4. House Democrats have now picked up 30 total seats. And of the 10 House races not yet called by CNN, the Democratic candidate leads in five. If those numbers hold, Democrats will get to a 35-seat pickup and might even gain a few more based on where the outstanding votes are coming from (Democratic areas? Republican ones?) in the remaining uncalled races. Tweeted Cook Political Report’s House editor David Wasserman on Friday: “Final result: closer to 40 than 30. Largest Dem gain since Watergate.”
5. In Wisconsin, Democrat Tony Evers narrowly defeated Gov. Scott Walker — handing Democrats another win in another Midwestern state that proved critical to Trump’s path to the presidency in 2016. The two other Midwestern states that Trump shocked the political world by winning — Michigan and Pennsylvania — elected and reelected Democratic governors on Tuesday. Democrats also took over the Illinois governorship.
6. At the state legislative level, where Democrats were crushed by Republicans in the 2010 and 2014 midterms, the party seized control of seven state legislatures, according to tabulations made by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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