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RandySF

(58,477 posts) Thu Nov 7, 2019, 10:24 PM Nov 2019

California Democrats flip 3 seats for the Riverside City Council

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California Democrats flip 3 seats for the Riverside City Council (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2019 OP

Damn right we did! Codeine Nov 2019 #1

How Republican was Riverside before? RandySF Nov 2019 #2

Increasingly less so. Codeine Nov 2019 #3

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

1. Damn right we did!

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:06 PM

Nov 2019

And Erin Edwards is the first LGBT person elected to Riverside’s council, which makes it even sweeter.

RandySF

(58,477 posts)

2. How Republican was Riverside before?

Reply to Codeine (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:09 PM

Nov 2019

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

3. Increasingly less so.

Reply to RandySF (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:36 AM

Nov 2019

Demographic changes are rendering the GOP a non-entity even in the Inland Empire. Our Congressional representative is an openly gay high school literature teacher, if that’s any indication of our political bent.

City council races are non-partisan and mostly ignored in Riverside but this crop of candidates brought a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the race and inspired people to step up and be heard. The non-partisan nature of the position means I can’t say for certain what party our previous council members belonged to, however.

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