(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
The reason the dems kept winning the senate races was voter fraud in NO. Mary Landrieu technically did not win in 96 because Woody Jenkins had more than enough proof that there was vote fraud however, the Women Senators made a huge fuss and the rest of the Senate did not want to rock the boat. Think about that for a bit.
Perhaps things would have been different in the senate had the Senators supported the law when faced with proof of fraud. Look at all of the games the dems have been playing especially when Daschle was in charge of things. Jenkins would have been a good conservative senator. Instead we get a hillary wannabe.
The Republicans have been winning more races on a local and state level. Some of the small towns are stuck on stupid but quite a few aren't. New Orleans has been the problem for years with the fraud.