"A Blue Wall" Rising

"Leading in the polls and anticipating victory, Democrats have sketched an aggressive agenda on issues where strong consensus appears to exist in the party, including new laws on gun control, contraception and environmental regulation. Ms. Nelson said she had met with the speaker of the Oregon Statehouse about enacting policy across state lines. The three states' Democratic governors have spoken regularly about policy collaboration, and over the summer began coordinated talks on climate change with foreign heads of state."

Alexander Burns and Kirk Johnson in The New York Times writes that the Washington State Senate may soon have a Democratic majority, as do Oregon and California to the south.