PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS FLIP A STATE HOUSE SEAT FROM RED TO BLUE

[RandySF]

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[triron]

1. Great news.

[JoeOtterbein]

2. Great News!

WOW!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Absolutely fantastic news!

[sarcasmo]

4. The #BlueWave is real.

[Cha]

25. ..

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[DesertRat]

5. k&r!

[Cha]

24. Thanks trump!

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[Grassy Knoll]

6. Nice!!!

[Miigwech]

7. Yeah

[defacto7]

8. Big K&R

[backtoblue]

9. Kick and rec

[BobTheSubgenius]

10. And the day gets better!

For a more or less nondescript Tuesday, it's ending really, really well!

Cheers, everyone!!

[renegade000]

11. Awesome, it's a decent sized swing as well!

2016: R -> 61%; D-> 39%
Tonight: D -> 51%; R-> 49%

Sources:
[1] https://ballotpedia.org/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives_District_178
[2] https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/Special/OfficeResults?ElectionID=65&ElectionType=S&IsActive=1

[Demovictory9]

12. good news

[blue neen]

13. Fantastic!

Thanks for all you did to keep us informed about this race.

[blue-wave]

14. Excellent News!!

Thanks for posting.

[Matthew28]

15. great news

[AllyCat]

16. This is just beautiful, ain't it?

[BigmanPigman]

17. Do you think this was due to ended gerrymandering?

[DeminPennswoods]

19. No, state house and senate

districts are still gerrymandered. The state supreme court ruling only affected the federal congressional district map.

I think if someone challegened the state districts, they might win because they don't follow the compact and contiguous mandate in the state constitution either.

[BigmanPigman]

20. Oh, I see now. Thanks!

[BumRushDaShow]

28. Actually the original state seats were really gerrymandered worse than now

and they were redrawn by court order in 2012. The current boundaries finally went into effect for the 2014 election after appeals to the state Supreme Court in 2013 (where a unanimous opinion put the current iteration into effect).

[DeminPennswoods]

33. HD-14 is worse

than before. It stripped out all the urban areas and put them in HD-10.

[BumRushDaShow]

36. I am hoping that some kind of completely independent board

can be put in place for redistricting (for state/federal districts) before 2020 but that will a difficult outcome to achieve - especially with the latest effort to reduce the number of state House seats. However at least the whole gerrymandering issue is finally on the public radar in a more significant way than in the past.

[DeminPennswoods]

37. It would be done if not for Metcalfe

gutting not one, but the replacement HB as well that would have created a non-partisan commission.

[BumRushDaShow]

38. In this current political environment

it is going to be a slog for sure to get there.

[DeminPennswoods]

39. HB 722 actually had more than half of state house

members as co-sponsors. It would have passed on a bi-partisan vote. That's why Metcalfe pulled his gutting two bills stunt.

[BumRushDaShow]

40. We have to make sure that Wolf gets re-elected

so that if one of these days, someone finally sees the light about Metcalfe and removes him from that position, Wolf will be there to sign the bills. I know they have been somewhat bogged down with reducing the size of the state House as it is.

[DeminPennswoods]

41. That and somehow getting Butler Co voters

to boot Metcalfe.

[BumRushDaShow]

42. That's a harder sell

but he is nothing but scandal so maybe they will get the hint.

[DeminPennswoods]

45. He was unopposed in the primary this year, but

in 2016, Metcalfe only got 60% of GOP voters, so maybe. Cranberry Twp is growing. Maybe the crazies are getting diluted.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

18. Kick

[CaptainTruth]

21. How long has it been red? (I'll read thru the posts 😎.) nt

[Cha]

23. Republicans have held this seat for the past 34 YEARS!!!#BlueWave2018

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[Cha]

22. Republicans have held this seat for the past 34 YEARS!!!#BlueWave2018

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[Mike Nelson]

26. Congratulations...

...to Helen!

[TomSlick]

27. Go team!

[BumRushDaShow]

29. That seat is in Bucks County

and may be a good sign for the new PA-1 congressional district (which includes all of Bucks County and a little of Montgomery). This state legislative district is winding through central Bucks County and is within PA-1.

State legislative district 178 -



The new PA-1 (congressional district) -

[Uncle Joe]

30. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Randy

[smirkymonkey]

31. Congratulations Helen!

Well done!

[muntrv]

32. State and local levels are where Democrats need to win.

[jimlup]

34. We just keep it coming Blue Blue Blue!

[Honeycombe8]

35. Way to go, PA!!! NT

[LAS14]

43. K & R!!!!!

[ismnotwasm]

44. K&R