Special Elections Thread

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

I'm posting all race results here instead of singular threads.

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

Dems pick up deep-red legislative seat in Missouri

Democrats won an exurban St. Louis seat in the Missouri state House of Representatives on Tuesday, racking up another victory in a district carried easily by President Trump in the 2016 election.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch ... n-missouri

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

Democrats keep state Senate seat in Minnesota

Democrats in Minnesota have held on to a state Senate seat in a special election, preserving their hopes of retaking the chamber later this year.

http://www.therepublic.com/2018/02/12/u ... he-latest/

Motor City · **Joined:** Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:37 am **Posts:** 3815

ap215 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:09 pm wrote:

Dems pick up deep-red legislative seat in Missouri

Democrats won an exurban St. Louis seat in the Missouri state House of Representatives on Tuesday, racking up another victory in a district carried easily by President Trump in the 2016 election.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch ... n-missouri

start to drift to voting democrat and get hit with the new war on drugs

New numbers show prescription drug problems in Jefferson County

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The numbers are in and they're not good for Jefferson County.

A prescription drug monitoring program, or PDMP, launched last year across 32 Missouri cities and counties found Jefferson County has the third-highest rate of controlled substance prescriptions.

Those numbers are concerning to some who pushed for the PDMP. But they feel the program is working by providing more hard evidence of the drug problem across Missouri.

Pharmax Pharmacy manager Erin Gooch spends plenty of time at her location in Festus filling prescriptions for potentially-addictive opioid medicines that are tracked by the PDMP.

“It’s every day,” said Gooch.

Numbers from the Jefferson County PDMP show an average of 2.1 prescriptions per resident. That's higher than the 1.6 average across all other locations in the program. Opioids comprised approximately 40 percent of all controlled substances dispensed.

Gooch said that alone isn't necessarily a bad thing.

“We have lots of access to medical care. So, I think that could be a reason for more prescriptions,” she said.

What is bad is the fact overdose deaths more than doubled the number of people killed in car crashes in Jefferson County in 2016. Gooch said the PDMP makes it easier for pharmacists to say no to people who may be abusing or diverting the medicines..........

not sure what traffic deaths in a rural area have to do with overdose deaths, would think economics and job/ personal security would be the more likely culprits

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......Vollmar knows not all prescriptions are being abused. “But, the more that are out there the more potential there is for abuse.”.......

Sam Lefthand · **Joined:** Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:07 am **Posts:** 10970

Motor City » Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:38 pm wrote:

start to drift to voting democrat and get hit with the new war on drugs

New numbers show prescription drug problems in Jefferson County

not sure what traffic deaths in a rural area have to do with overdose deaths, would think economics and job/ personal security would be the more likely culprits

A typo I think, a word was left out. Add the word [over] to that sentence. Then it makes sense.

"What is bad is the fact overdose deaths more than doubled [over] the number of people killed in car crashes in Jefferson County in 2016."

Motor City · **Joined:** Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:37 am **Posts:** 3815

Sam Lefthand » Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:04 am wrote:

A typo I think, a word was left out. Add the word [over] to that sentence. Then it makes sense.

"What is bad is the fact overdose deaths more than doubled [over] the number of people killed in car crashes in Jefferson County in 2016."

not really, traffic death numbers could be in relation to safety improvements like installing guard rails or traffic lights. looks like they are reaching in their reasoning, perhaps its simply contempt for peoples medical affairs being out of the reach as a tool to harm them.

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

District 72: Dem. Margaret Good captures House seat

(WWSB/FLNEWSSERVICE) - With 100% of Precincts reporting in District 72 Democratic candidate Margaret Good is the projected winner with 52% of the vote.

http://www.mysuncoast.com/links/distric ... da125.html

Number6 · **Joined:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:06 pm **Posts:** 13093

ap215 » Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:32 pm wrote:

District 72: Dem. Margaret Good captures House seat

(WWSB/FLNEWSSERVICE) - With 100% of Precincts reporting in District 72 Democratic candidate Margaret Good is the projected winner with 52% of the vote.

http://www.mysuncoast.com/links/distric ... da125.html

She flipped a republican House seat and Trump won that district by 5%. This makes the 36th legislative win by the Democrats.

IliseHD · **Posted:** Wed Feb 14, 2018 1:12 pm

Now they have to unseat Vern Buchanan (FL-16) who is the member of the US House who represents the district that Margaret Good won. Good, the Democrat, just defeated Buchanan's son.

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

LA 86 Special Election Results

Sam Lefthand · **Joined:** Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:07 am **Posts:** 10970

ap215 » Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:44 pm wrote:

LA 86 Special Election Results

Good grief, we don't care about District 86, that's a place where 3,549 out of 4,044 of the people who live there are Republicans.

Where we care about is District 93, it's a place where all 4 of the 4 candidates are Democrats. That election is on March 24th. We're all on the edges of our chairs waiting to see how that special election comes out.

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

#37.

Linda Belcher defeats Rebecca Johnson to reclaim District 49 seat

Linda Belcher won the special election in Bullitt County on Tuesday night to replace Rep. Dan Johnson, who died by suicide amid sexual abuse allegations.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/n ... 356202002/

carmenjonze · **Joined:** Wed Jul 08, 2015 6:24 pm **Posts:** 18551

ap215 » Tue Feb 20, 2018 4:53 pm wrote:

#37.

Linda Belcher defeats Rebecca Johnson to reclaim District 49 seat

Linda Belcher won the special election in Bullitt County on Tuesday night to replace Rep. Dan Johnson, who died by suicide amid sexual abuse allegations.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/n ... 356202002/

Yes!

Dan Johnson is a double entry for "bye". Rebecca Johnson is his widow

viewtopic.php?p=386175#p386175

bye

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

Do i sense #38 coming our way.

Dem wins New Hampshire seat in Trump district

Democrats picked up another special election victory Tuesday, winning a legislative seat in a New Hampshire district where President Trump beat Hillary Clinton by a 13-point margin in 2016.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch ... p-district

carmenjonze · **Joined:** Wed Jul 08, 2015 6:24 pm **Posts:** 18551

ap215 » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:06 pm wrote:

Do i sense #38 coming our way.

Dem wins New Hampshire seat in Trump district

Democrats picked up another special election victory Tuesday, winning a legislative seat in a New Hampshire district where President Trump beat Hillary Clinton by a 13-point margin in 2016.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch ... p-district

Flippin' em one by one.

Thanks for this thread, ap!

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

#39!

Full Results from Connecticut House District 120:
Phil Young (D): 1,614 (50.8%) +13.5% FLIP
Bill Cabral (R): 1,562 (49.2%) -13.5%

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

New Mexico Dems posting gains in tonight's municipal elections

http://www.dpnm.net/2018/03/07/new-mexi ... ew-mexico/

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

And here's the big 40.

ProfessorX · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:05 am

I know no one probably cares about this other than my Mom, (well, that I know of, anyway)...

Mike Butler wins big in Hallandale Beach special election
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/browa ... story.html

He is probably going to be a close ally of the new Mayor, Keith London (appointed since the Guv forced Joy Cooper to step down) ... these city commission races are nonpartisan, but Keith strikes me as very Republican. So does Mike Butler.

I should also add my Mom was a friend of Joy's. She lives nearby. Joy probably is a registered Democrat, though as I said the commission is officially nonpartisan.

Anyway.

He defeated Bill Julian, who was accused of wrongdoing also, but cleared.

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

Cano Wins Special Election for Senate Seat, Less than 1,000 Vote Cast

Pawtucket Councilwoman Sandra Cano won the Tuesday special election for state Senate District 8 in Pawtucket

http://www.golocalprov.com/news/cano-wi ... -vote-cast

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

Attleboro voters OK new high school, pick Jim Hawkins for state rep

ATTLEBORO, R.I. (WPRI) - Attleboro voters have approved plans to borrow money for a new high school and elected Democrat Jim Hawkins as their new state representative, preliminary results show.

http://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/se- ... 1099030190

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

Liberal Dallet wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Liberal Rebecca Dallet has easily defeated conservative Michael Screnock in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race seen as the latest bellwether of voter attitudes ahead of the November election.

http://www.weau.com/content/news/Libera ... 11373.html

Number6 · **Joined:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:06 pm **Posts:** 13093

ap215 » Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:28 pm wrote:

Liberal Dallet wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Liberal Rebecca Dallet has easily defeated conservative Michael Screnock in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race seen as the latest bellwether of voter attitudes ahead of the November election.

http://www.weau.com/content/news/Libera ... 11373.html

Scott Walker has started a GOFUNDME account to raise money to buy him new pants for the one he spoiled tonight with Dallet's win. Okay, I'm just kiddng but from his Tweet you can hear the panic in his words:

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Tonight’s results show we are at risk of a #BlueWave in WI. The Far Left is driven by anger & hatred -- we must counter it with optimism & organization. Let’s share our positive story with voters & win in November.

Sam Lefthand · **Joined:** Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:07 am **Posts:** 10970

Hallandale and Pawtucket and Attleboro.

We have a Census designated place called Bootjack. Another one called Coursegold.

ap215 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:45 am **Posts:** 7781

Number 41

Democrat Berman holds on to big lead over Donnally in District 31

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