National Journal

A blue tsunami swept across the country Tuesday, dragging state legislatures and ballot measures with it.
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If watching President Trump's hand-picked candidates crash and burn and seeing his party lose both the House and the Senate threw him off his stride, it didn’t show in his only public appearance after the election, a Wednesday appearance at the construction site of his controversial White House ballroom.
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While a number of races still need to be called, control of both chambers ensures a divided government where Democrats are expected to launch a gauntlet of probes into the administration, and to pursue ambitious priorities that will likely be met with a presidential veto.
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Democrats took full advantage of voters' discontent with President Trump, flipping GOP-held seats in Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas, regaining control after just one cycle out of power and delivering “a generational change in the Senate map,” according to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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Two years after President Trump helped Republicans retain a slim House majority, Democrats roared to victory, riding a massive wave of political momentum to regain control of the lower chamber as voters expressed their economic concerns and disdain for the Trump administration.
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