Virginia/New Jersey Elections

[dbackjon]

Looking to be a solid Democratic crushing of the GOP.

[CAA Flagship]

Looking to be a solid Democratic crushing of the GOP.

No surprise.

[dbackjon]

Democrats have flipped 14 GOP seats so far. Need 3 more to take control

[dbackjon]

Virginia elects first transgender to a state legislature.

Also, first two Latinas to the Virginia House

[dbackjon]

Phil Murphy new New Jersey Governor.

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Forget the statewide races, the big news in Virginia right now is Democrats possibly flipping the House of Delegates. No one predicted this...at most 5-6 seats were thought to be flippable. It might be 17+ seats right now.

[CAA Flagship]

Virginia elects first transgender to a state legislature.

Also, first two Latinas to the Virginia House

Again, no surprise after William & Mary and George Mason had tranny homecoming queens.

[kalm]

How did the liberals do?

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How did the liberals do?

Best tweet of the night:

"Now we have to build a statue of Ed Gillespie, otherwise how will future generations know who lost this election?"

[Pwns]

Who's going to spill more ink here...dback or JSO?

[GannonFan]

Forget the statewide races, the big news in Virginia right now is Democrats possibly flipping the House of Delegates. No one predicted this...at most 5-6 seats were thought to be flippable. It might be 17+ seats right now.

I agree, that's the only real news. A Democrat winning the governorship in NJ isn't shocking - it was shocking that the GOP held the governor's mansion there for 8 years - and the same goes for statewide races in VA - Clinton won it by more than 5% in 2016 and even almost broke the 50% mark there. Beating several incumbents (at least 4) in the House of Delagates is newsworthy, though.

[Pwns]

Still a year left until the midterms, but those that dismissed the Georgia 6 special election results can't do it now.

The GOP will be kicking into the wind for 2018 unless things change.

[SDHornet]

Still a year left until the midterms, but those that dismissed the Georgia 6 special election results can't do it now.

The GOP will be kicking into the wind for 2018 unless things change.

Congress is pretty dead set on getting absolutely nothing done. Going to be fun seeing conks sell the "we did absolutely nothing with majorities in Congress, but vote for us anyways" line to voters in 2018. Good luck with that. Only saving grace will be if the economy is still crushing it, then maybe that cushions the blow. Should be interesting.

[CID1990]

Yay

Now let's see if this new set of anodyne blowhards is different from the previous one

[BDKJMU]

So I take it the donks will want to increase spending and raise taxes in VA and NJ?

[Ivytalk]

So I take it the donks will want to increase spending and raise taxes in VA and NJ?

Looks like that’s what the new Governor of NJ wants to do. Second coming of Jon Corzine, right down to the Goldman Sachs pedigree.

And that probably means more obnoxious NJ azzholes moving to DE.

And Drumpf is already saying that the reason Gillespie lost in VA is that Gillespie didn’t worship the POTUS.

[GannonFan]

So I take it the donks will want to increase spending and raise taxes in VA and NJ?

Looks like that’s what the new Governor of NJ wants to do. Second coming of Jon Corzine, right down to the Goldman Sachs pedigree.

And that probably means more obnoxious NJ azzholes moving to DE.

And Drumpf is already saying that the reason Gillespie lost in VA is that Gillespie didn’t worship the POTUS.

Yeah, NJ is screwed no matter what. And if Trump's tax plan goes through the exodus from Jersey could become epic.

Hard to say if this election means anything. Blue states got much more blue.

[Rob Iola]

So I take it the donks will want to increase spending and raise taxes in VA and NJ?

Healthcare in VA is the big ticket item that Republicans have until now successfully blocked - with the VA GA and the Gov being held by the Dems this will likely change. Initial funding of course comes from the federal govt, but taxes will go up when the costs shift to the states in the coming years.

[dbackjon]

What is nice for the Democrats is not just that they won big, but who won and their platforms, and across the state:

1) The sponsor of Virginia's anti-trans bathroom bill was beaten by a transgender woman
2) Pro-NRA Republicans were defeated by Democrats running on gun control measures
3) In New Jersey, a GOP legislator who mocked the Woman's march was beaten by a 32-year old woman who was inspired to run after his sexist comments
4) Democratic candidates were young, many female, and from all races
5) Democrats took two seats in Georgia that were in districts so heavily Republican no Democrat contested them in the last election
6) Refugees won seats in Virginia, and the Mayorship of Helena Montana
7) Maine voters approved Medicaid expansion overwhelmingly, a measure that Trump clone LePage had vetoed 5 times.
8) Washington had a seat flipped, giving control of the state senate to the Dems
9) Seats were flipped in every state that had elections - mostly in districts that Trump won.
10) Northam had an F rating from the NRA. Still won huge.

[Chizzang]

Yay

Now let's see if this new set of anodyne blowhards is different from the previous one

The pendulum swings like clockwork in this country...
Knee Jerk / followed by Knee Jerk / Followed by Knee Jerk /

and yet... her we are

[Grizalltheway]

Helena elected its first black mayor yesterday. I haven't researched it but I don't think I need to to safely say it's the first one in the state's history.

[dbackjon]

Helena elected its first black mayor yesterday. I haven't researched it but I don't think I need to to safely say it's the first one in the state's history.

He is.


Liberian Refugee

[Silenoz]

Helena elected its first black mayor yesterday. I haven't researched it but I don't think I need to to safely say it's the first one in the state's history.

There's black people in this state?

[dbackjon]

Helena elected its first black mayor yesterday. I haven't researched it but I don't think I need to to safely say it's the first one in the state's history.

There's black people in this state?

That aren't Griz or Cat athletes?

[VictorG]

Helena elected its first black mayor yesterday. I haven't researched it but I don't think I need to to safely say it's the first one in the state's history.

There's black people in this state?

The 1%!