In this week’s midterm elections , many Democrats won in a landslide. Also on the winning side of many ballot decisions: animals.

First, voters in Washington, DC, and Denver, Colorado, decisively supported a ban on the sale of foie gras — duck liver made by force-feeding the animals. In Colorado, voters opposed a constitutional amendment that would enshrine the right to hunt and fish, including with “traditional methods,” which could have allowed especially cruel (and currently illegal) practices, like poisoning and leg-hold traps.

And then there were the candidates. Two members of Congress who’ve led the charge on legislation to overturn farm animal welfare laws — Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) — each lost their races. In Colorado, Manny Rutinel — a state lawmaker who’s championed animal welfare issues — defeated incumbent Republican Rep. Gabe Evans in the state’s Eighth Congressional District.…