We are once again looking at those 2000 and 2004 electoral maps, or the red map with blue on the coasts!
We have already mentioned that Susana Martinez will be the next governor of New Mexico!
The GOP also won governorships in Wisconsin, Michigan, PA, Ohio and Florida.
The GOP also picked up state legislatures:
"A bad night for Democrats Tuesday got even worse at the local level: Republicans were on the verge of winning nearly all 17 of the state legislative chambers they had originally set out for on Tuesday, some for the first time in decades, a shift that puts the GOP in the driver’s seat when the congressional redistricting process begins early next year." (Politico)
It means that the GOP is sitting pretty for the 2010 redistricting.
And let's cheer for the new black GOP members: Tim Scott in SC and Allen West in Florida!
P.S. Richard Baehr of American Thinker posted a great analysis of the GOP's gains in the South and Midwest:
"1. The GOP slaughtered the Democrats in the South. Most of the Blue Dogs in the House, whether they voted for the health care bill or against it, went down.
In the states that will gain House seats due to the 2010 census numbers, the GOP had big wins in the governor’s races in Florida, Georgia and Texas, and Republicans appear to have taken control of the state legislature in North Carolina.
2. After an Obama sweep of the Midwest in 2008 (Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, and Pennsylvania (they are in the Big Ten after all), the GOP found its footing and made major gains in the region.
States in the Midwest are often the decisive swing states in close presidential races, and the GOP performance yesterday in the region augurs well for the 2012 campaign, probably beginning as I write this."
