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🌊 The Great Democratic Seawall 🌊

Democrats control all US House seats along the Pacific Ocean for the first time in history.

Justin Brown

Jan 5

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Blue Seawall — *Image courtesy of Pixabay (edited)*

If you hadn’t heard, Democrats made history in 2022: the party has won every single US House seat along the Pacific Ocean for the first time in American history. In their defense against a supposed “red wave,” they built the Great Democratic Seawall: stretching from Alaska’s at-large district all the way down to CA-52 along the Mexican border. Below is a state-by-state analysis of this history making feat, click through the headlines to read more about how Democrats pulled this off. (Don’t be fooled, Democrats had a lot of stumbles and fumbles along the way!)

WASHINGTON

Democrats pulled off a shocker by flipping WA-3 in a race that most pundits expected Republicans to win, helping the party build its historic seawall along the Pacific coast.

OREGON

While Democrats held on to Oregon’s coastal districts, Republicans picked up a new seat in Oregon due to Democrats’ failure to spend heavily in OR-5.

ALASKA

With the election of Democrat Mary Peltola, Alaskan Natives receive representation in the US House for the first time in American history.

California content is on its way soon! It’s such a large state that I’ve planned a multi-post walk-through election analysis to touch on all of the dynamics at play. In the meantime, check out Colorado’s blue wave.