# HUGH HEWITT: The GOP is wounded, not dead — but recovery has to start now

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hugh-hewitt-the-gop-is-wounded-not-dead-but-recovery-has-to-start-now/
- Published: 2026-11-05T09:00:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T10:42:40+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/hugh-hewitt-gop-wounded-not-dead-recovery-has-start-now
- Topics: Middle East, World

## Key points

- Hewitt says Republicans can recover from a major electoral defeat.
- He urges the party to start recruiting and rebuilding now.
- State-level control could shape redistricting after the 2030 Census.

## Summary

Hugh Hewitt argues that the Republican Party has suffered a severe defeat but can recover if it begins rebuilding now. He says the result should prompt the party to recruit new candidates, develop a future leadership team and offer a clear agenda, with Donald Trump still playing a central role.

Hewitt points to past Republican setbacks, including losses after Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential campaign and the party’s decline in 2006–09, followed by later recoveries. He says Republicans have three election cycles before the next census-driven redistricting begins after 2030; based on results still being counted, Democrats could control all three branches of state government in 21 states, Republicans in 19, with divided government in 10.

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