Dems flip seat in Florida state special election

[Jtbrig7390]

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign...ecial-election

Democrats on Tuesday won yet another special election for a state legislative seat once held by a Republican, this time in a battleground seat south of Tampa, Fla.

With all precincts reporting, attorney Margaret Good (D) took 52 percent of the vote, ousting Sarasota real estate agent James Buchanan (R).


President Trump carried the state legislative district by a 5-point margin in 2016. It opened when the incumbent Republican quit to spend more time with her family and building her business.

Good won despite Buchanan's well-known name: His father, Rep. Vern Buchanan (R), owned some of the largest car dealerships in the area. He now represents a district in Congress that includes the legislative seat in which his son ran.

And Buchanan had some outside help, most recently from Corey Lewandowski, Trump's former campaign manager. Lewandowski held a rally for Buchanan over the weekend near Sarasota, where he warned about Democratic wins in state legislative seats.

Good won support from former Vice President Joe Biden, who recorded an automated call her campaign blasted across the district in the race's final hours.

Steve Schale, a Florida Democratic strategist who ran the state for former President Obama's campaigns, said Good's margin should worry Republicans in the Midwest, because so many voters in the Sarasota area migrated south along Interstate 75.

"Not only did Democratic women really come out, the fact that so many Republicans and independents voted for Good says to me that there is a good chunk of these swing voters who are just frustrated by the direction of the administration, and sent the only message they could," Schale said.

The district is the 17th special election in a Republican-held seat to fall into Democratic hands since Trump was inaugurated. Democrats have portrayed the wins, in states ranging from deep-red Oklahoma and Alabama to swing-purple Wisconsin and Florida, as evidence that their voters are fired up ahead of November's midterm elections.

In some cases, Democrats have dramatically overperformed their typical vote tallies. Last week, Democrats won a state House district in Missouri where Trump won by a 61 percent to 33 percent margin.

Voters in two other deep red state legislative districts headed to the polls Tuesday night. In Oklahoma, a Republican easily won a vacant state Senate seat. In Georgia, no candidate won enough of the vote to prevent a runoff election.

Winning..

[Cthulhu 2020]

Time to pass a law that stops special elections Democrats will win!

Oh wait... Republicans already did that.

[pathora44]

Republicans just can't stop all this winning!

[Jtbrig7390]

Republicans just can't stop all this winning!

Yep they are just swimming in it.

[NYC17]

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign...ecial-election



Winning..

This guy gets it.

One last reminder: people who hate Trump will crawl over broken glass, lava, and poison to vote against his type of candidates.

Don't worry, the tax bill will save you.
Or is it MS-13? Or Sanctuary cities?

Oh wait. They won't.

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/st...13805812092930

[Jtbrig7390]

This guy gets it.

One last reminder: people who hate Trump will crawl over broken glass, lava, and poison to vote against his type of candidates.

Don't worry, the tax bill will save you.
Or is it MS-13? Or Sanctuary cities?

Oh wait. They won't.

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/st...13805812092930

Yep its clear a lot of people don't want a repeat of Trump. The only thing Trump has achieved is getting people off there ass to vote (myself included).

[Deleted]

What percentage of Florida speak Spanish as a first language?

[DarkTZeratul]

What percentage of Florida speak Spanish as a first language?

I don't see how this is at all relevant, but according to Wikipedia 19% as of 2010. Do your own research and make something that at least vaguely resembles a point if you want a more up-to-date statistic.

[Dontrike]

What percentage of Florida speak Spanish as a first language?

What does that have to do with anything?

That's like if Trump won every asked how many people knew sign language.

[Deleted]

I don't see how this is at all relevant, but according to Wikipedia 19% as of 2010. Do your own research and make something that at least vaguely resembles a point if you want a more up-to-date statistic.

Well, Democrats cater to this specific group while Republicans do the opposite?

[Vizardlorde]

now they just need to lose the gubernatorial election when Scott steps down. Corcoran is already doing a great job of alienating immigrants with his campaign ads and we dont even border mexico here.

[Redwyrm]

Well, Democrats cater to this specific group while Republicans do the opposite?

No no no. You got it all wrong. Trump loves taco bowls, therefore he loves Hispanics. Or something.

[Dontrike]

No no no. You got it all wrong. Trump loves taco bowls, therefore he loves Hispanics. Or something.

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Of course he loves taco bowls, it's a huge wall surrounding Mexican...cuisine.

[satimy]

I don't see how this is at all relevant, but according to Wikipedia 19% as of 2010. Do your own research and make something that at least vaguely resembles a point if you want a more up-to-date statistic.

Speaking Spanish and being a democrat probably have very high cross sections in the US. That’s why illegal immigration has been the democrats Trojan horse to steal elections

[Felya]

Speaking Spanish and being a democrat probably have very high cross sections in the US. That’s why illegal immigration has been the democrats Trojan horse to steal elections

Excluding Cubans in Florida, who overwhelmingly vote GOP? Those are cool... right?

[satimy]

Excluding Cubans in Florida, who overwhelmingly vote GOP? Those are cool... right?

Are Cubans considered Hispanic? Were they conquered by Spain too? Regardless I don’t think there are a lot of Cubans here illegally.

[Hobb]

Good start for the year, makes democrats 3 and republicans 0.

[Felya]

Are Cubans considered Hispanic? Were they conquered by Spain too? Regardless I don’t think there are a lot of Cubans here illegally.

You do know... simply answering yes, would have saved you from asking two questions, then calling them irrelevant immediately after, to state you opinion that it’s not enough. Just “yes.......” would have exerted far less energy...

[Hobb]

Are Cubans considered Hispanic? Were they conquered by Spain too? Regardless I don’t think there are a lot of Cubans here illegally.

The majority of Texas Hispanics vote GOP as well. Guess we need to stop all those illegals voting republicans?

[Felya]

The majority of Texas Hispanics vote GOP as well. Guess we need to stop all those illegals voting republicans?

No! There is not enough of them! Were they conquered by Spain? It doesn’t matter if they were conquered by Spain! lol