It was a huge week for Upper Midwest Democrats who once again won big at the polls:

[applegrove]

📌It was a huge week for Upper Midwest Democrats who once again won big at the polls, watched the political demise of a pair of Republican stalwarts, and looked on in horror as the Republican Party of Death put gruesome actions to their toxic words:
“WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE.”

— D. Earl Stephens (@dearlstephens.bsky.social) 2025-08-30T21:00:14.728Z

[Tetrachloride]

1. won big ??

i must be upwind

[leftieNanner]

2. Joanie Ernst

Announced that she's not running again next year. Yay!

And a dem in Iowa won a special election for a state Senate seat that takes away the Republican super majority.

Good stuff.

[calimary]

3. Hey, I'll take it!

Every little victory just might build to a bigger one.

[progree]

4. A right-wing Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is not running again - she's complaining about the bitter

partisanship.

Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley won't run for re-election
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/conservative-wisconsin-supreme-court-justice-rebecca-bradley-wont-seek-rcna228061

[callous taoboy]

5. This is excellent! Thanks for posting.