Post-Election Roundtable: The Receipts Are In | At Our Table

Before Election Day, Jaime said 2026 had all the ingredients of another 2006. Rachel told him he was "thinking too small." The morning after, she calls the night "historic" and argues the real measure isn't the seat count but how deep Democrats reached into Republican territory, from Georgia to Texas.

Albert calls it "biblical" and says the argument that Democrats can't compete in the South "died last night." Then the conversation heads to Texas, where Gina Hinojosa won the governor's race, James Talarico won the Senate seat, and Democrats flipped the State House. Rachel explains why Republicans have "no chance at the White House" in 2028 if they can't win Texas, and Albert warns that for a lot of new voters, Election Night "was just a date," not a marriage. (2:09 One Word for Election Night: "Historic" and "Biblical" (6:31) "You Are Thinking Too Small": Did 2026 Beat 2006? (8:16) Anti-Trump Wave or Pro-Democrat?

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