Special Episode: 2026 Election Post-Mortem – The Blue Wave
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Tim Foster (via Capital Weekly)
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: This is a Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast, recorded live in Sacramento at A Post-Mortem of the 2026 ElectioN on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
This episode we present Panel 1, The Blue Wave. Republicans paid a historic price at the ballot box on Tuesday, losing both houses of congress by huge margins. Democrats now hold a majority of Governorships, and they expanded their margins in statehouses across the country, including California. What to make of this 'Blue Tsunami' - and what impact did Proposition 50 - which redrew California’s congressional districts - play?
Panelists: Sean Clegg, Bearstar Strategies; Rusty Hicks, California Democratic Party; Lindsay Hopkins, SEIU California; Andre Levesque, Gilliard Blanning and Levesque. The panel was moderated by journalist and Author Dan Morain.
