These Counties Kicked Out Republican Incumbents
They fueled the victories of Democratic challengers such as Colin Allred in Texas and Lucy McBath in Georgia.
by Priscilla Alvarez
Nov 10, 2018
4 minutes
For the first time in eight years, Democrats have regained control of the House, picking up 32 seats with seven others still undecided. Even if all seven break for the Republicans, Democrats still have a healthy edge: They needed just 23 seats to assume the chamber’s majority.
In a we published ahead of Tuesday’s vote, we described how four groups of voters were expected to play an outsize role in the election’s outcome. They’re voters who live in counties with distinct demographic and voting profiles: majority-minorities counties, majority-white suburban counties, pro-Trump counties with a manufacturing base, and counties that voted
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