I live in a county that has had a decades long schizophrenic voting pattern; dem on the local level 70-30%, pubbies on the state and federal at 65-35%. We had one elected Republican, the sheriff.
In our local elections this August, every single Republican running won. The Dems are trying to wrap their heads around it. Long serving county commissioners, Alderman, school board, etc voted out. I hope it’s a nationwide trend.
That is good news in your area. I expect my area to go blue as usual in most races, so the Congressional race is a curiosity. The Democrat incumbent is a machine politician and is not popular among some reform Democrats. This area went to Biden by over 60% in 2020, but there is a huge oil refinery here, which provides a lot of jobs and revenue, and maybe some people are concerned about Biden’s green policies. The Republican is a black female pro-life conservative veteran. She is the first quality candidate we have had here for a while, so there might be a lot of enthusiasm for her campaign. She will probably run very strong in Republican areas to the South and maybe pick up black votes from Gary and Hammond. It should be interesting.