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2016 Postmortem

GreenTea

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9. They knocked out 11 teabagger in the process gaining 11 seats 201 seats from 190

Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Thu Nov 29, 2012, 09:55 PM

Nov 2012

along with three dem seats that brought them back to 190 then they took eleven more seats...

Politicalwire got their math wrong....

Dems win three of their own seats due to vacancies (Dem seats they had before when they had 190 and yes they took those three seats to give them 190 which would still take them to 190).....but then they won eleven more seat from republicans to take them from where they were before at 190 to 201 which is the final tally.

If you want I can name all eleven seats they took from the republicans.

No matter how you look at it from 190 to 201 is an eleven seat gain!!

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Dems gained 8 House seats overall--201 total [View all] WI_DEM Nov 2012 OP

So the magic number for 2014 is 17--to get a very narrow WI_DEM Nov 2012 #1

A narrow majority works.... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2012 #2

33 attempts to repeal NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #3

That would be EXACTLY what I mean... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2012 #10

Sorry to rain on your parade, but it's pretty unlikely. onehandle Nov 2012 #5

Yes, low voter turnout will likely cost the Dems, but redistricting will have a lasting impact even Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2012 #6

Don't discount the effect of Republican primaries... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2012 #11

Colorado retook the House and has a majority - first bill to be introduced: marriage equality Panasonic Nov 2012 #16

That's good to hear... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2012 #17

The party of the president typically loses seats in midterm elections NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #12

The mid-terms are 10% state of the nation, 90% about turnout. onehandle Nov 2012 #14

True, but NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #15

Pennsylvania - republicans 13 house seats, democrats 5 Cosmocat Nov 2012 #13

Using the figures in this Google docs spreadsheet muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #18

Did the Senate race in AZ ever resolve itself? NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #4

Yeah but the two heads of the snake remain ..... flying-skeleton Nov 2012 #7

typically Congresscritters like Bachmann and Cantor get very safe districts tabbycat31 Nov 2012 #8

Bachmann was in a marginal district this time - she got 50.47% of the vote muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #19

They knocked out 11 teabagger in the process gaining 11 seats 201 seats from 190 GreenTea Nov 2012 #9

YES!!!! We also got rid of some really nauseating tea-party scum. trueblue2007 Nov 2012 #20