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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***Breaking: Hansen wins in Delaware!!!***
http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtmlLink to tweet
What a great day for democrats!
nycbos
(6,044 posts)... 23% turnout. We can do better.
pkdu
(3,977 posts)LisaL
(44,989 posts)nycbos
(6,044 posts)But the party has been killed at the state legislative level due to low turnout. I would love to see us take back some statehouses in 2018. Keeping control of the Delaware Senate is a good place to start though.
LenaBaby61
(6,981 posts)I'm happy that she won as well, but what you're saying cannot be overlooked:
Dems really have to start getting out to vote during off-year elections, which is the ONLY way we make inroads into winning back some of these statehouses that thuglicans have had sewn up for too long.
Demsrule86
(68,935 posts)She won...be happy.
Demsrule86
(68,935 posts)LisaL
(44,989 posts)"Not only did Dems hold the Senate in Delaware today, turnout was roughly double a normal special election."
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/02/25/delaware-special-election-win-shows-energized-democratic-turnout/
Demsrule86
(68,935 posts)If we win Georgia...OMG...in the initials of my teen.
calimary
(81,649 posts)YES!!!!! Seems to me that'd be proof of changing times.
That said, it would also mean the Koch brothers and Shel Adelson and Peter Thiel and the rest of 'em would have to open their checkbooks a lot more aggressively. Which means WE CANNOT DROP OUR GUARD. Not even for a nanosecond. We CANNOT let this make us complacent!
That momentum will only sustain as long as WE stay strong and KEEP IT GOING!!!
Wounded Bear
(58,832 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I don't think that is a bad turnout for a special election.
http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml
Kingofalldems
(38,542 posts)Excellent.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Biden and O'Malley both campaigned for her.
VMA131Marine
(4,160 posts)have far more effect on their day-to-day lives than national races do. Property tax, sales tax, unemployment eligibility and payments, education funding, highway laws and enforcement: all these and more are regulated at the state level and yet people don't turn out. Everyone should be far more familiar with their state representatives than those holding national offices.
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)Bright light, bright light, shine on. Very pathetic turnout though.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)woodsprite
(11,949 posts)They said our polling place had been constantly busy all day (Newark). She looked so tired when I shook her hand on the way out of voting. I told her "We got this!"
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Glad to hear you had good turnout in Newark. She won by 18 points! A great victory!
phylny
(8,403 posts)I'm a graduate of UD
Gothmog
(146,244 posts)This is great news
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)This is how it's done!
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,131 posts)Jane Austin
(9,199 posts)Let's make more like this happen. It's good for the country and good for our spirits.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Demsrule86
(68,935 posts)Pearl Harbor...hey GOP we are coming...we will kick your butt!
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Demsrule86
(68,935 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)LAS14
(13,800 posts)LisaL
(44,989 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. with the Reeves family while campaigning in Newark, Del., for Stephanie Hansen, a Democrat who is running for the State Senate. Credit Mark Makela for The New York Times
Binders Keepers
(369 posts)OnDoutside
(19,993 posts)Zambero
(8,985 posts)A great way to start this years' round of special elections!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,785 posts)I feel close to this and very happy about it.
BlueMTexpat
(15,379 posts)And I LOVE seeing Martin O'Malley in that photo!
Vinca
(50,350 posts)Congrats!
LAS14
(13,800 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,429 posts)As I have posted before - the work doesn't wait until the 2018 election. It starts NOW with many state-wide elections in 2017.
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