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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat GREAT news to wake up to this morning!
5 winners and 3 losers from Election Day 2019Winner: Democratic enthusiasm. Loser: Donald Trump.
https://www.vox.com/2019/11/5/20949741/winners-and-losers-election-night-2019
From the link:
Voters all over the country headed to polls to decide local and state elections. The headline-grabbing contest was Democrat Andy Beshear beating Republican incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin in the Kentucky governors race a state President Donald Trump won by a whopping 30 percent in 2016. Some caveats: Bevin was among the most unpopular governors in the country, and other Republican leaders in the state outperformed him on Tuesday.
But Beshears win was still a big loss for Trump, who campaigned in Kentucky just a day before the election, explicitly tying Bevins race to his own reputation. The results also showed that Democrats in Kentucky were fired up Beshear outperformed the 2015 Democratic gubernatorial candidate in many areas of the state.
The other huge story was Virginias state legislature elections, where Democrats flipped both the state House and Senate, ensuring a trifecta with Gov. Ralph Northam (D) already in the governors mansion.
Virginia has been trending blue for years, but the fact that Democrats generated so much enthusiasm in an off-year where state legislature elections were the biggest thing on the ballot means the party is organized and enthusiastic, even for traditionally sleepier races. ...
But Beshears win was still a big loss for Trump, who campaigned in Kentucky just a day before the election, explicitly tying Bevins race to his own reputation. The results also showed that Democrats in Kentucky were fired up Beshear outperformed the 2015 Democratic gubernatorial candidate in many areas of the state.
The other huge story was Virginias state legislature elections, where Democrats flipped both the state House and Senate, ensuring a trifecta with Gov. Ralph Northam (D) already in the governors mansion.
Virginia has been trending blue for years, but the fact that Democrats generated so much enthusiasm in an off-year where state legislature elections were the biggest thing on the ballot means the party is organized and enthusiastic, even for traditionally sleepier races. ...
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What GREAT news to wake up to this morning! (Original Post)
BlueMTexpat
Nov 2019
OP
also my hubby won his very first political race...non partisan.. and he won by 19 points!
samnsara
Nov 2019
#3
He was photographed outside the White House this morning talking to the trees.
Elwood P Dowd
Nov 2019
#9
True Blue American
(17,994 posts)1. Trump tweeted he almost
Pulled Bevin cross the finish line!
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)2. I think it was his campaign slug:
President Trumps rally helped five of six Kentucky Republicans win clear statewide victories, including Attorney General-elect Daniel Cameron, who will be the first black A.G. in Kentucky history and the first Republican to hold the office since 1948," Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement.
"The President just about dragged Gov. Matt Bevin across the finish line, helping him run stronger than expected in what turned into a very close race at the end. A final outcome remains to be seen," he continued.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/469169-trump-campaign-he-just-about-dragged-bevin-across-finish-line
"The President just about dragged Gov. Matt Bevin across the finish line, helping him run stronger than expected in what turned into a very close race at the end. A final outcome remains to be seen," he continued.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/469169-trump-campaign-he-just-about-dragged-bevin-across-finish-line
samnsara
(17,650 posts)3. also my hubby won his very first political race...non partisan.. and he won by 19 points!
...hospital commissioner against a 20 yr incumbent.
Demovictory9
(32,482 posts)4. congrats
Thekaspervote
(32,809 posts)6. Hey congrats to hubby!!
BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)8. Many congratulations!
JAD
(187 posts)5. Democratic control in Delaware County PA for the first time since the Civil War!!!!
Chester County PA went Blue too!!!!!
Timmygoat
(779 posts)7. Has anyone
Heard what Trump's reaction is to yesterdays results, or do you think he is still in shock and cannot tweet yet?
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)9. He was photographed outside the White House this morning talking to the trees.
&f=1&nofb=1
BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)10. ...
LOVE your photo!