When Donald Trump was elected president of the United States there was a temptation to declare that none of the rules of politics mattered anymore. But the 2018 midterm elections proved that the fundamentals of running campaigns in this country are still intact.
In many ways, 2018 was a classic midterm election with a polarizing president in office. The president’s party suffered significant losses, masked somewhat by a favorable Senate map.
The expanded Republican majority in the Senate contributes to somewhat of a buffet election, in which each party can pick and choose some delicious victories while ignoring some less…
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