Dems flip heavy Trump district in Wisconsin

[turbinetree]

Source: The Hill

Democrats on Tuesday won a special election to fill a vacant Wisconsin state Senate district that gave President Trump a big majority in 2016, another hint that a blue wave is building ahead of the November midterm elections.

Democrat Caleb Frostman, the former head of the Door County Economic Development Corporation, outlasted state Assemblyman Andre Jacque (R) in Wisconsin's 1st Senate district. With most precincts reporting, Frostman led Jacque by a margin of 52 percent to 48 percent.

That's a big shift from 2016, when President Trump won the district -- which includes all or parts of six counties near Green Bay -- by a 17-point margin over Hillary Clinton.

Frostman's win marks the 25th Republican-held district that Democrats have won in special elections since President Trump was inaugurated in 2017. The party also claimed 19 seats in regularly scheduled elections in Virginia and New Jersey last year, bringing their total red-to-blue flips to 45.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/391983-dems-flip-heavy-trump-district-in-wisconsin

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[ancianita]

1. So happy, I can't even analyze it.

[turbinetree]

2. The state is two seats short of taking back the state senate....................it can be done

get out and vote and register to vote and take a friend..................with ID..............

[ancianita]

3. ...

We in IL have been surrounded by Koch forces for so damned long.

[turbinetree]

4. Take it back..................

it's our country and not the Koch's, your state is not named Kochisland............................we are the Blue Wave..............


According to native-languages.org, the name Illinois is derived from the native American word "Illiniwek," which is the tribal name of the Illini tribe. Literally, the name means "best people.".......................



November 2018 cannot get here fast enough........................

[ancianita]

7. Don't be conflict driven, I'm relieved, you don't get to pick a fight, and I'm on the same side.

[turbinetree]

9. I will defend you and others to have the right to vote..............you are my brother and my sister

I have put my life on the line to see that you and everyone else can vote..................when I was getting my head beat in the 1960's when I could be shipped off to die, but I could not vote until after 1969............................and they gave us the drum with all the days of the year and the leap year numbers for the lottery......................mine was 242..................... the first 200 birthdays had to report, we went into the reserves.................it lasted about two years, but they but you the following year....................

[ancianita]

16. I witnessed the draft lottery, ended up at Ft. Gordon, GA, and have war stories, too.

[turbinetree]

18. And we are on the same page...................we didn't get a bone spurs............deferments......

[lagomorph777]

14. Looks like you are starting to win again, and you'll outlive one of the Kochs.

Hopefully the other brother from another motherfucker will die soon too.

[iluvtennis]

5. ++++++ agree.

[Wwcd]

6. Congrats Wisconsin Blue Wave!!!!

So proud of our Dems.

[blue-wave]

8. Wow! Congrats Wisconsin Dems!!!!

It sounds like this includes much of the area that was Senator Joseph McCarthy's stronghold years ago. If so, this is really, really, really good news.

[Zambero]

10. No wonder Scotty was worried!

No doubt this is what he saw happening if elections were allowed to proceed. A +21% flip. Not too shabby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bigredhunk]

11. :-)

[Hulk]

12. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Great! Enjoy the final results, but don't plan on anything short of dirty politics, cheating, voter tampering and every other deceptive tactic they can muster. These fuckers went so far as enlisting the treasonous aid of Putin's Russia...with ZERO negative consequences. Zero!! In fact, most of them couldn't care less, and those that might have a problem with such a treasonous act simply deny it.

These fuckers are merciless. I'm a major skeptic.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Kick (nt)

[lagomorph777]

15. Great job, Wisconsin!

You had to use every tool available, including the courts. Your effort paid off!

[FakeNoose]

17. Congratulations Wisconsin Democrats!

This is a great win and an awesome thing to celebrate. Looking forward to more success in November.

[Julian Englis]

19. As Charlie Pierce points out....

This, by the way, was one of the special elections that Governor Scott Walker was forced into having by a state court.

[Judi Lynn]

20. Thanks for all your help, Governor.

[turbinetree]

21. Yepper, spot on