BREAKING: Democrat Margaret Good has flipped a Florida House seat

[RandySF]

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[BigmanPigman]

1. Yippee!

[TomSlick]

2. Go team!

[bearsfootball516]

3. This is a great sign for the BLUE WAVE 🌊🌊

A traditionally Republican district that she just won by a comfortable 8-point margin.

[DeminPennswoods]

43. Turnout was half of 2016

despite Lewendowski showing up to rally the troops. Reportedly there was a surge of GOP voters on election day, but goes to show the Trump "base" showing up isn't enough against a motived opposition.

[NewJeffCT]

44. Don't special elections typically

have even lower turnout rates - like 25-30% of presidential election year turnout?

[DeminPennswoods]

49. Usually, yes, but in some cases there's a lot

of voter interest. Evidently such was the case here.

[beachbum bob]

4. more good news for democrats as more conservative seats are flipped

[ornotna]

5. Great news

[DoctorJoJo]

40. And GOOD news, too!

[YessirAtsaFact]

6. Trump may have cost the repugs votes from educated white women for the foreseeable future

Was this a suburban district?

[bearsfootball516]

9. It is.

We saw the same thing in the Virginia Governor's race, white suburban women came out in droves to vote for Northam in defiance of Trump. The trend is continuing across the country.

[YessirAtsaFact]

19. So cool-its hard to effectively suppress turnout in areas like that

Because both parties would lose votes

BTW I live in Richmond.

I’d like nothing better than sending Dave Brat home this fall.

[bluestarone]

7. sign of things to come

AWESOME!!!

[Wounded Bear]

8. Will take all the wins we can get...

[msongs]

10. good news. nt

[Geechie]

11. Woohoooo!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!

[MaryMagdaline]

12. I don't live in her county but I spoke to her

And contributed. She was on point and told me the importance of flipping the seat. I had the credit card out before she finished. Good win!

[Drahthaardogs]

13. Thank God the women have sense!

Bring us home ladies!

[Cha]

14. She did it! Good on ya, Good!

YAY! Thank you, RSF

[mcar]

15. Another FL flip!

https://www.facebook.com/FlaDems/posts/10150954533289975

[Roland99]

16. Wooooooooo!!!!

[Va Lefty]

17. Great news!

[Stallion]

18. A Woman's Place is in the Home--Err-House

as we follow these flips from the DLCC you can't help but notice so many are women.

[Cobalt Violet]

20. A blue wave is coming!

[LBM20]

26. MAKE SURE it DEFINITELY comes by having strong candidates and strong focused campaigns.

[DinahMoeHum]

21. Sister District Project lent a hand for Good's campaign.

https://www.sisterdistrict.com/margaret-good-florida-72/

Woot! Woot!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

22. HALLLLL!! LAAAAAAAYY!!YYYYYY!! LOOOOOO!! YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

[SWBTATTReg]

23. One more nail in the coffin for the GOP

Keep on 'trucking'!!!

[LBM20]

24. GREAT ONE! The R's REALLY wanted to save this one and guess what. Kaboom! This loss SCARES THEM!

[Stinky The Clown]

25. I say with admiration and respect, maybe the "blue" wave will really be a PINK wave!

Woman Power!

[efhmc]

27. Heard this term today for the first time

on Sirius progress. Great to hear.

[BootinUp]

28. Finish Them! nt

[hay rick]

29. Our county party held 5 phone banking events for Margaret.

New FDP Chair, Terrie Rizzo, got a lot of people engaged. The big blue bus is rolling through Florida...

[BreweryYardRat]

30. For those not from the area...

... Mrs. Good's opponent was James Buchanan, the son of the local U.S. House rep, Vern Buchanan.

The elder Buchanan is grossly corrupt, even by Republican standards.

Who knows what vile grifts he could have pulled off if he'd had his brat in the State House?

Everyone unfortunate enough to be stuck in this right-wing shithole owes Mrs. Good our sincere thanks.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

52. Please do not call Florida a shithole.

Some of us like it quite fine here, despite the politics. thank you very much.

[BlueDog22]

31. Nice

Awesomeness. This is a nice winning streak we are on.

[orangecrush]

32. Kick and Rec!

[downeastdaniel]

33. I say, Margaret, well done.

[Blue Owl]

34. T'sal Good!

[voteearlyvoteoften]

35. Fan Effin Tastic

[Upthevibe]

36. Most excellent!

Good news...

[oasis]

37. Way to go Dems!

[Beacool]

38. Congratulations!!!

Chip away at Republican seats.

[lpbk2713]

39. Outstanding.

This is good news. I hope the voters are fed up with the rethugs and their dirty politics.

[Sophia4]

41. This is wonderful!

Good for Margaret Good!

[DangerousRhythm]

42. Encouraging!

This is such excellent news!

[raging moderate]

45. DU Rec.

[NCTraveler]

46. Big news.

The person who held this seat was an up and comer in the Republican Party. A lot of people had eyes on Miller. She resigned without warning claiming she needed more time to be a mother. She was less than halfway through her first term. She wanted to spend time at home with her children, run a growing business, and be a legislator. Time constraints were known ahead of time.

Miller was actually run out of town by Republicans. This is their own doing. She was criticized by Rick Scot publicly, they screwed her over on committee assignments(kicked her off), and made it clear they just wanted her for a vote.

Buchanan actually was going for another state house seat when he decided to run for this one. Pretty interesting that he even had the option.

[keepleft101]

48. Love it!

[onecent]

50. You go girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PunksMom]

51. Boom 💥

Very encouraging news...we needed it.

[TNLib]

53. Great News

[thucythucy]

54. Great news! nt