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Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts) Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:32 PM Nov 2018

Happy we got the house, but

it sucks that Trump will still be able appoint judges and cabinet officials.

And it sucks that we don’t control the Governorships of two important swing states for the 2020 election (Ohio and Florida) where they could have stymied some of the voter suppression efforts

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Happy we got the house, but (Original Post) Proud liberal 80 Nov 2018 OP

Who won Georgia's governorship? applegrove Nov 2018 #1

Too early to call. moondust Nov 2018 #3

Darn. I guess some polls have just closed there because of earlier voting 'issues'. applegrove Nov 2018 #11

Sorry, this was a BIG WIN. At the beginning of 2017 we wern't expected to win both the House still_one Nov 2018 #2

Elijah Cummings will chair the House Oversight Committee: that alone is huge! Princess Turandot Nov 2018 #4

You got it Turandot. Puccini would be proud still_one Nov 2018 #8

Not my congressman, but I'm proud he is from my GWC58 Nov 2018 #9

understood, but we are in this together, and the whole is greater than the individual parts, and the still_one Nov 2018 #10

I know.. I'm so grateful! Cha Nov 2018 #7

I agree, and it isn't even over yet. We are winning Govornorships in states we lost in 2016. By still_one Nov 2018 #12

The Senate was always the longest of shots mcar Nov 2018 #5

Even Florida is moving in the right direction. The writing is on the wall, and I am hoping that by still_one Nov 2018 #13

Lol EleanorR Nov 2018 #6

applegrove

(118,599 posts)

1. Who won Georgia's governorship?

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:33 PM

Nov 2018

moondust

(19,972 posts)

3. Too early to call.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:40 PM

Nov 2018

Kemp has a considerable lead.

applegrove

(118,599 posts)

11. Darn. I guess some polls have just closed there because of earlier voting 'issues'.

Reply to moondust (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:51 PM

Nov 2018

still_one

(92,116 posts)

2. Sorry, this was a BIG WIN. At the beginning of 2017 we wern't expected to win both the House

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:38 PM

Nov 2018

and Senate.

We won the House. We won Governorships in key states, Virgina, Michigan, and the Midwest isn't over yet.

Also, polls haven't closed in the West Coast yet.

The Senate was always a stretch. However, the House huge not only because it will put a stop to draconian legislation, but perhaps more importantly it will allow the Mueller investigation to conclude