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Source: Axios

In red states and blue, Republicans suffered losses on a scale even Democrats would never have dared to dream about 24 hours ago.Why it matters: Democrats worried that polls showing a blue wave were overestimating the party's strength. It turned out polls underestimated the size of the Democratic romp — by a lot.The margins Democrats racked up in red states were stunning:Georgia: Sen. Jon Ossoff won reelection by nearly 18 percentage points.North Carolina: Former Gov. Roy Cooper won his Senate race by roughly 19 points.Texas: State Rep. James Talarico cruised to victory by approximately 12 points.These weren't nail-biters in competitive states. They were landslides in states President Trump carried just two years ago.The Texas trifectaDemocrats won the Texas House, Senate and governor's mansion, giving the party unified control of state government for the first time since 1995.The sweep came alongside Talarico's double-digit victory in the U.S. Senate race.Texas, long the GOP's biggest electoral stronghold, delivered Democrats victories up and down the ballot.North Carolina was a bloodbathThe man in charge of steering House Republicans to victory — Rep. Richard Hudson, chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee — lost his own seat.He'll join the ranks of other defeated party leaders —...