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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrat wins in upset -- heavily republican district!
Another indication the voice of the resistance is being heard!
https://patch.com/new-york/massapequa/9th-assembly-district-flips-democrats-pellegrino-defeats-gargiulo
Democrat Christine Pellegrino has defeated Republican Thomas Gargiulo in the District 9 State Assembly special election, an upset in a district that Donald Trump won by 23 points in the 2016 election. 20
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Considering how the district went in 2016, it's a huge flip!
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Democrat wins in upset -- heavily republican district! (Original Post)
SticksnStones
May 2017
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TheOther95Percent
(1,035 posts)1. Wow! Nassau County
We need to start picking up some state senate seats too.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)4. Yeah right!? Nassau County
Greatest concentration of Trump voters per capita in the nation....Fox on in every pizza parlor in the County...
She's a teacher for 25 years..had the Teachers Union behind her...out raised her opponent.
It's a sure sign of the health of the resistance!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. That's gonna leave a mark
Hard to spin this as positive for Republicans; will Fox try anyway, or will they just ignore it? I'll go with "What special election?"
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)3. Lol, exactly.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)5. County pols are quaking in their boots!