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Virginia Foxx @virginiafoxx

Election integrity is not a mere suggestion – it is the keystone of free and fair elections that have always guided the course of our nation throughout history. The counting process for the 5th District election has not halted. The count is ongoing in accordance with North Carolina state law. The continuing process, our laws, and faithful election administration will determine the election in the 5th District – and nothing else.    At my request, nonpartisan election observers under the guidance of the Committee on House Administration will be present across the 5th District as the count continues, and will serve as important, watchful eyes to ensure that this sacred process is not impeded and that all legal votes are counted in a consistent, thorough manner.   These observers are dispatched in accordance with the Confirmation of Congressional Observer Access Act for the purpose of observing all parts of the election process including voting, ballot processing, and ballot tabulation. Additionally, they are responsible for gathering information as they monitor the election process.   My work in service to the constituents of the 5th District remains ongoing, and my offices continue to stand at the ready to assist. The process will continue.

Anderson Clayton☀️ @abreezeclayton

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Ethan C7 @ECaliberSeven

Welp, y’all ready for a special election already in Trump+15 NC-14? Cuz if Womack really DID steal a car, hard to see her staying. Would obviously start as a Tossup. And just like with George Santos, Dems would have a WAY better shot at holding it with someone who isn’t a felon.

AmusedToDeath @AmusedToDeath1

Connecticut, what the hell is going on at Uconn

MaineJumbo🌲🦞 @MassJumbo

Susan Collins is and elitist who thinks the Maine is a bunch of barely sentient tree people and is incensed that one of “them” had to audacity to challenge her

Lis Smith @Lis_Smith

.@GregCasar also fled a tougher seat for a safer one, while @johnnygarciatx stepped up & won. In both cases, sitting members of Congress- one far left, one old-school establishment- chose safer seats over tougher fights. In both cases, @ElectTheBench candidates ran right into the fire and won. This is exactly why @MajorityDems and The Bench exist.

Lauren LePage @lauren_e_lepage

🚨 LONG POST: ME Election Thoughts I am going to be brutally honest with you. This is not Monday morning quarterbacking. These are observations that have frustrated me for months. We were staring at a freight train coming down the line and we ignored it. Here are some harsh realities that we can’t run from: ➡️ Senate Republicans are in the super minority for the first time since 1984. ➡️ We suffered double digit losses in the House Caucus. ➡️ We lacked the resources to launch a disciplined and aggressive message to push back on the nationalization of our election, and failed to hold Democrats accountable. ➡️ The grassroots are pissed off, disenfranchised, and our volunteer base has been destroyed because of years of corporate politics. This was a REALLY tough national climate. This is true, and Senator Collins got swept up in the headwinds. Steve Abbott recently said: I’m not sure what else we could have done. And he is right. We all owe her an enormous debt of gratitude for her service. In addition, many people don’t realize the amount that the Collins team does for the Republican Party here in Maine. They’re quiet, they don’t seek credit for it, but they have given enormous amounts of resources to the party. This loss is devastating for our party, but more importantly, for the people of Maine. HOWEVER - and this is a BIG however - if we do not seriously examine our performance, and we simply say “big wave, too hard to overcome” we are both lying to ourselves and failing forward. We made mistakes. THIS INCLUDES ME. I cannot be clearer about this: every organization, every campaign, every operative made mistakes. There are always bad decisions on campaigns, even when you win. Sometimes, they’re just not big enough to sway the election. Team LePage had a historic victory but that doesn’t mean we were perfect. Another reality: if not for Collins and LePage on the ballot, and the enormous support system they brought into Maine, the losses down ballot would have been even more devastating. The federal races brought in a lot of money that provided band-aids. If we are not honest about where we failed, we are not going to move forward. We don’t have a US Senate seat anymore. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE WITH LESS. As a party, moving forward, we would be best suited to do 4 things: 1. A painful post-mortem. Not finger pointing. But self-reflection. We all have to collectively own where we went wrong. If we pretend everything is okay, we will never get better. We cannot stick our heads in the sand and blame it on a wave. If we do that, WE WILL LOSE. 2. We must be willing to do things differently. What we’ve been doing, isn’t working. We’re struggling to catchup with the new age of campaigns. We need to check our own egos and ELEVATE as many voices as we can. We HAVE to build the bench, and stop putting our own self-interest ahead of the mission. 3. Echo chambers need to end. Nationally, for months, there were warning signs about this election being a bloodbath. I was screaming from the rooftops that it was going to be bad, and I was met with criticism for being negative. Realism isn’t negativity. We have to make sound decisions based on reality. We somehow convinced ourselves Maine, a blue state, was going to buck the trend. We left incumbents without resources or support, we expanded a map into offense when our most important job was defense, and we IGNORED the data because “the democrats are to blame for cost of living.” No. That is not what voters believed. It wasn’t even remotely close. 4. MOST IMPORTANTLY: we MUST WIN BACK THE GRASSROOTS. They’re not happy. Volunteerism is down. In most counties, except a couple, the same few people do all of the work. They feel frustrated, talked down to, and excluded. WE CAN REBUILD. But we CANNOT move forward by saying “better luck next time.” We need to do the hard and uncomfortable work now.