but there's a race that is over finally. we are talking about california 21 where another republican member of congress lost overnight. he conceded the race to tj cox. cnn and every other organization declared valadao, and it flipped. this is a wipeout for republicans in california and a 40-seat gain for democrats nationally, which is big. >> there was a question about whether there was going to be a blue wave. i think we answered that question, particularly in california. it was just a bloodbath there for incumbent republicans. it doesn't make, you know, a republican hold over future policy look particularly auspicious at this point. >> the california republican tradition has been ripped out by its roots.