In part, that outcome is simply a reflection of the vagaries of the calendar: this cycle put hardly any vulnerable Rs before voters for reelection, but it put up a lot of Ds in red and purple states, such as Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota, a state now overrun with conservative oil workers laboring in the fracking fields of the Bakken Shale. Overall, Republicans appear on track to increase their edge in the US Senate from 51-49 to perhaps 54-46. MORE RESULTS: How did Cascadia’s ballot measures do? US Senate At the local level, concerns about housing, not the national contest between parties, held sway. It was also the only state where the party of its governor switched, and the party control of a legislative chamber will likely do the same - Republicans are on track to gain both. The only exception was Alaska, which edged slightly rightward in its legislative makeup. The biggest shifts were in the blue states, Oregon and Washington, but even the reddest, Idaho, had a measurable leftward turn. A similar trend emerged in state legislatures: a wave turned a smattering of districts blue, almost all of them in metropolitan areas.
Otherwise, the Northwest was already almost thoroughly split along the new political geography. In the Northwest, these trends showed up in the transfer of exactly one seat in Congress: a suburban and exurban district east of Seattle flipped from red to blue. A much-anticipated blue wave of Democratic victories won them control of the US House but left the national political map even more starkly divided between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Republican gained in rural areas and, consequently, the Senate and Democrats gained in suburban areas and, consequently, the House. In another epochal election night for the United States, Cascadia’s midterm election results were consistent with the nationwide US storyline.
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