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(11-06-2019, 10:07 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Seems like last night was, for the most part, a success for the Democrats. They flipped North Carolina's Congress and got a Democrat Governor in one of the deepest red states in the country (pending a recanvass, I believe). Granted, Democratic Governors with Republican Super majorities in Congress and a Republican Attorney General and Republican Secretary of State can't do all that much, and Democratic Governors aren't even that unusual in Kentucky, despite it being a consistently red state during even year elections. But, regardless, it is a significant win (for the Democrats) for an incumbent Republican Governor who explicitly aligned himself with Trump to lose (even if it's by a <1% margin) in a state that Trump took by 30 points in 2016.

Mississippi will have a Republican Governor again, but that was kind of expected. It would have been an absolute disaster if Trump had lost Gubernatorial support in both Kentucky and Mississippi last night, which has been solid red (regarding Governors and Lt. Governors) since 2004.

What you say about KY is true Bevin will be our 25th Dem Governor since 1900 as opposed to only 5 GOP. It's why i always find it amusing when folks say the parties "swapped" in the 60's. My family has been very active in state politics for generations and have always been Democrats. I am the black sheep.