DEMOCRATS FLIP SEATS IN THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE!!!

[RandySF]

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[onetexan]

1. shocking!!

[Wounded Bear]

2. Maybe the South is starting to turn a bit...

[Dulcinea]

11. Athens is a blue area for the most part.

It's the home of the University of Georgia. There are also a few blue areas in & around metro Atlanta.

[R B Garr]

3. Whoa! Thanks for your posts, RandySF. The excitement

is great to see here!

[SweetieD]

4. Happy for the south. Hopefully this bodes well for the Alabama race.

[Glorfindel]

5. Hooray! Georgia traditionally was the MOST Democratic state in the union

Maybe its citizens are coming to their senses.

[Glorfindel]

9. Nope. Actually, until the election of Mack Mattingly (who only served a single term), in 1981,

Georgia had never elected a Republican U.S. Senator, and until the election of Sonny Perdue in 2002, Georgia had never elected a Republican Governor. The state legislature was solidly Democratic until 2002, also. It's something non-Georgians never think about, but Georgia, under a steady stream of Democratic governors and lieutenant governors, was far and away the most progressive state of the old Confederacy. It has since gone straight to hell, but maybe it's finally coming to its senses. I sincerely hope so.

[Initech]

6. Fuck yes!!!!!!!

[smirkymonkey]

8. Just when I thought I couldn't possibly be more despairing, all this good news tonight has

given me new hope! I don't want to hear anymore negativity about Democrats. Now is the time to pull together more than ever and take back congress in 2018!