Faded Blue:There's A Democratic Wave Sweeping The Country, But Will It Reach The Top Of Beacon Hill? [View all]

Last November, rank-and-file liberals picked up a much-needed and long overdue morale boost in the form of sweeping electoral victories for the Democratic Party in New Jersey and Virginia. Phil Murphy (NJ) and Ralph Northam (VA) exceeded expectations in dominant gubernatorial wins while the Dems made gains in each respective lower chamber. (Democrats came just a hat draw away from erasing a 32-seat deficit in the Virginia House of Delegates.)

Pundits were already saying that election was a harbinger of the 2018 midterms when the unthinkable happened — Democrat Doug Jones won the Alabama special election to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the US Senate, ending a quarter century of Republican dominance in the state’s upper-chamber delegation.

For the blue team, who fared far better electorally through the first year of President Trump than Republicans managed through 2009 — Obama’s first year in office — the narrative was set: 2018 will yield watershed moments for the motivated opposition.

It’s pointless at this juncture to debate whether a national wave will materialize. What’s more important is to scope the state and local pieces. In Massachusetts ,  the so-called East Coast liberal epicenter, what’s to come of popular Republican Gov. Charlie Baker?

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While Baker is popular it is also important to keep in mind that he has power to decide other elections on the ballot by methods such as redistricting where he can approve plans that gerrymander the state. Never trust a Republican about anything political. Vote Democratic.