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Article snippet: Democrats on Sunday sought to pivot anger over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a Supreme Court justice away from that fight and toward the midterm elections. Sens. further investigate sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh or possibly look into impeachment proceedings. Instead, they all set their sights on next month’s midterm elections, where anger among Democratic voters could propel the party into the majority in one or both chambers of Congress. "I'm much more focused on the here and now, which is that we have an election coming up," Hirono said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” "And I said to the women who are justifiably angry, but determined, and I said they should be just focused like a laser beam on the elections, because they have connected the dots," she continued. "They know that the senators who are making these confirmation decisions are the people who were elected by their voters. And so, as voters, they have a role to play.” The Senate confirmed Kavanaugh on Saturday afternoon in a 50-48 vote, with one GOP senator absent and another voting "present." Every Democrat opposed Kavanaugh's nomination except for Sen. MORE (D-W.Va.). Democrats tried and failed to argue against Kavanaugh's nomination, gathering momentum in mass protests leading up to his eventual confirmation. Opponents argued they lacked adequate access to records from his work in the George W. Bush administration, that he was a threat to Roe v. Wade, that allegations of sexua... Link to the full article to read more