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(RNS) — The good news for those elected on Tuesday is that the election is finally over and they won. The bad news is that they now face the challenges of governing.

They prayed they might win; we pray they do a good job.

Across the country, Democrats surfed a blue tsunami to victory in the midterm elections, but Donald Trump is still the president. Without a veto-proof majority in both houses of Congress, the Democrats will have to deal with a chief executive they despise.

They will certainly spend a lot of time investigating Trump administration officials and policies. Using their subpoena power, they will demand explanations and transparency from government officials.…