The historic and unprecedented defeat of the Republicans in the American elections International Iran reported that this was the biggest and strangest defeat in the history of the Republicans after World War II. Even J. Dee Vance, Trump's vice president, lost his seat and Lindsey Graham's sister lost this election. Several states that had been held by the Republicans for 30 to 40 years were defeated. Republicans fell in South Carolina for the first time since 1998 and in Texas for the first time since 1993. Also, in Kansas, Republicans faced a fall for the first time since 1939.