Incoming new senators arrive for orientation meetings at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 9, 2026.  | Jim Watson /AFP via Getty Images It’s going to take some time to fully comprehend what just happened in the midterm elections. Last Tuesday brought a blue wave of historic proportions, with Democrats winning large majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as winning several new governorships.  But now that the dust is settling from the results, it’s worth drilling down into just how historically unusual this win was — and untangling what, ex...