The GOP is an All Around Loser on Election Day

The GOP was a big time loser in yesterday's elections-- striking out across multiple fronts.

Ohio voters easily passed the measure enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution, as expected, by a double-digit margin.

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear won his reelection fight in one of the reddest states in the country (and the one with the most evangelical voters) by forcefully defending both trans and abortion rights. 

In a race with clear relevance to 2024, Democrats won a key open seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, maintaining their 5-2 majority. Republicans ran a 2020 election denier, who told The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board, “I have no idea" whether Joe Biden won the presidential race. 

Democrats expanded their leads in both the New Jersey state Senate (+1) and House (+3), and exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam won a New York City Council seat.

And finally . . . in Virginia, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin-- who had been in a practical love fest with the media (and generating lots of buzz as a potential late presidential challenger)-- claimed Republicans were on their way to a "trifecta." With the red-vested wonderboy sitting as governor, the GOP was looking to hold their advantage in the House of Delegates, and then flip the state Senate-- giving Youngkin the ability to pass his silly agenda (including restrictions on abortion).  Sadly, his hopes and dreams all came crashing down as Democrats held the Senate and flipped the House—which is now on the verge of electing its first Black speaker.