With Trump The Big Loser In ’22 Midterms, DeSantis Now Frontrunner For ’24

He wasn’t even on the ballot, but former President Donald Trump was the big loser on Election Day 2022.

A plethora of pre-Election Day polls showed Republicans with a healthy lead, and pollsters went so far as to predict a ‘red tsunami.’ Instead, it was more like a pink trickle.

“Definitely not a Republican wave, that’s for darn sure,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said as the results came in Tuesday.

With ballots nationwide still being counted, the GOP held a small lead in the House — although polls had shown a much heftier pickup, as high as 40 seats. The Senate was even tighter, a toss-up, with Democrats holding 48 seats and the GOP 47 seats and five still up for grabs.