KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS FLIP STATE HOUSE SEAT FROM RED TO BLUE

[RandySF]

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[LAS14]

1. K & r!!!

[Sophia4]

2. Wonderful! Hurrah!

[Roland99]

3. Where is this geographically?

[RandySF]

4. Louisville suburbs and exhurbs

[Roland99]

9. Whoa!! Lived there over 40 years but never knew my state district. This is HUGH!!

Once you get to those well-to-do areas or more rural areas it gets much more Republican.

Liberal concentration is more in the Louisville urban areas, as expected (clifton, highlands, minority areas downtown, st matthews)


EDIT: see post 14. This is older established areas that are largely blue collar

[Hermit-The-Prog]

34. map

http://kygeonet.ky.gov/kydistricts/

[Bleacher Creature]

5. I love spring and summer, but I'd gladly skip them this year if it could just be November now! NT

[sprinkleeninow]

39. It is advised by some here: "Patience lil 🐜." (Closest I had was an ant!)

Please don't be miffed--I am simultaneously reminding myself with this!

[Cha]

6. WOW.. Fantastic!!

[LAS14]

7. A good percentage, although it seems like a low turnout. ??

Belcher secured 68.45 percent of the vote, according to the Bullitt County Clerk's office. Rebecca Johnson, Dan Johnson's widow, secured 31.55 percent. There were 4,947 votes cast.

[Roland99]

10. Not surprising. Surrounding counties are more conservative. They did not GOTV

Similar to what helped Doug Jones in AL.

[rpannier]

30. Special elections are usually low turnout

It's why get out the vote is so important
Also, if it's multiple elections in the same area, do what the x-tian reich does, run a slate of candidates

[MelissaB]

8. WooHoo! K&R from Kentucky.

[brokephibroke]

11. This is the seat held by that religious nut job who hung himself

From a bridge.

[LBM20]

12. GREAT! She is a retired teacher, and I hear people there PISSED about education cuts!

[LAS14]

13. What's the current makeup of the Kentucky legislature? nt

[rpannier]

33. Ask and Ye Shall Receive

The State Senate is 27 Republicans 11 Democrats with 0 vacancies
Representatives appears to be 62 Republicans 37 Democrats (count includes this special election) 1 Vacancy

[LAS14]

37. Well, we've got a way to go. It's good we're getting started!!!!

Thanks!

[Roland99]

14. Perspective on this. This is largely a blue collar area

This is not an affluent area of Jefferson and Bullitt counties.

[mcar]

15. Oh yeah!

[Mr.Bill]

16. Winning! n/t

[mercuryblues]

17. flipped for now

In 2012 Belcher ran for re-election and lost
In 2014 Belcher ran again and won
In 2016 Belcher ran again and lost to Dan Johnson, who committed suicide last Dec. Leaving the seat open

Today Belcher won. The question is will she hold onto the seat in Nov?

https://ballotpedia.org/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives_District_49

[LAS14]

21. Interesting. But more power to her!!!! We must remember her in November!

Do you have info about the percentages of those races?

[LeftInTX]

43. That guy Johnson was bad.

He was a pastor who molested teens in his house.

His wife ran to replace him, which is just gross. She was probably complicit.

This is one of those races that is hard to pin down. Belcher was in that seat for quite awhile, then Johnson won in 2010 with the Tea Party sweep.

[LAS14]

23. Do you have info about the percentages of those races?

[mercuryblues]

27. at the link

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. K&R!

[mgardener]

19. Do republicans think they will be getting the 18 year old votes in the next election?

After they pretty much telling high school kids around the country they dont care if they are gunned down while attending school?
I think republicans are going to lose a generation of voters over this.

[notdarkyet]

31. The base grows smaller, limited and inconsequential. The rest of the country makes common

Cause. Resist the maggots.

[Julian Englis]

20. How big is this: 68 to 32 tonight. Went 72-23 for tRump/Putin in 2016 & went Romney 66-33 in 2012

Yuuuuugggeeeeee!

[gratuitous]

24. An 86 point flip

Say whatever you want, low turnout, flawed candidate, blue collar district, I don't care. An 86 point swing in 14 months is fuckin' epic. Any Republican who feels safe isn't running in 2018.

[bluestarone]

22. nice!!!!!!!!!!! don't give an inch til after 2020

[appalachiablue]

25. Excellent, good for Linda B. and the Blue Grass State of beautiful

horses and fast women!

[Leghorn21]

26. Im swooning!!! Many thanks Randy!!! nt!!!

[nycbos]

28. Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining.

[Initech]

29. Hey conservatives and Trump trolls!

While you're busy trying to find out ways to "trigger" us, we're doing that thing called "kicking your asses out of office"! Get used to losing! K thanks!

[NewJeffCT]

32. We need to run people in every district

at the state level. Not just the US house and senate.

[ismnotwasm]

35. K&R

[djacq]

36. The Blue Wave... the blue wave

[sprinkleeninow]

38. WOOT! Attaway! no text

[ffr]

40. Hell yeah! Howard Dean's 50 state strategy has merit.

[Pacifist Patriot]

41. Saw that and all I can say is...

www.voteannfuller.com

Yes we can!

By the way, my opponent was a no show in a FL House vote today that denied a proposed assault weapons ban to move out of committee to face debate on the full house floor - in front of a bus load of students from Parkland. Shut down even talking about it!

[LeftInTX]

42. She held that seat until she was voted out until 2010 by the pervert.

That pedophile's wife ran in his place. And I'm sure she was complicit in some of it.

So, this isn't a big victory.

[Pacifist Patriot]

44. Yes and no

It's definitely not as miraculous as headlines would lead us to believe.

I see the victory in the turnout numbers. That is what we should focus on. Voter registration, vote by mail, voter turnout. We can do it if we nail the ground game. That's what all these Democratic victories are confirming again and again and again. Effective and efficient targeting does make a difference.

[LeftInTX]

45. We can't be complacent and think this is particular election was an "Anti-Trump blue wave"

It had unique circumstances that makes it different from other elections.

But I agree with you on everything else!

[Pacifist Patriot]

46. Very unique

I wish more people read the stories on the race closer. She took back a seat she lost by a slim margin.