If elections were clean, even WA, OR and CA would look very, very different.
They were trying to do the same thing with Georgia. They started in 2016, pushing the myth that Georgia was trending Blue. They figured after pushing the narrative a few election cycles, they could cheat with impunity, and nobody would notice. Same thing with Texas, although it was going to take a little longer.
Our Gov race here in Washington saw the super unpopular Inslee win 60/40 over Culp who was quite popular. I suspect it was actually going to be a Culp win by 5 points, but we have Venezuela type elections here in Washington now so...