Dem wins Kentucky state House seat in district Trump won by 49 points

[James48]

Special Election seat flips -

Kentucky Democrats on Tuesday reclaimed a rural district in the state House of Representatives that went heavily for President Trump in 2016.

Linda Belcher (D), a former state legislator who lost her seat in the Trump landslide in Kentucky, reclaimed the Bullitt County district by a more than two-to-one margin, defeating her GOP opponent Rebecca Johnson 68 percent to 32 percent.

The Democrat had lost her seat in 2016 by just 150 votes, or less than 1 percentage point, even as Trump carried the district with 72 percent of the vote there compared to Hillary Clinton's 23 percent. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) also won the district in 2016 with 64 percent of the vote.

More:
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/374777-dem-wins-ky-state-house-seat-in-district-trump-won-by-49-points

[Cha]

1. Wow! Something tells me..

the Kentucky voters see through trump in spite of his tweets about "fake news".. and all the fux "news" siding with Russia.

[Kittycow]

2. Rebecca Johnson claimed Voter Fraud!

[bearsfootball516]

5. Any sympathy I had toward her just went out the window.

[Kittycow]

6. Her campaign claimed that an hour after results announced.

The Election Board Dept (whatever it's called) came out later and rejected her claim.

I picked this up scanning the local KY newspapers.

Sore loser.

[JNelson6563]

3. We are winning where we shouldn't.

Alabama? Kentucky? I mean, these victories are incredible!

We're heading into a very exciting and energized election season! Even in blood red northern Michigan, we have top candidates.

#SoMuchWinning #StillNotSickOfIt

[duforsure]

4. Maybe

They're tired of all the lies, and all the hate groups trump and the gop support, or maybe they know the gop are working to destroy Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, or maybe they are never doing to vote for a party that supports russia, putin and trump before the American people. Maybe they lost their ACA with this last tax scam bill for the rich they passed. They've done so much against the American people I can't understand those that support these liars, they're trying to destroy Democracy if they are not voted out of office. People in Kentucky also have a large amount of their people getting Medicaid, and Medicare. When they realize (after the nov. elections) the tax scam will cost them more in taxes, not less after their temporary deductions are eliminated , they'll be even madder at trump and the gop. Many people will be.