economy an inflation. when you ask folks who say that they say they ll vote republican by lopsided margins. is there anything democrats could have done, was there a missed opportunity for democrats to not face that? inflation is happening around