In 1875, Democrats swept into power in the state legislature.
In state after state, Democrats swept back to power.
Also, Democrats have swept this county in the last 20 consecutive presidential elections.
Republicans have also been reeling since the election, when Democrats swept all statewide offices.
Democrats swept the mid-term elections, making up for their losses in the previous election cycle.
However, in the 2006 election, the Democrats swept into control of the chamber and held a majority for four years.
But now that the Democrats have swept both houses of Congress, the nation's labor unions feel as if they are back - and then some.
Not surprisingly, Democrats swept all three legislative seats in 2001.
Still, if the Democrats swept both states, it would be particularly sweet for their party because the electorates are strikingly different.
Finally, once again the elections of 1864 were supervised by federal troops, but this time the Democrats voted and swept the election.