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An enormous blue wave crashed over all levels of government this midterm cycle. Congressional seats, governor’s mansions and state legislatures flipped from Republican to Democrat, some in surprising fashion. Democrats claimed “trifecta” power in some state capitals, broke supermajorities in others and won other influential statewide offices. 

For months, the Trump administration tried to assert federal control over the election process to bolster Republicans’ chances of maintaining power. President Donald Trump pushed GOP-led states to gerrymander their congressional districts, demanded state voter rolls through legal challenges and threatened to send armed federal agents to the polls. 

Despite fears about possible interference or intimidation heading into Election Day, voters turned out en masse and have shifted the course of policymaking over the next several years in their states and on Capitol Hill.