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Demovictory9

(32,421 posts)
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 01:57 AM Nov 2020

Democrats flip suburban Georgia House seat

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/carolyn-bourdeaux-wins-georgia-house-seat-democrat-flip/index.html

In Democrats' first major House pickup, Carolyn Bourdeaux has flipped the open seat in Georgia's 7th District, CNN projected Monday.

Her victory in the northeast Atlanta suburbs comes as the Peach State is quickly becoming the focus of the political universe. The same demographic shifts that made this district competitive are helping put Joe Biden in the lead in the state and are setting up a fight for the Senate majority that appears on track to come down to Georgia.

Democrats have flipped two North Carolina districts that court-mandated redistricting made much more favorable for them and were not expected to be competitive. But picking up this GOP-held seat in Georgia -- which had topped CNN's ranking of the House districts most likely to flip -- comes as the party fell short in so many of their top-targeted seats.
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Democrats flip suburban Georgia House seat (Original Post) Demovictory9 Nov 2020 OP
K & R SunSeeker Nov 2020 #1
That is great news! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2020 #2
Good sign! Cha Nov 2020 #3
Feeling very 2018... lisa58 Nov 2020 #4
Yaaaaay! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #5
Great news! You're turning blue, Georgia! And it's not from cold. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #6
K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #7

lisa58

(5,755 posts)
4. Feeling very 2018...
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 02:13 AM
Nov 2020

Remember how at first it looked like the R’s had it in the bag and after all the votes were counted the D’s pulled out the house majority, etc. it’s happening again

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
6. Great news! You're turning blue, Georgia! And it's not from cold.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 03:42 AM
Nov 2020

Keep thinking of yourselves as a blue state right through the run off elections and after!

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