Dems are starting to win state races in Trump districts

[babylonsister]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article164627717.html

Dems are starting to win state races in Trump districts

By Alex Roarty
July 31, 2017 5:51 PM


Democrats are winning special elections this year. Just not the ones most people are paying attention to.

In a party desperate for victories, Democratic candidates are finding the most success in little-noticed state legislative races. They’ve already won four seats previously under Republican control, some of them in battleground districts that split evenly between President Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Party leaders say it’s a sign that they are benefitting from a broad backlash to the Republican president, one that failed to lift a quartet of special election U.S. House candidates — including Jon Ossoff in Georgia or Rob Quist in Montana — to victories of their own.

Especially for a party eager to win back state legislative seats next year, they hope the small races foreshadow big things in the midterm elections.

"Out in the states, we're seeing an incredible over-performance at the state legislative level," said Jessica Post, executive director of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.

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[JHan]

1. good sign.

"Just not the ones most people are paying attention to" - maybe that's key.