Lenhart: Post-election changes start with ourselves

Election Day ushered in many changes, both nationally and here in Wyoming.Nationally, we saw a Democratic landslide at a level that few expected. Democrats will take control of the United States Senate by winning in traditionally Republican strongholds. Texas, Kansas, Iowa and Ohio elected Democrats to the United States Senate. As I write this, Democrats lead in Alaska and Mississippi. In the House of Representatives, Democrats have flipped control of the chamber and will see gains similar to the Republican Revolution in 1994, the post-Watergate election in 1974, and the Tea Party Wave in 2010.All elections are important, but this one was so dominant that it portends a reckoning in American politics. After each of the wave elections listed above, the losing party had to turn inward and examine itself to discern why the electorate rejected it so harshly.

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