Dems head toward House control, but lose incumbents to GOP

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ALAN FRAM and MATTHEW DALY

WASHINGTON (AP) — Disappointed Democrats drove Wednesday toward extending their control of the House for two more years but with a potentially shrunken majority as they lost at least seven incumbents and failed to oust any Republican lawmakers in initial returns.

By midmorning on Wednesday, Democrats’ only gains were two North Carolina seats vacated by GOP incumbents after a court-ordered remapping made the districts more Democratic. Though they seemed likely to retain House control, their performance was an unexpected disappointment for the party, which hoped for modest gains of perhaps 15 seats.

After decades of trying, Republicans defeated 15-term Rep. Collin Peterson from a rural Minnesota district that backed President Donald Trump in 2016 by 31 percentage points, Trump’s biggest margin in any Democratic-held district. Peterson, who chairs the House Agriculture Committee, opposed Trump’s impeachment and is one of the House’s most conservative Democrats. He was defeated by Republican Michelle Fischbach, the former lieutenant governor.

In Iowa, GOP state Rep. Ashley Hinson defeated freshman Democratic incumbent Abby Finkenauer to win a hard-fought race for the state’s northeastern congressional seat. Hinson is a former television news anchor.



Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters about Election Day results in races for the House of Representatives, at Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. She was joined on a video call by Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times via AP, Pool)


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[yaesu]

1. how many congressional votes did dejoy steal by keeping ballots hidden in USPS facilities?

my guess, enough to keep us from controlling the Senate.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. That SOB needs some serious jail time.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Something to watch

in coming years. Collin Peterson's loss will come down mega hard on his Farmer Constituents. Have to say,those farmers whom voted for Fishbach just bit the hand that feed them for decades.

Peterson always found a way to financially better his District over other Rural Ag Districts. Those days are gone.