Progressive victories you may have missed in Tuesday's elections
The 42nd Democrat has just won a GOP-held state legislative seat since Trump's election.
JOSH ISRAEL JUN 6, 2018, 11:02 AM
Voters in 8 states cast primary votes on Tuesday, and one state Senate district in a ninth state hosted a special election. The results included some big wins for progressives.
Lauren Arthur, a Democratic state representative in Missouri from Kansas City, won by nearly 20 points in a special election to fill a GOP-held state Senate seat. The Show-Me State’s 17th district had voted for Donald Trump by 4 points in 2016 and had re-elected its Republican incumbent state senator by a 61-39 margin at that time. This win brings the number of state legislative districts Democrats have won from Republicans since Trump’s election to 42.
In Alabama, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota, voters cast primary ballots. Some highlights included:
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