1. Bragging Rights--and Disappointment--for Both Parties

From Politico: "Republicans suffered widespread losses in the suburbs — but Democrats lost a spate of key Senate and governors races."

2. The New Metropolitan Majority

From The Atlantic: "If Democrats want to build a durable coalition, they will need to shift their approach, building ties between voters in cities and those in the suburbs that surround them."

3. Forget the Blue Wave. Behold the Purple Puddle

From USA TODAY: "Democrats in the House and Republicans in the Senate means gridlock. That's a good thing, but it is only a temporary solution."

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Georgia Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox, angry about an article, burns a copy of The Atlanta Constitution in the state Senate on March 10, 1971, saying the paper did not have the "guts, integrity, manhood or decency" to report the situation accurately. (AJC file)

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Ja’Quon Stembridge, shown here in July at the Henry County Republican Party monthly meeting, recently stepped from his position with the Georgia GOP. (Jenni Girtman for the AJC)

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