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Donald Trump has been completely and utterly gutted in this election.
In virtually every key battleground Senate and Gubernatorial race, his candidate lost.
The Red Wave that was supposed to be never formed.
What Happened?
When it comes to governor’s races, Trump was absolutely housed.
Tudor Dixon (MI), Darren Bailey (IL), Dan Cox (MD), Geoff Diehl (MA), Lee Zeldin (NY), Doug Mastriano (PA), and Tim Michels (WI) all lost their respective races.
With 62 percent of the vote counted, Kari Lake had pulled within two points of Hobbs, so she is still very much alive, making up a massive deficit from early voting.
Joe Lombardo is now holding an edge as more election-day votes are counted, so he could be Trump’s sole big win here.
While JD Vance (OH) won in the Senate, so much money was poured into his race that he cost Republicans several other races.
This was a held seat where more than $30 million was poured into the race by Republicans to secure the win.
Let’s also keep in mind that at one point, Trump’s Save America PAC had $250 million in the bank and he spent nothing on his candidates in these races.
How much of a difference would that money have made in this election?
Mehmet Oz, who I claimed was a disgrace of a candidate from the outset, was beaten by John Fetterman, a man who cannot form a proper sentence and is very open about putting murderers back on the street.
In a state that is overwhelmed with crime, they chose him over Trump’s guy.
With 50 percent of the vote counted in Arizona, Blake Masters was down by more than 16 points, but that race should tighten up overnight.
Nevada is also still on the block.
Walker was down by about one point in Georgia, with 97 percent of the vote counted.
The only solace in that race is that if Warnock does get to 50 percent, there is a runoff election.
The third-party candidate garnered about two percent of the vote, just enough to keep them both below 50 percent, at least to this point.
If Republicans can win one of those three races, we should be able to hold a 50-50 Senate.
If we get two of those seats, we take the Senate outright.
That race now relies on Nevada and Georgia, with both candidates trailing as the counting shut down on Tuesday night.
They should still take the House, but the margin will be far less than any of us had hoped.
While there are some projections that this could be a single-seat edge, I see it being closer to a 10-12 seat edge.
The Democrat strategy of backing MAGA candidates in the primary and putting them in the general election worked, as they defeated every one of those candidates.
This election was a slap in the face to Trump’s MAGA movement and the GOP better pay attention.
Just think about how bad Democrats are doing and overall, how well they did in this election, specifically against Trump’s candidates.
I can tell you this flat out, the worst possible thing that can happen next week is for Trump to announce he is running.
With the way these elections went on Tuesday night, I think it would be highly unlikely that Trump can win an election.
When you take into account how well the two governors that kept their distance from Trump, DeSantis and Kemp, it is clear that conservative voters want to move on from Trump and support the next wave.
If Trump truly cares about this country and about the conservative movement, he will look at these results, step back, and allow DeSantis to take over.
I would say that he can play kingmaker, but this election proved that his endorsement in a race that is not a lock for a Republican is no longer a key to victory.
Quite the opposite, actually, as the Vance race proved.
You can disagree with me all you want, but that is the reality of what happened on Tuesday night.
I feel like I was kicked in the gut today… just utterly horrified at how this night went.
There are some highlights, however. We should take the House and we did make some serious inroads into voting blocks we have never been able to touch.
If we can take the Senate, it turns a bad night into a good one and gives us something to build on.
Even with a small majority, holding both chambers gives us a huge advantage against Joe Biden and Democrats for the next two years.
