The midterm election blue wave was historic. Have we seen one like it before?
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Democrats scored major victories across the country in Tuesday's midterm elections, flipping seats that had been held by Republicans for decades. They won control of both the U.S. House and Senate, picked up governorships and made significant gains in state legislatures.
So how big was this wave, and what might history tell us about what comes next after a wave like this?
Andrew Karch is a professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. He joined Minnesota Now host Nina Moini to put the election into historical perspective.
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