Democrats now control all House seats along the Pacific Ocean, a first since 1889
But for the first time in modern memory, Democrats are set to control every congressional district along the Pacific Coast.
It’s a feat Democrats “haven’t accomplished since before Washington became a state in 1889,” according to the left-leaning publication Daily Kos.
Dave Wasserman, a Congressional race analyst with the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, also spotted the trend, forecasting on Twitter before all races were called that 2023 would “be the first time Republicans are shut out of every district touching the Pacific Ocean.”
The blue wave along the Pacific Coast was made possible by an upset in southern Washington, a recently flipped seat in Alaska and two key Southern California victories — even as Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives to a narrow Republican majority.
The trend reflects “the increased polarization in American politics,” said Eric Schickler, a professor of political scientist at the University of California, Berkeley.
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