Democrat wins in upset -- heavily republican district!

[SticksnStones]

Another indication the voice of the resistance is being heard!

https://patch.com/new-york/massapequa/9th-assembly-district-flips-democrats-pellegrino-defeats-gargiulo

Democrat Christine Pellegrino has defeated Republican Thomas Gargiulo in the District 9 State Assembly special election, an upset in a district that Donald Trump won by 23 points in the 2016 election. 20

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Considering how the district went in 2016, it's a huge flip!

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[TheOther95Percent]

1. Wow! Nassau County

We need to start picking up some state senate seats too.

[SticksnStones]

4. Yeah right!? Nassau County

Greatest concentration of Trump voters per capita in the nation....Fox on in every pizza parlor in the County...

She's a teacher for 25 years..had the Teachers Union behind her...out raised her opponent.

It's a sure sign of the health of the resistance!

[gratuitous]

2. That's gonna leave a mark

Hard to spin this as positive for Republicans; will Fox try anyway, or will they just ignore it? I'll go with "What special election?"

[Hortensis]

3. Lol, exactly.

[SticksnStones]

5. County pols are quaking in their boots!