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In reply to the discussion: Hillizabeth!! [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)40. Well, the GOP holds the vast majority of governorships, and I might add, state legislatures.
So much about statewide elections. Here in MI we are utterly fucked statewide. Thankfully we have two Dem Senators. But Snyder is a fucking weasel. The state senate and house are in the hands of madmen.
And the state legislature censured a woman state rep for daring to say the word "vagina" on the floor. It resulted in a very public performance of The Vagina Monologues on the state capital steps in protest, which did next to nothing to change things here. We're still screwed.
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It's important to distinguish- different story if the Senator comes from a state with a (D) Governor
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#25
how about a sitting Democratic US Senator from a state with a Democratic Governor?
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Jun 2016
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