Ticket splitters ruled the day in the midterms. A little over 5 million voters split their tickets in the top races. Especially in states like Georgia, Kansas, New Hampshire, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada and probably a few more. Sometimes it was voting for a republican governor then a democratic senator or the other way around as in Wisconsin and Kansas where ticket splitters when for a Democratic governor and a republican senator.

Doubts about candidates tipped the scales in tightest races

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doubts-candidates-tipped-scales-tightest-162422752.html

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.