Peter Baker: Dem Election Wins a ‘Pretty Big Blow’ to Trump

RUSH EXCERPT: 
BAKER: "This is the first statewide big election, contested kind of state we’ve had. Up until now, the president referred in his Twitter posting you mentioned, he referred to four house special elections held but they were all Republican seats held by Republicans. This is a state that’s been contested by both parties for years. Trending more and more blue. With a Democrat replacing a Democrat but seen as a tightening race with Gillespie heading into the final days. Those polls didn’t capture what was really going on. Didn’t capture the turnout. Turned out high in democratic parts of the state. And it’s a reflection of, you know, an electorate that is tired of President Trump’s presidency. At least in the northern part of the state. Closest to the Washington, D.C., area. That doesn’t necessarily mean anything for next year. We have to be careful about overinterpreting. Off-year elections are what they are. Lower turnout in a single state but having said that for the Democrats who have had nothing but bad news in the last year, this was obviously a shot in the arm and President Trump, it was a pretty big blow."