Red, White and Who? A Blue Tsunami

So why do you think Democrats did

so well? It is a surprising outcome, particularly in the Senate, where the map was really stacked against them.

A lot of these races were in deep southern states that Trump won by large majorities, which makes the victory all the more surprising.

In some ways, I think they won in spite of themselves.

Our polls have showed that the Democratic Party is still deeply unpopular.

Again, I think it's all about Trump at the end of the day.

And I think in particular, it's about the state of the economy and high prices that in many ways are a direct result of the war in Iran.

One of the most surprising races to me, which is in South Carolina, Lindsey Graham's sister, Darlene Graham, lost the Senate seat to Democrat Annie Andrews.

Was South Carolina even on your radar as one that might go Democrat?

It honestly, it hadn't been.

And then in the last few weeks, our reporters started saying South Carolina is actually in play.

We sent a reporter down there saying, last week who spent time with Darlene Graham, she indicated she'd sort of grudgingly gotten into the race and wasn't really enjoying herself.

And I think it's an example of Trump bucking common sense, standard protocol, and picking a completely untested candidate who'd never run for a major office like this and thrusting her into the national spotlight just after her brother had died.

Another really surprising result is Texas.

James Tallarico won a Senate seat for a Democrat for the first time there since 1988.

And not only that, a Democrat also won the governorship.

In some ways, I think that's the biggest story of the night.

I mean, Texas is the ruby red beating heart of the modern Republican Party.

I lived there for 10 years, was born there, and I'm still kind of finding it hard to believe how well Democrats have done there tonight.

The fact that Tallarico won so convincingly is really surprising.

Perhaps even more surprising is that, you know, Osa is going to be the governor of that state tonight.

This is a shocking, country-changing political event that we'll be unpacking for a long while.

How do you think Democrats are able to pull it off in Texas?

I think there were a few things at play.

I think, one, Paxton is probably one of the most flawed candidates in modern political history.