Democrat Kyrsten Sinema beats GOP’s Vernon Parker in Arizona’s 9th Congressional District

[intaglio]

Source: Washington Post

PHOENIX — Former Democratic state Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been elected to represent a new Phoenix-area congressional district, emerging victorious after a bitterly fought race that featured millions of dollars in attack ads.

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Sinema had a narrow lead on election night that made the race too close to call. But she slowly improved that advantage as more ballots were tallied in recent days, and now has a nearly 6,000-vote edge that is too much for Republican Vernon Parker to overcome.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrat-kyrsten-sinema-beats-gops-vernon-parker-in-arizonas-9th-congressional-district/2012/11/12/76d016d8-2cf5-11e2-b631-2aad9d9c73ac_story.html

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Finally confirmed! Another House Democrat!

[Roland99]

1. What are the Dem/Rep/Ind totals for the House now?

[sammytko]

6. here is a link to NYTimes - looks like there are 7 still undecided now at 195 (D)-233(R)

http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/house

[SleeplessinSoCal]

8. Dems 197 GOP 234

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/results

[phantom power]

2. sweet victory!

[freshwest]

3. +1

[pipewrench]

4. Fantastic

Smell change in the air people...

[ffr]

5. Keep bringing the good news.

[Liberalboy]

7. Yay! She will be the first openly bisexual person in Congress!

[TheAmbivalante]

12. There's that word...

"openly"

Not knocking you, LiberalBoy. It's just that sexuality is such a non-issue. It bugs me that for some reason, in the still-stunted universe of DC, that word/phrasing is still somehow necessary. Hell, I still say it myself. Somebody break me of my bad habits!

[Uncle Joe]

9. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, intaglio.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

10. If you look at the undecided districts, Dems look to hit 200 or more.

[drmeow]

11. Woohoo - that's my district

I didn't think she could do it! I thought she was too left (I didn't vote for her in the primary for that reason). I am PSYCHED!!!!

And, although he won a different district in AZ, f**k you David Schweikert, you misogynistic tea-bagger douchebag - at least you aren't my rep any more!