Fresh Democratic faces emerge from anti-Trump backlash. Here are six stars

[IronLionZion]

The Daily 202: Fresh Democratic faces emerge from anti-Trump backlash. Here are six stars who were born with Tuesday’s elections.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/11/09/daily-202-fresh-democratic-faces-emerge-from-anti-trump-backlash-here-are-six-stars-who-were-born-with-tuesday-s-elections/5a03ba7d30fb045a2e002eba/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_daily202-738am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.2b529571ccf3

THE BIG IDEA: Revenge is a dish best served at the ballot box.

Donald Trump got them mad enough to run for office. On Tuesday, they got even by toppling Republican incumbents. On Wednesday, a slew of first-time candidates across the country — previously unknown beyond their home towns and in some cases given little chance of success — woke up as rock stars on the left.

It remains to be seen whether this energy will persist through 2018 and into 2020. Winning in red House districts remains difficult — just ask Jon Ossoff — and the president may still have time to course-correct, if he so chooses.

But Tuesday raised the specter that the Trump era will one day be remembered as the last gasp of white male privilege. If that’s the case, this week will be an essential element of the narrative. The backlash to Trumpism is accelerating long-term demographic trends, emboldening the rising American electorate and motivating core Democratic constituencies that were relatively ambivalent about Hillary Clinton in 2016: millennials, Latinos, African Americans, the LGBT community and college-educated women.

With the unexpectedly strong Democratic wave sweeping from coast to coast, a lot of candidates won mainly because they had a “D” after their name. There were a lot of “firsts” that highlighted the party’s diversity and inclusivity. Now these newly elected officials will get a shot to prove themselves in office. We’re still getting to know most of them, but here are six people who won on Tuesday that are likely to develop national profiles:

That big orange Trumpster fire has sparked something bigger on our side. Lots of passionate enthusiastic first time candidates running for office everywhere and winning. It's inspiring. Many of these local elections make a big difference in state laws and drawing district lines and building support to run for higher office. These fine Democrats are rebuilding our party from the ground up.

[cilla4progress]

1. OMG!

Like I was saying - POC, women, and other underrepresented groups (i.e., non old white men). They can and will WIN!
REPRESENT!


https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029810281

[Stuart G]

2. k and r, thanks for posting this..Outstanding !!!

[AllaN01Bear]

3. good article , but dont get complacient.

[IronLionZion]

4. Far from it. Let's get inspired!

[ismnotwasm]

5. We knew they were running

And now they are winning. I hope this is just the beginning, and the faces of our politics start looking like America.

[IronLionZion]

6. The voters voted for diversity and liberalism against hate and bigotry

Link to tweet

Dems won in many surprise upsets in rural areas and small towns that are not that liberal. It's good to always Democratic candidates running everywhere just in case. The American voter can be unpredictable sometimes. It's great that our side was energized for high turnout and we had lots of great candidates to choose from.

[msongs]

7. your link requires payment to access nt

[IronLionZion]

8. Sorry about that

if you can afford it, I highly recommend paying for either WaPo or NY Times as they should be encouraged to keep doing more investigative reporting and hard hitting journalism. I pay for WaPo. They provide a lot of depth and detailed analysis that just isn't feasible in the free options.