Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Miles Parks, I cover voting.

Susan Davis, I cover politics.

I'm Danielle Kurtz-Layben, I also cover politics.

And I'm Dominic O'Montan, our Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.

And the 2022 election season is drawing to a close, and while Republicans, as many folks

predicted, did end up winning control of the House of Representatives, their majority

is going to be a narrow one. In the Senate, no matter which way next month's runoff in

Georgia, goes, Democrats will control it. And I cannot think of a better group of political

correspondents and reporters to talk through all of the results of this year's midterms

and help me understand what we're looking at, looking ahead to 2024 than you guys.

Oh, stop. Go on.

We finally have a little sleep now, so.

Yeah, we might actually get some clear thoughts. So, Dominic, I do want to start with you.

As I mentioned, a lot of people were predicting ahead of this year's midterms that we would

see a Republican-red wave. Democrats every month have been looking at those inflation

numbers being terrified of what that would mean, come voting time. We didn't really see

that. I mean, what's your takeaway for why Republicans didn't kind of romp away with

victory?

You know, one of the first things I want to point out is the Senate, I think everybody

thought was going to be a toss-up no matter what. I don't know that anybody really knew

what was going to happen, and if they did tell you that they knew what was going to happen,

they were probably lying or wrong or over-confident. So, that's first there. Secondly, you know,

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