Democratic strategist Richard Fowler has won the Washington Examiner’s 2026 election pundit contest, accurately predicting the blue wave that flipped the House and Senate.

While none of the half-dozen pundits predicted how big the tsunami ended up being, Fowler predicted Democrats would pick up six Senate seats. His crystal ball foresaw that Democrats would win Senate seats in Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas.

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