Dems flip seat in Florida state special election
Source: The Hill
Democrats won a special state House election in Florida Tuesday night, picking up a seat previously held by an incumbent in a district President Trump won in the 2016 presidential election.
Margaret Good, the Democratic candidate, won the District 72 special election with 52.17 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results from the Florida Department of State. Her Republican opponent, James Vernon Buchanan, won 44.8 percent of the vote.
Trump won the district 51-46 over Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.
The seat became empty following the resignation of former state Rep. Alexandra Miller (R).
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373735-dems-flip-seat-in-florida-state-special-election
This is breaking news, will update as I have a chance.
Results can be seen here:
http://enight.elections.myflorida.com/ElectionResults/default?Election=02/13/2018
James Vernon Buchanan REP 19,796 44.8%
Margaret Good DEM 23,054 52.17%
Alison Foxall LPF 1,338 3.03%
SarasotaDem
(217 posts)Today ☺
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)femmedem
(8,208 posts)GWC58
(2,678 posts)ornotna
(10,807 posts)But not my district. Bravo for getting out and voting.
SarasotaDem
(217 posts)To whoever gave me a heart 😆
mcar
(42,402 posts)Congratulations!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)My aunt and uncle live in Venice so I don't know if that's still the same district but if so they would have voted for her too. I love the Sarasota area although it's been 51 years since I lived there lol.
I'm not above driving down there from Orlando just get a butterscotch pie from Yoder's.
Welcome to DU!
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,064 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I guess the Dems win more, when Russia doesn't hack an election.
George II
(67,782 posts)....the republican party at the same time.
Freedomofspeech
(4,228 posts)The republican party is imploding.
bucolic_frolic
(43,361 posts)we need a graphic of an aluminum fuselage so we can post our 'kills' in big rows
DarthDem
(5,257 posts)Love this idea.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,856 posts)Croney
(4,671 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,812 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Ghost of Tom Joad
(1,356 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,638 posts)We are on a roll but let's not get overly confident! We have allot of the same old, same old obstacles. We must all volunteer and donate in small sums until the midterms, and beyond. RESIST!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Zorro
(15,750 posts)That's really something.
Twice in recent years the Republican Party of Sarasota County selected Trump as "Statesman of the Year", so you know there are a lot of batshit crazies and complete assholes there.
alp227
(32,064 posts)lamp_shade
(14,846 posts)riversedge
(70,346 posts)Link to tweet
Florida Democrat flips Trump district blue in stunning win
https://shareblue.com/florida-democrat-flips-trump-district-blue-in-stunning-win/
By Matthew Chapman | February 13, 2018
In the second special election win of the week, Margaret Good claimed victory in Florida's 72nd State House District.
Newly elected Florida Democratic State House Rep. Margaret Good (center)
Margaret Good via Facebook
In Minnesota on Monday night, voters handed Democrats an important win by retaining a key state senate district and throwing the GOP majority into jeopardy.
And on Tuesday night, voters kept the wins coming, this time in Florida where Democratic attorney Margaret Good bested GOP realtor James Buchanan to take Floridas 72nd State House District.
The district, which includes most of the city of Sarasota, backed Trump in 2016, but swung 6 points toward Democrats in the special election.
Despite the district leaning red, Good campaigned on a number of liberal causes, including environmental protection, preventing school privatization, and maintaining Obamacare protections. And the voters rewarded her for it.
Republicans had a lot riding on this seat, and it is a danger sign for the partys prospects in other races next fall, including holding onto the governorship and challenging Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson.......................................
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Good for her!
not fooled
(5,803 posts)Ol' hard-right Chuck probably would have cut off his hand rather than let it be used to celebrate a Dem victory.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)I didn't even know he was a conservative :O
not fooled
(5,803 posts)put to such good use.
FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,503 posts)flipped seat, I feel more and more like our populace is moving in the right direction.
lkinwi
(1,477 posts)Initech
(100,107 posts)While you're trying to figure out ways to "trigger", we're doing that thing called "voting" and "winning elections", and I got to say it feels a hell of a lot better than getting triggered!
Maraya1969
(22,507 posts)Rethug. I can't remember what state is was. Anyone know?