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5 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Election Results

Abdul El-Sayed, a candidate for governor and former Detroit health director, delivers his concession speech to supporters on Tuesday night, Aug. 7, 2018, in Detroit. The activist wing of the Democratic Party mobilized for several of the night’s biggest races, trying to replicate the insurgent victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York earlier this summer — and for the most part falling short. (Anthony Lanzilote/The New York Times)