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- Axios reports: “It was a drubbing on a scale that neither side saw coming: Democrats pummeled Republicans across the battleground map and into some of the most MAGA-friendly terrain in the country.Why it matters: …”
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Updated Nov 4, 2026, 10:35 AM ET
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