A New Majority (Alternate 2018 midterm elections Timeline)

[Ferguson97]

November 6, 2018
2018 United State Senate elections

Significant Races
Arizona (Flip)
Kyrsten Sinema (D) defeated Martha McSally (R), 53.5% to 45.2%.
Florida (hold)
Bill Nelson (D) defeated Rick Scott (R), 53% to 47%.
Indiana (hold)
Joe Donnelly (D) defeated Mike Braun (R), 51.1% to 45.4%.
Michigan (hold)
Debbie Stabenow (D) defeated John James (R), 58% to 41%.
Missouri (hold)
Claire McCaskill (D) defeated Josh Hawley (R), 49.1% to 46.3%.
Montana (hold)
Jon Tester (D) defeated Matt Rosendale (R), 58% to 40%.
Nevada (Flip)
Jacky Rosen (D) defeated Dean Heller (R), 54.5% to 43.1%.
North Dakota (hold)
Heidi Heitkamp (D) defeated Kevin Cramer (R), 50.1% to 49.9%.
Ohio (hold)
Sherrod Brown (D) defeated Jim Renacci (R), 56% to 42%.
Pennsylvania (hold)
Bob Casey (D) defeated Lou Barletta (R) 58.7% to 40.1%.
Tennessee (Flip)
Phil Bredesen (D) defeated Marsha Blackburn (R) 50% to 48.1%.
Texas (Flip)
Beto O'Rourke (D) defeated Ted Cruz (R), 53% to 46.5%.
West Virginia (hold)
Joe Manchin (D) defeated Patrick Morrisey (R), 53% to 45%.

2018 United State House of Representatives elections

(Note: I'm not going to list all 435 races, so I'm just going to list all of the additional Democratic flips. Any Democrat who won in 2018 also won in this timeline, albeit by a larger margin.)

Significant Race Winners are in bold
Alaska-at large: Alyse S. Galvin (I) - will caucus with Democrats
Arkansas-02: Clarke Tucker (D)
California-01: Audrey Denney (D)
California-04: Jessica Morse (D)
California-22: Andrew Janz (D) defeated Devin Nunes (R)
California-50: Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) defeated Duncan Hunter (R)
Colorado-03: Diane Mitsch Bush (D)
Florida-15: Kristen Carlson (D)
Florida-16: David Shapiro (D)
Florida-18: Lauren Baer (D)
Georiga-06: Carolyn Bourdeaux
Illinois-12: Brendan Kelly (D)
Illinois-13: Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (D)
Indiana-02: Pete Buttigieg (D) defeated Jackie Walorski (R)
Iowa-04: J. D. Scholten (D) defeated Steve King (R)
Kansas-02: Paul Davis (D)
Kentucky-06: Amy McGrath (D) defeated Andy Barr (R)
Michigan-06: Matt Longjohn (D)
Michigan-07: Gretchen Driskell (D)
Minnesota-01: Dan Feehan (D)
Minnesota-08: Joe Radinovich (D)
Missouri-02: Cort VanOstran (D)
Montana-at-large: Kathleen Williams (D) defeated Greg Gianforte (R).
Nebraska-02: Kara Eastman (D)
New York-01: Perry Gershon (D)
New York-02: Liuba Grechen Shirley (D)
New York-23: Tracy Mitrano (D)
New York-24: Dana Balter (D)
New York-27: Nate McMurray (D) defeated Chris Collins (R).
North Carolina-02: Linda Coleman (D)
North Carolina-09: Dan McCready (D) defeated Mark Harris (R).
North Carolina-13: Kathy Manning (D)
Ohio-01: Aftab Pureval (D)
Ohio-12: Danny O'Connor (D)
Pennsylvania-01: Scott Wallace (D)
Pennsylvania-10: Greg Scott (D)
Pennsylvania-16: Ron DiNicola (D)
Texas-02: Todd Litton (D) defeated Dan Crenshaw
Texas-06: Jana Lynne Sanchez (D)
Texas-10: Mike Siegel (D)
Texas-21: Joseph Kopser (D)
Texas-22: Sri Preston Kulkarni (D)
Texas-23: Gina Ortiz Jones (D)
Texas-24: Jan McDowell (D)
Texas-25: Julie Oliver (D)
Texas-31: MJ Hegar (D) defeated John Carter
Virginia-05: Leslie Cockburn (D)
Washington-03: Carolyn Long (D)
Washington-05: Lisa Brown (D)

116th United States Congress (2019-present)
US House of Representatives: 284 Democrats - 151 Republicans (D+90)
US Senate: 53 Democrats - 47 Republicans (D+4)

[Ferguson97]

Twitter Reactions

@NateSilver538: This is significant. Democrats have just gained 90 SEATS in the House... this kind of landslide hasn't been seen since 1932...

@TeamPelosi: Congratulations to every newly elected Democratic member of the US House of Representatives. I look forward to working with each and every one of you as we make our country a better place.

@realDonaldTrump: I AM RECEIVING REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. @FBI NEEDS TO ACT NOW.

@BarackObama: The importance of exercising your right to vote cannot be understated.

@mattyglesias: Wow. Trump has absolutely KILLED the Republican support in the suburbs... it will be very interesting to see how this will translate to 2020...

@BetoORourke: Muchas gracias, Texas!

@TedCruz: I will be holding a press conference tomorrow at noon.

[America Needs R'hllor]

BEAUTIFUL!

[😥]

Great!

[BigVic]

The big, blue wave

[Roll Roons]

Wow. Also what happened with governorships? As long as Massachusetts, Maryland and Vermont stay R...

[OBD]

BEAUTIFUL!

[Ferguson97]

November 6, 2018
2018 United State gubernatorial elections

Significant Races
Alaska (Flip)
Mark Begich (D) defeated Mike Dunleavy (R), 50.1% to 48.7%.
California (Hold)
Gavin Newsom (D) defeated John H. Cox (R), 68.3% to 29.2%.
Colorado (Hold)
Jared Polis (D) defeated Walker Stapleton (R), 58.1% to 41.7%.
Florida (Flip)
Andrew Gillum (D) defeated Ron DeSantis (R), 53% to 46%.
Georgia (Flip)
Stacey Abrams (D) defeated Brian Kemp (R), 51.1% to 48.3%.
Illinois (Flip)
JB Pritzker (D) defeated Bruce Rauner (R), 61.3% to 36.2%.
Iowa (Flip)
Fred Hubbell (D) defeated Kim Reynolds  (R), 49.3% to 49.2%.
Kansas (Flip)
Laura Kelly (D) defeated Kris Kobach (R), 52% to 41%.
Maine (Flip)
Janet Mills (D) defeated Shawn Moody (R), 57.8% to 39.1%.
Michigan (Flip)
Gretchen Whitmer  (D) defeated Bill Schuette (R), 59.1% to 40.9%.
Nevada (Flip)
Steve Sisolak (D) defeated Adam Laxalt (R) 55.7% to 42.1%.
New Hampshire (Flip)
Molly Kelly (D) defeated Chris Sununu (R), 53% to 46%.
New Mexico (Flip)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) defeated Steve Pearce (R), 64.1% to 35.1%.
Ohio (Flip)
Richard Cordray (D) defeated Mike DeWine (R) 58.2% to 41.1%.
South Carolina (Flip)
James E. Smith, Jr. defeated Henry McCaster (R) 52.3 to 48.1%.
South Dakota (Flip)
Billie Sutton (D) defeated Kristi Noem (R), 51% to 49.5%.
Wisconsin (Flip)
Tony Evers (D) defeated Scott Walker (R), 56% to 52.5%.

November 7, 2018

Media Reactions

Fox News: PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCUSES DEMOCRATS OF WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD

CNN: Democrats to control 31 gubernatorial seats; Republicans reduced to 19.

FiveThirtyEight: How The Polls (Vastly) Underestimated Democrat Support

Breitbart: Democrats Accused of Cheating in Midterm Elections

Vox: The landslide midterm elections, explained

The New York Times: Democrats Won Several Landslide Elections Last Night - But Does it Mean Anything for 2020?

MSNBC: Democrats Regain Control of Congress, Governor's Mansions in Landslide Elections

Twitter Reactions

@TedCruz: As I made clear in this morning's press conference, I will not concede. Massive reports of voter fraud need to be investigated as quickly as possible. I am calling on my opponent, Robert Francis O'Rourke to cooperate fully.

@realDonaldTrump: No way that Crazy Beto beat Ted Cruz, who is wonderful for Texas. I will investigate!

@BetoORourke: The people of Texas have made their choice clear. I am disappointed that Senator Cruz and President Trump would seek to deny them their choice. I look forward to serving in the United States Senate to fight for the people of Texas.

@AOC: Of course Republicans are claiming voter fraud - it's the only way that THEY can win, so when we win big they assume we did the same. Maybe they should look into making their ideas more popular if they want to stop losing so badly.

@LindseyGrahamSC: Democrats spent all of the last two years crying about non-existent Russian interference - and now that it's clear that something strange has happened, they don't care. Because it's in their favor.

@DeanHeller: While I am disappointed by last night's results, I have spoken with Jacky Rosen and have conceded. I look forward to working with her during this transitional period. I am calling on all of my Republican colleagues to do the same.

@realDonaldTrump: I WILL NOT LET THESE PHONY RESULTS DIVIDE THIS COUNTRY. I AM CALLING ON JEFF SESSIONS TO INVESTIGATE THIS MASSIVE FRAUD.

@ChuckSchumer: Perhaps the President is mistaken. He holds no authority over the legislative branch. I encourage him to learn of our country's principles of separation of powers.

@TeamPelosi: This is nothing more than a partisan attempt to deny the American people their voice - we will not let that happen.

@HillaryClinton: @realDonaldTrump: Seriously, delete your account.

[Left Wing]

Surprised Phil Scott was still able to capture a majority of the vote in this climate. Also did Espy win?

[America Needs R'hllor]

Love it!

Breitbart: Democrats Accused of Cheating in Midterm Elections

The New York Times: Democrats Won Several Landslide Elections Last Night - But Does it Mean Anything for 2020?

And lol, nice depiction of these media outlets

[Ferguson97]

November 8, 2018

Media Headlines

Fox News: LIBERAL RUMORS FALSE; SESSIONS WILL NOT RESIGN

CNN: Jeff Sessions to stay on as Attorney General, will investigate claims of "massive voter fraud"

FiveThirtyEight: Why Polling Underestimated Democrats in the Midterms

Breitbart: Department of Justice to Investigate Democrats For Voter Fraud

Vox: Democrats’ blue wave was astronomically larger than early takes suggested

The New York Times: Why Not All of Trump's Voters Are Leaving Him

MSNBC: After Democrats won in a landslide, Trump claimed "voter fraud" without evidence

Twitter Reactions

@realDonaldTrump: Despite what the Fake News Media says, I am NOT firing Jeff Sessions (smart guy)... but my cabinet will see new members before the so-called Democrats take control of the Senate - if I let them that is!

@ChuckSchumer: Once again, the President has no control over the legislative branch. The American people have made themselves clear, whether he likes it or not. I hope he will be willing to work with us over the next two years.

@BenShapiro: Democrats cannot spend two years claiming to be the party of law and order, and then completely dismiss these voter fraud claims. It's hypocritical.

@WhiteHouse: The President of the United States will hold a press conference at 5:00 EST today.

@realDonaldTrump: Very Big News!

Media Headlines

CNN: Trump Fires Most of His Cabinet

MSNBC: Betsy DeVos, Rick Perry, Ben Carson, among fired cabinet members

Fox News: TRUMP FIRES CABINET MEMBERS IN SHAKEUP AFTER MIDTERMS - AG SESSIONS NOT AMONG THEM

Twitter Reactions

@kylegriffin1: Full list of cabinet members fired by Trump - Secretary of Sate, Mike Pompeo; Secretary of Defense, Jim Mattis; Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos; Secretary of HUD, Ben Carson; Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry; Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao; Secretary of the Treasury, Steve Mnhuchin; Chief of Staff, John Kelly.

@kylegriffin1: Those NOT fired include - Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke; Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue; Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross; Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta; HHS Secretary Alex Azar; VA Secretary Robert Wilkie; Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

@gtconway3d: I don't think Trump realized he just fired the Senate Majority Leader's wife...

@ezraklein: Firing most of your cabinet after historic midterm losses is not something that projects confidence...

@realDonaldTrump: Tomorrow I will announce my replacements for the losers and haters I had to fire because they did such a TERRIBLE job! Very disappointed... look forward to getting them in before January!

[Please delete this account. :)]

This is great. Good job!

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Trump is going to be impeached and convicted, isn't he?

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

U.S. Senator Michael Pompeo (D-KS), 2021-2027