It’s remarkable how much less neoliberal the Dems have gotten since Trump was elected (kidding).
Seriously, has anyone who attributed near-apocalyptic importance to the question of which left-liberal would head the DNC and which would be the #2 because it was critical to the election prospects of the party concluded, consistently with this premise, that Tom Perez has been incredibly good at the job?
Or is it more correct that election results are largely determined by structural factors, the chair of the DNC is not a terribly important position, and using the contest as a pretext to dramatically re-litigate the 2016 primaries was rather dumb?
Democrats just flipped a Kentucky state legislature seat in a district Trump won by 49 points
Democrat Linda Belcher was just pronounced the winner of the special election in Kentucky’s House District 49, a seat that Donald Trump carried by a 72-23 margin in 2016 and that went 66-33 for Mitt Romney in 2012.
Her 68-32 victory represents a ridiculous 45-point improvement on Hillary Clinton’s performance. In fuller context, it’s a little less ridiculous than that. Belcher had previously represented this district in the state legislature, lost a very narrow 50.4-49.6 race in 2016; then the man who defeated her, Dan Johnson, killed himself while under a cloud of sexual assault allegations. The GOP nominated Johnson’s widow and Belcher reclaimed her old seat.
cheers