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Published November 08, 2014

FILE: Aug. 26, 2014: Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wassserman Schultz, D-Fla., in Weston, Fla.(AP)

Democrats are planning an extensive review of what went wrong in the 2014 and 2010 elections, hoping to find ways to translate success in presidential campaigns into future midterm contests.

A party committee will conduct a "top-to-bottom assessment" of the Democrats' performance in recent midterm elections and try to determine why they have struggled to turn out its core voters in nonpresidential elections.

"It's apparent that there are increasingly two separate electorates: a midterm electorate and a presidential electorate. We win one and we don't seem to be able to win the other," said Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who leads the Democratic National Committee, in an interview Saturday. "That is a fundamental dynamic that we have to change."

Democrats suffered heavy losses in last week's elections, ceding Senate control to the Republicans and surrendering more seats in the already GOP-majority House as Republicans ran against an unpopular President Obama.

Republicans picked up governor's offices in a number of Democratic-leaning states like Massachusetts, Maryland and Illinois and strengthened their grip on state legislatures.

Democrats have been successful in turning out an Obama-led coalition of minorities, women and young voters in presidential elections, but have struggled in midterm races when turnout is lower and the electorate tends to be older and whiter, favoring Republicans.

Wasserman Schultz said the new committee, whose membership will be announced in the coming weeks, will look at the party's tactics, messaging, get-out-the-vote operations and digital efforts in recent nonpresidential elections. The group plans to report back in February at the DNC's winter meeting.

Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski said last week's elections underscored GOP momentum.

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Colorado State Senator Morgan Carroll. (John Leyba, Denver Post file photo)

Republicans are officially in charge of the Colorado Senate, ending a decade-long drought where they painfully watched Democrats win the majority in five straight elections.

The streak ended in 2014. Senate Republicans hold 18 seats to the Democrats' 17.

The race that tipped the balance of power to Republicans occurred in Senate District 24 in Adams County. Republican Beth Martinez Humenik, a seven-year member of the Thornton City Council, beat Democrat Judy Solano, a former state representative, by 876 votes for the open seat.

The counting wasn't completed until late Friday.

"I'm elated," Humenik said Saturday. "Now I'm ready to get to work and get some things done for the people."

House Democrats will hold a 34-31 majority after three of their members were ousted in an election that clearly favored Republicans in Colorado and nationwide as voters struggled with midterm angst.

Political observers say split control of the legislature is a boon for Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper as he begins his second term in office. One side or the either is likely to kill controversial legislation, ensuring it doesn't get to his desk.

A GOP blindside in Adams County and gun-control efforts also played a role in Republican victories in both chambers.

Senate Democrats conceded Saturday morning, saying they would "do whatever possible to block efforts to take the state backward."

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DENVER (AP) - Democrats ceded control of the Colorado state Senate to the GOP on Saturday, setting up a divided Legislature after two years of Democratic control.

Democratic Senate President Morgan Carroll announced Saturday morning that the chamber has flipped from 18 Democrats and 17 Republicans to 18 Republicans and 17 Democrats.

Republicans immediately vowed to pursue changes. GOP Leader Bill Cadman, a Colorado Springs senator expected to be named president, said his party would move away from the extraordinary divisiveness of recent years.

We are here to serve common interests, not special interests, Cadman said in a statement.

Carroll vowed to work with the new Republican majority. People dont want gridlock. I think people said that loud and clear, the Aurora Democrat told reporters.

She joked that every day was sort of a prolonged eternity while waiting for ballot results, but that close contests required waiting.

The switch gives returning Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper a divided Legislature. Democrats lost ground in the House, but they appear to have hung on in that chamber.

A spokeswoman said the governor was unavailable for comment Saturday.

Democrats have had the majority in both chambers the past two years, allowing them to easily pass many items on their wish-list, including civil unions and lower college tuition for children who grew up in Colorado but are in the country illegally.

They also steered through more divisive legislation, such as new gun restrictions and allowing drivers licenses for residents living in Colorado illegally. Democratic leaders insisted Saturday that their ambitious agenda during the last two years wasnt to blame for losses in an election that favored the GOP nationwide.

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