Dem wins New Hampshire seat in Trump district

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY REID WILSON - 02/27/18 07:57 PM EST

Democrats picked up another special election victory Tuesday, winning a legislative seat in a New Hampshire district where President Trump beat Hillary Clinton by a 13-point margin in 2016.

Voters in Laconia chose Philip Spagnuolo, a substance abuse counselor, over former state employee Les Cartier. The district had come open when state Rep. Donald Flanders (R) died in September.

Spagnuolo won by a margin of 968 votes to 841, or about 7 percentage points.

It is the latest in a string of special elections Democrats have won in Republican-held territory. Just this year, Democrats have picked off GOP-held seats in Missouri, Florida, Kentucky and Wisconsin.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/375880-dem-wins-new-hampshire-seat-in-trump-district

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Interesting

Not even a French name could carry Cartier through? Republicans really are in for a royal thumping like this country has rarely seen.

[RandySF]

2. One more race tonight. Connecticut

[sprinkleeninow]

10. C'mon Nutmeggers! Get it done! eom

[mountain grammy]

12. Just read it went blue... yeah Connecticut.

[Leghorn21]

3. Congratulations, Mr. Spagnuolo!!

...and thank you, DonV!

[callous taoboy]

4. I'm tired of all the winning!

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. +1000000.

[Cha]

20. Au Contraire! Never

ENOUGH!!!

[TomSlick]

5. Go team!

[iluvtennis]

6. Yay!

[UpInArms]

7. Yay!

I hope the momentum keeps up through November

[pennylane100]

19. I am hoping that Trump will be in jail by then.

[sprinkleeninow]

8. No...yeah?! No...YEAH?!! YESSSS! Attaway! 👍

[riversedge]

9. 🌊🌊🌊 #FlipItBlue #BlueWave2018

[knightmaar]

13. How can you guys tell if this is a state or federal race?

Confused Canadian here ...

[FakeNoose]

16. You've asked a good question

... so I took another look at the OP. I think the answer is in the last paragraph:

Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) executive director Jessica Post called Spagnuolo's victory "a perfect example of the DLCC’s win strategy."

“The DLCC made significant structural investments in this chamber, which allowed our legislative leaders and New Hampshire Democrats to build a strong team to recruit the best candidates and flip five seats from red to blue across the state," Post said in a statement.

"The DLCC is proud of our winning partnership with New Hampshire Democrats, who have continued to deliver outstanding results and special election wins. Representative-elect Phil Spagnuolo will be a strong voice for the people of Laconia in the state House, and we congratulate him on his victory tonight.”

So he just won a Representative seat in the NH state legislature. The big news is that the previous winners have all been Republicans and the state went for Trump last time. So this is something for the Democrats to feel good about.

[knightmaar]

18. After reading several times, I agree ...

But I feel like that's a pretty important fact to leave until the end of the article.

[Cha]

21. Good question, Knightmaar.. this is a

state house seat win for Philip Spagnuolo in New Hampshire

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. blue for the people

If we pump it to tsunami size will it be enough to convince those GOPutins who are not up for election to just resign, retire and hide?

[FakeNoose]

15. Awesome Democrats are on fire in New Hampshire!

Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote!
Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote!
Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote!
Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote!
Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote! Get Out the Vote!

We don't have to win by a landslide - just squeaking by is all it takes.
Spagnuolo won by 150 votes, because now everybody sees how important this is.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Taking America back 1 seat at a time.

And regarding this -

Democrats have picked off GOP-held seats in Missouri, Florida, Kentucky and Wisconsin.

And per a later LBN post, Democrats picked off a seat in Connecticut the same day.

[mikeargo]

22. Let's keep it up New Hampshire!