Surprise, surprise.
Amid endless talk of a “red” Republican wave months ahead of the 2022 midterm election, Democrats have not only closed the enthusiasm gap but appear poised to stave off a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate following a surprise performance by now U.S. Sen.-elect John Fetterman, a Democrat, in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.
It’s still early days, but voters across the country woke up Wednesday morning to a radically different political outlook than the one foretold in the press. Fetterman’s flip, combined with a somewhat promising runoff in Georgia and confidence in Arizona has tightened the race for control of the U.S. Senate, challenging long-running trends that the party-in-power sees sometimes tremendous concessions during the midterms.
