Democrats’ dominance in Tuesday’s elections reset expectations ahead of next year’s midterm battle for House and Senate control, reinvigorating a party that has been in the political wilderness and leaving Republicans lamenting that the gains President Donald Trump made a year ago with key portions of the electorate all but evaporated.

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For a day, at least, beleaguered Democrats are hopeful again. But just beneath the party's relief at securing its first big electoral wins since last November’s drubbing lay unresolved questions about its direction heading into next year’s midterm elections.

The senior elections analyst at RealClearPolitics on what the Party might’ve learned, and how the electorate is changing.

The projected state House wins smooth over Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger's chances for advancing her agenda upon being sworn into office. Democrats Ghazala Hashmi and Jay Jones also won races for the state's lieutenant governor and attorney general, respectively.

Trump has increased pressure on Senate Republicans to end the shutdown — now at 37 days, the longest in US history — calling it a “big factor, negative” in the poor GOP showings across the country.

Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the party needs to address high electric bills, healthcare costs and housing affordability to win voters.

Both parties are now taking a good, hard look at what went right for Democrats and what went so wrong for Republicans. WASHINGTON - A new political reality is taking shape in Virginia. In the wake of Tuesday’s election of Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger,