Locally, I think we got a Medicaid expansion, snubbing our governor. And we nearly got some people in control of public utilities to oppose Transcanada and its pipeline. We will continue that fight most likely by public referendum in 2020. And several county level Democrats.
Not really a good start for the overhaul of healthcare for all. Not much will happen there for two years. Republicans in our state do not seem to understand they are losing rural healthcare.
Our Senate candidate ran as a good a race as you can in a Republican state.
Our only district that flips from time to time went 51.5% Republican 48.5% Democrat, reflecting possibly a 2020 race going to the Trump challenger. My district is a solid 60% Republican, so I can only ever hope to get a senator or governor elected. We have equal rural and city voter numbers, so if the rural area is 80% Republican, this 60% is what we get overall.
Life goes on. Democrats will not leave the state. An election in 2020 offers hope. We have only a congressman to deal with then. He is kind of dumb and votes the partyline in DC.
Looking more widely, Kansas has some gains by Democrats. This might be more a long term effect than Trump. The Republicans drove the state to banktrupcy by lowering taxes.
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