Democrats gain state power as new senator urges focus on results
A newly elected senator urges Democrats to deliver, while Virginia commentators call the wave less a vote for Democrats than a referendum on Trump
The historic blue wave that delivered control of dozens of state legislative chambers to Democrats last week has prompted warnings about overconfidence. Newly elected Sen. Adam Hamilton of Kansas cautioned that the surge could relapse if Democrats do not focus on delivering results, while commentators in the Virginia Mercury argued exit polls showed the vote was less a vote for Democrats than a referendum against President Donald Trump and a GOP Congress that failed to protect the public from his actions.