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blue-wave

(4,356 posts)
Sat Dec 28, 2019, 12:46 PM Dec 2019

Democrats taking council control in Pence's Indiana hometown

Source: WGN

COLUMBUS, Ind. – Democrats will enter 2020 with a City Council majority in Republican Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana hometown for the first time since the 1980s after a recount confirmed a candidate’s one-vote victory margin.

Democrats captured their 4-3 Columbus City Council majority in November’s election as they defeated two Republican incumbents, including Democrat Jerone Wood’s 260-259 win over Republican Councilman Dascal Bunch.

Read more: https://wgntv.com/2019/12/28/democrats-taking-council-control-in-pences-indiana-hometown/



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Democrats taking council control in Pence's Indiana hometown (Original Post) blue-wave Dec 2019 OP
What a victory! WhiteTara Dec 2019 #1
Woot! Woot! UpInArms Dec 2019 #2
Mike better have a come to jebus moment over this and its implications ... marble falls Dec 2019 #3
No coin flips! SCVDem Dec 2019 #4
This is what I wish the young voters who get all hyped up in presidential elections would realize. Tarheel_Dem Dec 2019 #5

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
2. Woot! Woot!
Sat Dec 28, 2019, 02:18 PM
Dec 2019

I hope it continues across the country ... russiapublicans have proven their unworthiness to govern.

marble falls

(57,104 posts)
3. Mike better have a come to jebus moment over this and its implications ...
Sat Dec 28, 2019, 02:35 PM
Dec 2019

second thought: Let him keep ignorant.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,235 posts)
5. This is what I wish the young voters who get all hyped up in presidential elections would realize.
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 09:56 AM
Dec 2019

Every vote counts, and every election counts. This is true even when we hold the WH. I'll never forget how so many went MIA in the midterms during Obama's presidency.

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