GOP Loses Four State Chambers, Capping Worst Midterm Flop by Minority Party in 90 Years

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (L) celebrates her reelection in Detroit, Mich., along with Michigan Democrats winning both chambers of the state’s legislature for the first time in 40 years. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Republicans’ projected “Red Wave” was reduced to a ripple in congressional contests and subsumed by a blue undertow in state elections with Democrats winning most key gubernatorial races and gaining control of four state legislative bodies nationwide in the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

Before noon on Nov. 14, the GOP held a 212-204 lead in the U.S. House, six seats from clinching a majority. But 19 congressional races, including 10 in California, remained uncalled.