A Cox victory is the final indignity for California GOP
Republican leaders were hoping a candidate named Cox might create some buzz in the November election. He did. Unfortunately for the GOP, it was the wrong Cox.
Democrats had already achieved a blowout in California congressional races by the time T. J. Cox secured a come-from-behind victory last week in the Central Valley 21st district, defeating Republican incumbent David Valadao.
But Cox provided an exclamation point for just how stunning the election was. Democrats won in seven Republican districts in California and picked up 40 seats nationwide the partys biggest gain since the Watergate era in the mid-1970s and more than enough to win the House majority.
Republicans will now hold just seven of Californias 53 House seats. That sounds bad on its face, but historical context shows just how bleak things are for the state GOP delegation.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/columnists/michael-smolens/sd-me-smolens-california-election-20181202-story.html
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)can be proud of their gains. Greg Stanton (D) is my Congressman, freshman class. We also contributed the first female elected Senator, K. Senema (D) in Arizona.
brush
(53,475 posts)And a Dem governor and an additional Dem congressman.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,307 posts)The Republicans have brought their losses squarely upon themselves.
Their "ideas" are so out of touch and antiquated that they cannot motivate their voters, what's left of them. They are well on their way to becoming a minority party.
And wow, do they ever deserve it.
brush
(53,475 posts)and the redmeat anti-gay and freedom of religion wedge issues.
Everything else is anti-safety obstruction.
They are bereft of ideas that move the country forward or help the majority.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)in our goverrnments. What's changing is that they're becoming too small of a minority to even gerrymander their own survival.