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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe flipped NY AD 10!!
Steve Stern won the special election for a NY assembly district that had been Republican for 40 years! So proud to be part of the campaign and to welcome Assemblyman Steve Stern to the New York State Assembly!
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/assembly-special-election-nassau-suffolk-1.18225035
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We flipped NY AD 10!! (Original Post)
Danmel
Apr 2018
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RandySF
(59,245 posts)1. The seat had been in Republican hands since 1978.
Danmel
(4,926 posts)2. I'm so excited!
Can't wait to get to work!
oasis
(49,410 posts)3. Look out now. Blue wave on the horizon.
🌊
Cha
(297,693 posts)4. 40 years.. wow! I missed that part
backtoblue
(11,345 posts)5. Yeah baby!!!!!!
wryter2000
(46,082 posts)6. Yay
Good work! Blue wave
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)7. Wonderful news!
I see a Blue Tsunami 2008! AZ08, although a Republican win, looks to be WAY closer than Republicans expected. Now this, in NY, where Stern's margin was impressive: 59-41.