Whatever red wave was forecast out across the nation on Tuesday had already diminished to a riffle by the time it reached Washington state. When it hit the Cascade Mountains, it completely went “pfft.”
What washed up into Puget Sound was deep blue instead — or as they also call it around here, the status quo.
This all added up to yet another triumph for Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. She fought off a record $25 million spent against her, some terribly done conservative polling that misleadingly showed the race close, and a slew of “think pieces” by right-leaning pundits predicting that after 30 years in office, Murray had worn out her tennis shoes.