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Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

2002 for Wednesday, November 7th. In today's news, Democrats flip at least seven governorships.

More than 100 women get elected to the House,

and five states are now poised to expand Medicaid.

But first, the big idea.

The 2018 midterm elections were a referendum on Donald Trump.

Two-thirds of voters said that the president was a key factor in how they voted,

according to exit polls.

That's historically high.

It allowed Democrats to win control of the House,

and Republicans to expand their majority in the Senate

by winning in red states.

Backlash to Trump materialized in red states.

Backlash to Trump materialized in the suburbs, thanks to independence who voted for Democrats

for the first time since 2008

and college-educated women

who created a historic gender gap.

The biggest story of the night was that Nancy Pelosi is poised

to get her Speaker's Gavel back after eight years

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