I’m not suggesting ignoring what happened in 2018 but really, how about a bit of perspective?
In 2010 the Democrats took a far, FAR worse shellacking in the 1st midterm after Obama’s election. They lost 65 House seats a ton of Senate seats, Governorship’s etc. In total all across America they lost over 900 elective office seats. The reporting was that it was all over and the Dems would never recover, Obama would never get reelected etc.
Two yrs later Obama won and it wasn’t even close.
An important aspect of the Beto fight was that although he did not win, a lot of lower level seats moved to the Democrat side. This should have an influence on the next election. Also any info on the relative number of Californians versus Louisianans who moved to Texas and how that would influence the voting pattern?