An unnamed Republican strategist, commenting on the Senate races in Kansas, Mississippi, and South Carolina, tells Axios: “Democrats may win these seats in a wave . . . but not a blue wave. It’s the wave of arrogance [and] laziness . . . that washed over these GOP incumbents.”
That’s part of how wave elections work. Shifts in public opinion find candidates in places previously considered safe for their party unprepared. Their complacency then magnifies the wave.