After a year in the political wilderness , Democrats rode frustration over high prices and President Donald Trump’s disruptive economic policies to win a raft of elections across the country on Nov. 4. In Virginia and New Jersey , voters handed the party the keys to the governor’s mansions by larger than expected margins. In California , voters overwhelmingly approved new congressional districts to benefit Democrats, after Texas passed its own new map to favor the GOP.

But it was a series of decisive wins in down-ballot races in places like Pennsylvania and Georgia that stunned leaders in both parties and bolstered Democrats’ hopes that they had landed on a viable playbook for next year’s midterm elections.

The Democratic National Committee is describing its performance on Nov. 4 a

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