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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI would have loved to have seen us win OH-12
That said, this was hardly lets keep things in perspective. Its still too close to call. In a district that Repugs have held for decades and which is heavily Gerrymandered. And we get another shot at it in 3 months. Is it a bummer anyone still votes Republican at this point? Sure... but its not realistic to think were there yet. Tonight could have been great, but a very close race is hardly a disaster.
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I would have loved to have seen us win OH-12 (Original Post)
TDale313
Aug 2018
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Legends303
(481 posts)1. Yeah the red hat idiots on twitter are giggling like school girls
that they barely won a district that has been soldierly Republican for the past 30 years
LandOfHopeAndDreams
(872 posts)3. The Past 80 Years
The only time since 1938 the Democrats held seat was 1980-82.
greyl
(22,990 posts)2. It hasn't been called yet.
You should be pissed about Trump calling it prematurely.
Link to tweet
8,400 absentee and provisional ballots remain to be counted.
fierywoman
(7,693 posts)4. The fat lady hasn't sung yet.