Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Friday celebrated House Democrats' "mandate" from voters, but for weeks officials and the media have been discussing how bad the party's results were.
Josh Christenson is a media analyst for the Washington Free Beacon. He graduated from Wheaton College in 2016. Before joining the Free Beacon, he was a high school teacher and a legislative intern in the U.S. House of Representatives. He can be reached at christenson@freebeacon.com.