Dem scores upset over Republican in Florida county commissioner race

[Julian Englis]

Source: The Hill

A Democratic candidate for a commission seat in Miami-Dade County, Fla., won a special election Tuesday, beating out a Republican candidate whose husband held the seat for decades.

Eileen Higgins, a Spanish-speaking first-time candidate, won 53 percent of the vote, beating out Zoraida Barreiro, whose husband, Bruno, was a county commissioner for 20 years before resigning to run for Congress, according to the Miami Herald.

Higgins, who is from Ohio, was heavily backed by the Democratic party and was considered the underdog for most of the race given Barreiro’s connection to the seat and high-profile support.

Barreiro’s campaign was supported by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R), and nearly $100,000 in contributions from her husband’s congressional campaign.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/393162-dem-defeats-republican-running-to-replace-husband-who-held-seat-for

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A little hope. Let compassion be our power.

#BlueWave #FuckTrump #FuckCoreyLewandowski

[turbinetree]

1. #BlueWave #FuckTrump #FuckCoreyLewandowski

and to hell with fucking republicans in general...................


Congratulation

Eileen Higgins......................

[Scurrilous]

2. Huge loss for Team Gusano.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Team Gusano struck out. Too bad.

Trump, as he is awarded his own guayabera, and becomes their Grande Gusano.

[Scurrilous]

5. From the Herald:

"This is a transformational election," said Fernand Amandi, a Democratic pollster who supported Higgins. "This is an election where you had an unknown defeat two of the titular Cuban dynasties in local politics. and it wasn't even close."

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article213376864.html

[Demovictory9]

3. good news