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BY Jude Cramer

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For Democrats, this week’s midterm elections went nearly as well as they could have hoped. The party has gained at least seven seats in the Senate and 29 in the House of Representatives, securing full Congressional control for Democrats. Some conservative strongholds even flipped blue, including Texas, Kansas, and South Carolina.

The election also marked a number of groundbreaking firsts for the country, including the first Black woman to serve as governor, the first openly gay man elected to the Senate, and the first Muslim elected to the Senate.

But the so-called “blue tsunami” doesn’t mean liberal policies won out everywhere, even in places where Democrats gained or maintained control.…