Let’s not beat around the bush or try to paint too much lipstick on the 2023 election pig. Some very winnable races for the GOP slipped away just as they did in the midterms and Democrats played the abortion card with devastating results. Some adjustments are going to have to be made going into 2024, or we’re going to see more of the same. But that doesn’t mean the news was entirely bad for Republicans on November 7. There were some very solid victories racked up, with some coming in potentially unexpected places. ‘
It’s arguable that one of the biggest losers of the night was Joe Biden. His own party steered clear of him as much as possible this year and largely campaigned for their own pet causes or against the implied threat of the MAGA menace. That won’t help them next year if Biden is the nominee because they will all be riding his very unpopular coattails, like it or not.
Let’s look at some of the other GOP headlines you probably missed. The Republicans failed to retake the Governor’s mansion in Kentucky, but they cleaned house in the down-ballot races, including the Secretary of State. In Manchester, New Hampshire (always a state to watch), a Republican
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