Is this a good look? He is backed by two convicted criminals, the deeply creepy Carter Page, AND Devin Nunes and Matt Gaetz. Wow, that is a whole lot of criminality and stupidity. Oh, and he is the PREFERRED candidate to Kelly f'n Loeffler.
Now here is an idea on how to fix the Senate. California could send their homeless, but their (homeless in other states) turn out would be a problem. In Alaska, where Donald Trump won by 36,000 votes, Democrats already get 40% of votes https://t.co/zD9CNrJCt6— The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 16, 2021
I can't read the article, but the picture in the tweet shows Nevada as red. Nevada has a Democratic governor, two Democratic senators, three out of four House seats are Democrats, both houses of the state legislature are under Democratic control. The state hasn't voted for a Republican for President since 2004. Nevada is a blue state.
Those are true, but so are these from under ten years ago. In 2012, they re-elected Republican Senator Dean Heller, who had been appointed during the last two years of the previous term. In 2014, Republican Brian Sandoval was re-elected governor by 46.7, which was the second biggest margin of the 36 governors elected that year. It was slightly less than Bill Haslam, who was was re-elected governor of Tennessee by 47.5. To show how hard it is to win a state by that much, for president in 2020 no states were won by over 43.38 that Wyoming was decided by. D.C. and Nebraska's District 3 were decided by more than that. Before Democrat Steve Sisolak gained the open govenor seat and Jacky Rosen defeated Heller in 2018, Republicans had two of three of the governor and senators. In 2014, Republicans won three of Nebraska's four House seats, including Joe Heck winning District 3 by 24.7. In 2016, Heck left to run for senator, and Rosen won by 1.2, while Ruben Kihuen defeated Republican incumbent Cresent Hardy in District 4. Nevada leans Democratic, but if Biden is unpopular next year, it wouldn't be shocking for Republicans to gain the governor, senator (defeating Catherine Cortez Masto), and two House seats to win three of four. Given Biden's unpopularity, I think Trump would win swing states including Nevada if there was a presidential election now. How a state votes for president is important, but Maine (1988) and New Hampshire (2000) have a longer streak of voting for Democrats for president while Republicans won other statewide elections. After 2010, Republicans had governor and both senators from Maine. In 2012, Independent (who caucuses with Democrats) Angus King gained a Senate seat when Republican Olympia Snowe retired. In 2020, Susan Collins was re-elected while Biden won Maine, and she is the only senator to win in 2016 or 2020 when her party lost that state for president. In 2018, Janet Mills gained the governor when Republican Paul LePage was term-limited, and he's running next year. Republicans have the governor and both chambers of the legislature in New Hampshire.