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The 2026 blue wave, in charts
In the 2026 midterms, Democratic senators-elect posted larger victory margins than the party’s presidential candidate did in 2024. Republican senators-elect, by contrast, won by narrower margins than their party’s presidential candidate in the same comparison.
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