[Izulde]

The House stands at 106-37 with Democratic-Republican control. The reason for those numbers? In the game, the House is abstracted with Focus Reps, because to have all the districts and all the possible candidates would require over 10,000 more politicians added to the database, which isn't feasible for this first version (perhaps a future one, maybe).

As for the Senate? 30-6 Democratic-Republican - including one blue Mississippi Senator, as the attorney general shocked everyone by taking the other seat rather than give up a spot to the Reds.

Long story short, a dent has been made, but not a statistically viable one. Blues can still run roughshod over Reds.

Worse news for the Moderate Federalists came when John Quincy Adams, one of the few genuine stars of the faction, flipped to the Fusion faction of the Democratic-Republicans. It's possible he might flip back to the Red party at some point, but for now, it's a crippling loss.

As a result of that flip, the Moderate Federalists no longer became one of the factions supporting Law and Order and instead became one invested in advancing Wall Street's aims. All of this was immaterial, of course - despite having the best election night of any of the Federalist factions, they still lacked true power and were still last and least even among that lesser party.

But brighter days were ahead as they awaited the House and Senate committee assignments.