11-07-2018, 11:50 AM
Virginia Democrats flipped three House seats, and we were expecting one, maybe two. Of our 11 districts, seven are now Democrats and of those seven, only two are white men.
Our city went entirely blue, which was a concern for us. We had two open City Council seats with five people running. Two were Democrats, one was a progressive independent, and two were claiming to be conservative independents but they were really Republicans and were just lying to try to avoid the negative Republican party associations. We were concerned that the progressive independent would allow one of the Republicans to win by splitting things out because one of our candidates has a huge optics problem, but that didn't happen.
While our city supported the Democrat candidate for our House district with 66% of the vote, which means as the city committee we did our job, she lost the election to the protege of the retiring weasel Bob Goodlatte. She did better than about any candidate has done during Goodlatte's tenure, though, so that is a light in the darkness.
Nationwide, it was what I was expecting and it was pretty close to the expectations from polling. I'm looking forward to digesting some of the results from the election to try to see what needs to be done going forward. Every year is an election year here in Virginia, so we'll relax for a bit around here and then start gearing up for our state legislative races next year.
Quick edit: In our state house district, which has been Republican for a long time, the Democratic House candidate came very close to carrying the state house district, within 100 votes close. That was news I just received, which means that we have some interesting information to use going into next year.
Our city went entirely blue, which was a concern for us. We had two open City Council seats with five people running. Two were Democrats, one was a progressive independent, and two were claiming to be conservative independents but they were really Republicans and were just lying to try to avoid the negative Republican party associations. We were concerned that the progressive independent would allow one of the Republicans to win by splitting things out because one of our candidates has a huge optics problem, but that didn't happen.
While our city supported the Democrat candidate for our House district with 66% of the vote, which means as the city committee we did our job, she lost the election to the protege of the retiring weasel Bob Goodlatte. She did better than about any candidate has done during Goodlatte's tenure, though, so that is a light in the darkness.
Nationwide, it was what I was expecting and it was pretty close to the expectations from polling. I'm looking forward to digesting some of the results from the election to try to see what needs to be done going forward. Every year is an election year here in Virginia, so we'll relax for a bit around here and then start gearing up for our state legislative races next year.
Quick edit: In our state house district, which has been Republican for a long time, the Democratic House candidate came very close to carrying the state house district, within 100 votes close. That was news I just received, which means that we have some interesting information to use going into next year.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
