What did Ted Cruz predict about elections in October 2022?
Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator (R-TX) ·
In two weeks, we're not just going to see a red wave, we're going to see a red tsunami.
GOP lost a Senate seat; House +10
Cruz predicted a red tsunami in the midterms two weeks later. Republicans gained 10 House seats but lost a Senate seat, and Democrats kept the Senate.
Republicans won the House with 222 seats, up from 212 at the start of the previous Congress, but their Senate seats fell from 50 to 49 and Democrats kept control of the Senate (House Historian; U.S. Senate Historical Office).
Prediction vs. outcome · Elections
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- Campaign rally for Republican House candidate Andy Ogles in Franklin, Tennessee.