Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: The major Democratic gains Tuesday night raise the chances that three key positions in the U.S. government—president, House speaker and Senate majority leader—could all soon be held by New Yorkers on.wsj.com/4zrkxlr

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