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End of Half-Term Points Democrats have the highest and lowest scoring faction and undergo the penalty. Democrats +22,145 -> 18,976 Traditionalist Democrats +4,420 -> 3,978 Justice Democrats +1,250 Free Trade Democrats +7,200 -> 5,400 Moderate Democrats +4,275 -> 3,848 Tariff Democrats +5,000 -> 4,500 Whigs +22,650 Tariff Whigs +1,850 Wall Street Whigs +6,400 Moderate Whigs +4,800 Liberal Whigs +5,150 Progressive Whigs +4,450

End of Half-Term Retirements Defeated Reps IL-1 Jehu Baker IL-4 Joseph V Graff IN-3 Albert Vestal LA-1 Louis Wiltz LC-2 John D Works MN-1 Kittel Halvorson MN-2 John Albert Johnson ND-1 George M Young NE-1 William L Greene PA-2 George Shiras III VA-1 John W Daniel Defeated Govs NE Elmer Burkett OK Charles N Haskell And all of the other oldies who don't stay around.

1906 Senate Appointments With their gubernatorial gains, Democrats narrowly retake the Senate 52-48. Most of their gains come from taking back the western states and making in roads into the Mid-Atlantic.

1906 Dem Senate Appointments AL: Replace Thomas Kilby with Rep Milford W Howard. Replace Howard with Joseph F Johnston (@matthewyoung123) Gains Legis+1 AR: Appoint William M Fishback Gains Legis +1 CO: Replace Tyre York with Fred N Cummings. Gains Legis+1, Admin+1 GA: Replace James Soule Pope with Joseph Rucker Lamar. IL: Replace John B Hawley with Rep Lawrence McGann. Replace McGann with William Dieterich. (Dem Flip) KS: Replace John St. John with Rep John G Otis. (Dem Flip) Replace Otis with Thomas Jefferson Hudson. Gains Admin+1 KY: Replace George M Davison with Rep John Y Brown. (Dem Flip) Replace Brown with Augustus O Stanley. Gains Admin+1 LC: Replace Samuel Shortridge with Rep Charles Hiram Randall . (Dem Flip) Replace Randall with James Budd. Gains Legis +1 MS: Retain Frank A McLain. Gains Iron Fist NE: Retain William A McKeighan. Gains Legis+1 NJ: Appoint James Edgar Martine (Dem Flip) Gains Legis+1 OK: Replace Dick T Morgan with Thomas Gore. (Dem Flip) OR: Appoint Walter M Pierce. Gains Legis+1 SC: Replace George D Tillman with John Irby. Gains Legis+1, Admin+1 SD: Replace Carl Gunderson with Rep Freeman Knowles. (Dem Flip) Replace Knowles with Tom Berry. Gains Legis+1, Admin+1 TN: Retain John A Moon Gains Unlikable, Controversial, Iron Fist TX: Retain Jim Hogg VA: Retain Andrew Jackson Montague Gains Legis +1 Net Dem +7.

1906 Whig Senate Replacements for Retirement CT Class I: Appoint Hobart Baldwin Bigelow UC Class I: William H Waste

1906 Whig Senate Appointments DE: Replace Harry A Richardson with Coleman Du Pont. DU: Replace Pedro Ruiz with Simor Torre. IA: Replace William D Boies with Jonathan Dolliver. ID: Retain Edgar Wilson. Gains Legis+1, Admin+1, Unlikable LA: Replace Murphy Foster with P B S Pinchback (Whig gain). Also the first black Governor and Senator for LA. Gains Legis+1, Admin +1 MA: Retain Rockwood Hoar. Gains Legis +1, Controversial ME: Appoint Charles A Boutelle. Gains Legis+1 MI: Appoint Roswell Horr. Gains Legis+1 MN: Replace Rich T Buckler with Darwin Hall (Whig gain). NH: Replace Cyrus Sulloway with Henry B Quinby. NM: Replace William J Mills with George Curry (Whig gain). WV: Retain Alston G Dayton. Gain of +3 for Whigs

No gains.

Yates gained the Senate in 1902 so this would be only the second time this playtest if Pattison gains the Senate.

1906 House Elections Whigs only make marginal gains in the House, which leaves Democrats with the majority of 222-197 (down from 231-188). With Dems holding onto the majority of governorships, could Pres Pattison see a Dem trifecta?

1906 Gubernatorial Elections In a wild and exciting election night, Democrats manage to increase their net governors by 2 to control 30 states. Dems flipped CO, IL, NE, and NJ while Whigs flipped LA and MN. During the elections only 6 of the 15 governors seeking re-election managed to win. 6 governors lost during their primaries and 3 lost in the general.

1906 Midterm State of the Meters Revenue/Budget: Cons +1, Progs -1 Economic Stability: 0 Domestic Stability: Dems +1 Honest Gov't: 0 Quality of Life: Progs, Libs +1 Planet's Heath: LW Pops +1 Party Preference: 0 LW Pops: Whigs +1 Progs: Whigs +3 Libs: 0 Mods: Dems +3 Cons: 0 Trads: 0 RW Pops: 0 Whigs that can challenge: Wall Street Whigs, Moderate Whigs, Liberal Whigs, Progressive Whigs Dems that can challenge: Tariff Democrats

Supreme Court Appointment Gains Rolled 1/10-90 so Thomas S Butler shifts to the left from Lib to Prog.

Supreme Court Appointment Impact Rolled 6 so Party Pref +1 Blue Rolled 2 for Traditionalist Democrats and they are upset a Democrat didn't get appointed to the Court: Cons, Trad, RW Pop -1 Blue Rolled 4 for Tariff Democrats so no impact. Net Changes RW Pops -1 Blue (now Lean Blue) Trads -1 Blue (now Lean Blue) Cons -1 Blue (now Lean Blue) Party Pref +1 Blue (now Neutral leaning Red)

Well, he will be confirmed by the Senate. So now we see what the fallout is.

Supreme Court Nomination @matthewyoung123 no justice voluntarily resigns nor can any be pressured to resign. With that, who does Pres Pattison nominate to the vacant seat?

We're too isolationist now, I guess

Annexation of Cuba Treaty Senate Ratification The treaty fails resoundingly 20-80. Only the Traditionalist Democrats joined the Presidential faction.

Annexation of Cuba Treaty Senate Ratification @matthewyoung123 how do you vote? If this passes then Cuban statehood can be an option in the future.

Impact of Executive Decisions Roosevelt Corollary LW Pops, Progs -1 Blue Party Pref -1 Blue Call on Congress to annex Cuba Mods +1 Blue; Cons -1 Blue Make First Foreign Trip by President by Visiting the Panama Canal Party Pref -1 Blue Pro-Strict Immigration Policy Cons +1 Blue; LW Pops, Progs -1 Blue Net Changes Mods +1 Blue (already maxed Blue +3) Progs -2 Blue (now maxed Red +3) LW Pops -2 Blue (now Red +1) Party Pref -2 Blue (now Red +1)

Yeah, gov actions are not great right now. You just have to hope the enthusiasm goes your way.

Yup 😞

Results in bold

Results in bold. @matthewyoung123 please pick something else for the fourth.

Executive Actions Pres Pattison gets 4 actions. 3 from Command With Efficient, rolled 6/25 so +1 action @matthewyoung123 you're up again.

Ambassador Actions Ambassador to UK George Wilbur Peck- Extend credit Roll 72/50-85 so no impact Ambassador to France Walter Hines Page- Extend credit Roll 88/50-85 so fail but no impact Ambassador to Spain Chauncey Depew- Improve relations Roll 15/75 so success. Relations +1 (now trending Friendly) Ambassador to Germany Carl Schurz- Improve relations Roll 99/50-85 so fail. Relations -1 (now at Hostile) Ambassador to Russia Richard Olney- Take out a loan Roll 31/15-50 so no impact Ambassador to China William Wright Heard- Improve relations Roll 96/25-75 so fail. Relations -1 (now at Neutral) Ambassador to Japan Daniel Roper- Extend credit Roll 94/50-85 so fail but no impact