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Puddle has finally cracked the seal on the election cycle he lost.

Narrator: There is so much wrong here. It's laughable.

The irony of the above post is that this morning, I had decided I was gonna scroll through his actual Twitter feed, find his "endorsements" of the candidates, and use the New York Times election results to see how he did.

Wyoming · U.S. Senate
November 4, 2026 · Race called
Called
Harriet Hageman ✓
Republican · 122,157 votes
65.2%
James Byrd
Democrat · 65,097 votes
34.8%
Total reported: 187,254 More than 95% in
Wyoming · U.S. House At-Large
November 4, 2026 · Race called
Called
Chuck Gray ✓
Republican · 99,891 votes
54.5%
Lisa Kinney
Democrat · 61,687 votes
33.7%
Total reported: 183,203 More than 95% in
Wisconsin · Governor
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
David Crowley ✓
Democrat · 1,440,989 votes
54.0%
Tom Tiffany
Republican · 1,227,673 votes
46.0%
Total reported: 2,668,662 More than 95% in
Wisconsin · U.S. House District 1
November 4, 2026 · Race called
Called
Mitchell Berman ✓
Democrat · 158,839 votes
52.0%
Bryan Steil (Incumbent)
Republican · 146,885 votes
48.0%
Total reported: 305,724 More than 95% in
Wisconsin · U.S. House District 3
November 4, 2026 · Race called
Called
Rebecca Cooke ✓
Democrat · 172,757 votes
52.4%
Derrick Van Orden (Incumbent)
Republican · 150,872 votes
45.8%
Total reported: 329,463 More than 95% in
Wisconsin · U.S. House District 5
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Scott Fitzgerald ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 220,991 votes
59.0%
Andrew Beck
Democrat · 153,277 votes
41.0%
Total reported: 374,268 More than 95% in
Wisconsin · U.S. House District 6
November 4, 2026 · Race called
Called
Glenn Grothman ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 172,138 votes
52.8%
Brad Smith
Democrat · 141,346 votes
43.3%
Total reported: 326,136 More than 95% in
Wisconsin · U.S. House District 7
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Michael Alfonso ✓
Republican · 191,822 votes
56.4%
Fred Clark
Democrat · 148,172 votes
43.6%
Total reported: 339,994 More than 95% in
Wisconsin · U.S. House District 8
November 4, 2026 · Race called
Called
Tony Wied ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 177,258 votes
53.9%
Rick Crosson
Democrat · 151,471 votes
46.1%
Total reported: 328,729 More than 95% in
West Virginia · U.S. Senate
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Shelley Moore Capito ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 266,067 votes
58.3%
Rachel Fetty Anderson
Democrat · 172,922 votes
37.9%
S. Marshall Wilson
Constitution · 17,139 votes
3.8%
Total reported: 456,128 More than 95% in
West Virginia · U.S. House District 1
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Carol Miller ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 118,735 votes
57.1%
Vince George
Democrat · 82,347 votes
39.6%
Belinda Fox-Spencer
Constitution · 6,904 votes
3.3%
Total reported: 207,986 More than 95% in
West Virginia · U.S. House District 2
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Riley Moore ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 143,756 votes
59.4%
Ace Parsi
Democrat · 98,235 votes
40.6%
Total reported: 241,991 More than 95% in
Washington · U.S. House District 3
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez ✓
Democrat (Incumbent) · 157,272 votes
54.2%
John Braun
Republican · 130,192 votes
44.9%
Total Write-ins
Write-in votes · 2,554 votes
0.9%
Total reported: 290,018 More than 95% in
Washington · U.S. House District 4
November 5, 2026 · Race not called
Not Called
Amanda McKinney
Republican · 81,580 votes · Leading
54.5%
John Duresky
Democrat · 67,943 votes
45.4%
Total Write-ins
Write-in votes · 279 votes
0.2%
Total reported: 149,802 69% in
Washington · U.S. House District 4
November 5, 2026 · Race not called
Not Called
Amanda McKinney
Republican · 81,580 votes · Leading
54.5%
John Duresky
Democrat · 67,943 votes
45.4%
Total Write-ins
Write-in votes · 279 votes
0.2%
Total reported: 149,802 69% in
Virginia · U.S. House District 1
November 5, 2026 · Race not called
Not Called
Shannon L. Taylor
Democrat · 207,882 votes · Leading
51.0%
Rob Wittman
Republican (Incumbent) · 198,417 votes
48.7%
Total Write-ins
Write-in votes · 984 votes
0.2%
Total reported: 407,283 94% in
Virginia · U.S. House District 2
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Elaine G. Luria ✓
Democrat · 178,741 votes
53.0%
Jen A. Kiggans
Republican (Incumbent) · 150,095 votes
44.5%
Total reported: 336,976 More than 95% in
Virginia · U.S. House District 5
November 5, 2026 · Race not called
Not Called
John J. McGuire III
Republican (Incumbent) · 181,290 votes · Leading
50.2%
Tom S. P. Perriello
Democrat · 173,417 votes
48.0%
Total reported: 361,180 More than 95% in
Virginia · U.S. House District 6
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Ben L. Cline ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 175,797 votes
55.5%
Beth A. Macy
Democrat · 140,224 votes
44.3%
Total Write-ins
Write-in votes · 610 votes
0.2%
Total reported: 316,631 More than 95% in
Virginia · U.S. House District 9
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
H. Morgan Griffith ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 193,804 votes
66.0%
Joy A. Powers
Democrat · 99,453 votes
33.8%
Total Write-ins
Write-in votes · 597 votes
0.2%
Total reported: 293,854 More than 95% in
Utah · U.S. House District 1
November 5, 2026 · Race not called
Not Called
Blake D. Moore
Republican (Incumbent) · 117,192 votes · Leading
50.2%
Peter Crosby
Democrat · 98,952 votes
42.4%
Total reported: 233,617 87% in
Utah · U.S. House District 2
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Celeste Maloy ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 110,487 votes
58.1%
Kent S. Udell
Democrat · 66,382 votes
34.9%
Total reported: 190,042 68% in
Utah · U.S. House District 3
November 5, 2026 · Race not called
Not Called
Mike Kennedy
Republican (Incumbent) · 94,043 votes · Leading
52.6%
Jonny Larsen
Democrat · 72,802 votes
40.7%
Total reported: 178,896 60% in
Texas · Governor
November 5, 2026 · Race called (AP)
Called
Gina Hinojosa ✓
Democrat · 5,230,929 votes
52.8%
Greg Abbott
Republican (Incumbent) · 4,524,955 votes
45.7%
Pat Dixon
Libertarian · 148,096 votes
1.5%
Total reported: 9,903,980 More than 95% in
Texas · Lieutenant Governor
November 5, 2026 · Race called (AP)
Called
Vikki Goodwin ✓
Democrat · 5,083,719 votes
51.7%
Dan Patrick
Republican (Incumbent) · 4,485,059 votes
45.6%
Total reported: 9,827,286 More than 95% in
Texas · Attorney General
November 5, 2026 · Race called (AP)
Called
Nathan Johnson ✓
Democrat · 5,133,762 votes
52.4%
Mayes Middleton
Republican · 4,502,859 votes
45.9%
Tom Oxford
Libertarian · 165,574 votes
1.7%
Total reported: 9,802,195 More than 95% in
Texas · Comptroller
November 5, 2026 · Race called (AP)
Called
Sarah Eckhardt ✓
Democrat
51%
Don Huffines
Republican (Incumbent)
46%
Vote totals not provided More than 95% in
Texas · Land Commissioner
November 5, 2026 · Race not called
Not Called
Flores
Democrat · Leading
51%
Dawn Buckingham
Republican (Incumbent)
47%
Vote totals not provided More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. Senate
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
James Talarico ✓
Democrat · 5,445,156 votes
55.1%
Ken Paxton
Republican · 4,249,763 votes
43.0%
Ted Brown
Libertarian · 190,259 votes
1.9%
Total reported: 9,885,178 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 1
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Nathaniel Moran ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 181,987 votes
69.0%
Yolanda R. Prince
Democrat · 81,598 votes
31.0%
Total reported: 263,585 94% in
Texas · U.S. House District 2
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Steve Toth ✓
Republican · 144,748 votes
51.0%
Shaun Finnie
Democrat · 139,167 votes
49.0%
Total reported: 283,915 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 3
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Keith Self ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 169,243 votes
52.7%
Evan Hunt
Democrat · 151,667 votes
47.3%
Total reported: 320,910 94% in
Texas · U.S. House District 4
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Pat Fallon ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 171,652 votes
56.1%
Jason Pearce
Democrat · 134,563 votes
43.9%
Total reported: 306,215 93% in
Texas · U.S. House District 5
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Lance Gooden ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 130,278 votes
51.5%
Chelsey Hockett
Democrat · 122,855 votes
48.5%
Total reported: 253,133 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 6
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Jake Ellzey ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 140,014 votes
52.2%
Danny Minton
Democrat · 128,394 votes
47.8%
Total reported: 268,408 94% in
Texas · U.S. House District 8
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Jessica Hart Steinmann ✓
Republican · 141,786 votes
53.2%
Laura Jones
Democrat · 124,680 votes
46.8%
Total reported: 266,466 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 9
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Leticia Gutierrez ✓
Democrat · 98,079 votes
57.6%
Alex Mealer
Republican · 72,340 votes
42.4%
Total reported: 170,419 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 10
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Chris Gober ✓
Republican · 161,425 votes
53.8%
Caitlin Rourk
Democrat · 138,832 votes
46.2%
Total reported: 300,257 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 11
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
August Pfluger ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 138,627 votes
59.5%
Claire Reynolds
Democrat · 94,353 votes
40.5%
Total reported: 232,980 93% in
Texas · U.S. House District 12
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Craig Goldman ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 144,438 votes
53.1%
Heli Rodriguez Prilliman
Democrat · 127,456 votes
46.9%
Total reported: 271,894 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 13
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Ronny Jackson ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 158,134 votes
65.3%
Mark Nair
Democrat · 84,197 votes
34.7%
Total reported: 242,331 94% in
Texas · U.S. House District 14
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Randy Weber ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 152,619 votes
54.0%
Thurman Bill Bartie
Democrat · 129,934 votes
46.0%
Total reported: 282,553 92% in
Texas · U.S. House District 15
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Bobby Pulido ✓
Democrat · 126,204 votes
62.3%
Monica De La Cruz
Republican (Incumbent) · 76,305 votes
37.7%
Total reported: 202,509 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 17
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Pete Sessions ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 143,523 votes
53.6%
Casey Shepard
Democrat · 124,480 votes
46.4%
Total reported: 268,003 94% in
Texas · U.S. House District 19
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Tom Sell ✓
Republican · 154,079 votes
69.5%
Kyle Rable
Democrat · 67,674 votes
30.5%
Total reported: 221,753 94% in
Texas · U.S. House District 21
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Mark Teixeira ✓
Republican · 194,302 votes
54.5%
Kristin Hook
Democrat · 162,088 votes
45.5%
Total reported: 356,390 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 22
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Trever Nehls ✓
Republican · 150,166 votes
51.8%
Marquette Greene-Scott
Democrat · 139,611 votes
48.2%
Total reported: 289,777 93% in
Texas · U.S. House District 23
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Katy Padilla Stout ✓
Democrat · 142,032 votes
52.1%
Brandon Herrera
Republican · 119,795 votes
44.0%
Ben Mendoza
Independent · 10,610 votes
3.9%
Total reported: 272,437 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 24
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Beth Van Duyne ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 171,751 votes
53.4%
Kevin Burge
Democrat · 149,697 votes
46.6%
Total reported: 321,448 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 25
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Roger Williams ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 142,721 votes
53.7%
Dione Sims
Democrat · 122,854 votes
46.3%
Total reported: 265,575 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 26
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Brandon Gill ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 182,648 votes
54.5%
Steven Shook
Democrat · 147,944 votes
44.2%
Phil Gray
Libertarian · 4,308 votes
1.3%
Total reported: 334,900 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 27
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Michael Cloud ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 144,471 votes
51.2%
Tanya Lloyd
Democrat · 137,928 votes
48.8%
Total reported: 282,399 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 28
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Henry Cuellar ✓
Democrat (Incumbent) · 113,315 votes
65.8%
Tano E. Tijerina
Republican · 51,065 votes
29.6%
Marlón Durán
Green · 7,932 votes
4.6%
Total reported: 172,312 92% in
Texas · U.S. House District 31
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
John Carter ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 164,012 votes
53.8%
Justin Early
Democrat · 136,734 votes
44.8%
Greg Stoker
Green · 4,227 votes
1.4%
Total reported: 304,973 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 32
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Jace Yarbrough ✓
Republican · 142,834 votes
51.5%
Dan Barrios
Democrat · 134,781 votes
48.5%
Total reported: 277,615 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 34
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Vicente Gonzalez ✓
Democrat (Incumbent) · 112,667 votes
55.6%
Eric Flores
Republican · 80,572 votes
39.8%
Total reported: 202,645 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 35
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Johnny C. Garcia ✓
Democrat · 139,984 votes
55.4%
Carlos De La Cruz
Republican · 112,574 votes
44.6%
Total reported: 252,558 More than 95% in
Texas · U.S. House District 36
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Brian Babin ✓
Republican (Incumbent) · 138,008 votes
53.6%
Rhonda Hart
Democrat · 119,681 votes
46.4%
Total reported: 257,689 93% in
Texas · U.S. House District 38
November 5, 2026 · Race called
Called
Jon Bonck ✓
Republican · 157,261 votes
51.5%
Melissa McDonough
Democrat · 144,397 votes
47.3%
Alex McMenemy
Green · 3,443 votes
1.1%
Total reported: 305,101 94% in
Puddle's Unofficial Endorsement Scorecard
November 5, 2026 · Working tally
Wins
36
Losses
16
Pending
6
Win rate among called races 69.2%
36 wins 16 losses
58 races tracked · 52 called · 6 pending
Unofficial working tally of selected Republican races. Candidate endorsements have not all been independently verified. Not a nationwide endorsement total.

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