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financially racist posted:it'd be rad if this is a sign of things to come in 2018 get that OUT of my face posted:it's vastly important that another state legislature didn't swing to the Republicans, because if they get enough they can defile the very constitution that they pretend to worship. but i agree, we gotta keep fighting, and elect not just democrats, but actually good, non-corporate democrats
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financially racist posted:it'd be rad if this is a sign of things to come in 2018 there's several more in 2017 to look forward to. The next super high profile election is for tom price's old seat in georgia in april. price won election there in 2016 by a huge margin, but he was an incumbent and people seem to be a big fan of one of the democratic contenders, Jon Ossoff, so it's been getting attention and resources that it wouldn't normally. That'll be the first major test of "can we win seats we thought of as safely conservative and ignored in previous years"
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Babysitter Super Sleuth posted:I'm glad that my tiny mangled micropenis of a state didn't become a falling Domino for maga chuds im glad that your awful state did not get even more awful
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Feb 26, 2017 08:15
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Best Giraffe posted:im glad that your awful state did not get even more awful  Venuz Patrol posted:there's several more in 2017 to look forward to. The next super high profile election is for tom price's old seat in georgia in april. price won election there in 2016 by a huge margin, but he was an incumbent and people seem to be a big fan of one of the democratic contenders, Jon Ossoff, so it's been getting attention and resources that it wouldn't normally. That'll be the first major test of "can we win seats we thought of as safely conservative and ignored in previous years"
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ossoff's platform is mostly good. "affordable" is a weasel word for healthcare and higher education, and he has a thing about investigating russian involvement which is foolish to make as a defining campaign issue. other than that, he seems solid- anti-citizens united, pro-Planned Parenthood, presumably pro-choice even though there's nothing in the platform that says either way he's already raised $250k from non-PAC donors
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Feb 26, 2017 17:52
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Sweet DE
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Feb 27, 2017 13:42
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Kurtofan posted:Sweet DE
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get that OUT of my face posted:ossoff's platform is mostly good. "affordable" is a weasel word for healthcare and higher education, and he has a thing about investigating russian involvement which is foolish to make as a defining campaign issue. other than that, he seems solid- anti-citizens united, pro-Planned Parenthood, presumably pro-choice even though there's nothing in the platform that says either way Yeah he seems solid quote:What Ossoff stands for is an economy-first pragmatism buttressed by unqualified support for liberal causes, including Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights. He infuses his comments about Trump with an argument for, and a demonstration of, civil discourse. “People are concerned that Trump may embarrass us on the world stage, that he may not be competent to do the job, and that he’s dishonest,” he told me, adding, “I share all of those concerns.” http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/27/could-the-resistance-start-with-georgia-s-special-election.html Don't see how he's gonna be attractive for conservatives, but yeah I can send some bux his way. Feels like someone from the area or state should make the thread though.
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Special elections in Connecticut today. exact same situation as delaware, senate tied after vacancies following the election, but this time with two seats up for grabs. it hasn't received much attention since one district is very heavily democratic, and the other is very heavily republican, so the even split is likely to be maintained. Democrats control the tiebreaker vote (through the lieutenant governor), so chances are it'll still be a democratic legislature after. it'll still be interesting to see the results, as it might show national drift in opinion even in places where money isn't being spent.
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Feb 28, 2017 22:10
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oh hey, the high school i graduated from is located in the 32nd district. apparently it hasn't been repped by a Democrat since the mid-1930s and it's easy to see why, it's a mostly rural area outside of the Waterbury suburbs, which is probably filled with people who get angry about being close to a poor, unsafe city
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People were talking about the CT special elections in here so here's the results: https://twitter.com/MaxReiss/status/836758184140341248 https://twitter.com/MaxReiss/status/836753274619498496 https://twitter.com/MaxReiss/status/836755036810133504 Nothing too shocking but the Dems retain control over CT, and they had a good showing in a solid R district. If Dems can keep that level of turnout up, there will be a lot of single digit GOP districts they might flip.
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I am glad my coastal weed hollywood brah THE 405 state money made a difference. A .0000001 difference. Still, a difference.
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