***Breaking: Hansen wins in Delaware!!!***

[femmocrat]

http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml

Link to tweet

What a great day for democrats!

[nycbos]

1. I am glad she won but...

... 23% turnout. We can do better.

[pkdu]

4. Votes still being counted...up to 31.1% now...still not great , but will be higher nt

[LisaL]

8. The result is what important.

[nycbos]

10. Of course it is.

But the party has been killed at the state legislative level due to low turnout. I would love to see us take back some statehouses in 2018. Keeping control of the Delaware Senate is a good place to start though.

[LenaBaby61]

24. Of course it is.

"But the party has been killed at the state legislative level due to low turnout."

I'm happy that she won as well, but what you're saying cannot be overlooked:

Dems really have to start getting out to vote during off-year elections, which is the ONLY way we make inroads into winning back some of these statehouses that thuglicans have had sewn up for too long.

[Demsrule86]

19. Winning is everything.

She won...be happy.

[Demsrule86]

23. it is a special election...actually a good turn out.

[LisaL]

40. Yes, apparently double the normal for special elections.

"Not only did Dems hold the Senate in Delaware today, turnout was roughly double a normal special election."

http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/02/25/delaware-special-election-win-shows-energized-democratic-turnout/

[Demsrule86]

44. This sends a message and should put the fear of God into the GOP.

If we win Georgia...OMG...in the initials of my teen.

[calimary]

45. Yes PLEASE!!!

YES!!!!! Seems to me that'd be proof of changing times.

That said, it would also mean the Koch brothers and Shel Adelson and Peter Thiel and the rest of 'em would have to open their checkbooks a lot more aggressively. Which means WE CANNOT DROP OUR GUARD. Not even for a nanosecond. We CANNOT let this make us complacent!

That momentum will only sustain as long as WE stay strong and KEEP IT GOING!!!

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R ......

[sarcasmo]

3. Turnout was less than 25%, sad!

[femmocrat]

5. When I refreshed, it was up to 34%.

I don't think that is a bad turnout for a special election.

http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml

[Kingofalldems]

6. Trump's #1 troll not liking this one.

Excellent.

[hrmjustin]

7. Big swing to the Democrats from past election cycles in that district.

[femmocrat]

9. That is great news.

Biden and O'Malley both campaigned for her.

[VMA131Marine]

11. Unfortunately, people don't realize that local and state races....

have far more effect on their day-to-day lives than national races do. Property tax, sales tax, unemployment eligibility and payments, education funding, highway laws and enforcement: all these and more are regulated at the state level and yet people don't turn out. Everyone should be far more familiar with their state representatives than those holding national offices.

[Lotusflower70]

12. Congrats

Bright light, bright light, shine on. Very pathetic turnout though.

[Happyhippychick]

13. This is great news!

[hrmjustin]

14. Almost a 20% margin.

[woodsprite]

15. Thanks for posting! Just came in to post it.

They said our polling place had been constantly busy all day (Newark). She looked so tired when I shook her hand on the way out of voting. I told her "We got this!"

[femmocrat]

16. Thanks for the report!

Glad to hear you had good turnout in Newark. She won by 18 points! A great victory!

[phylny]

37. Hi Newark,

I'm a graduate of UD

[Gothmog]

17. Yeah

This is great news

[Tatiana]

18. Hallelujah! Thanks to Mr. Biden and Mr. O'Malley. Congrats to Ms. Hansen!

This is how it's done!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

20. K&R nt

[Jane Austin]

21. Hooray!

Let's make more like this happen. It's good for the country and good for our spirits.

[bronxiteforever]

22. K & R

[Demsrule86]

25. It is like the mission that went to Japan after

Pearl Harbor...hey GOP we are coming...we will kick your butt!

[bronxiteforever]

31. Great analogy, fitting as we fight our own trump fascism in the us.

[Demsrule86]

32. It gives you hope...for what will be a long struggle.

[Lucinda]

26. Excellent!

[VOX]

27. Great news! n/t

[LAS14]

28. Delaware only has 37083 voters?? nt

[LisaL]

39. That's the voters in the district, not the whole state.

[Lucinda]

29. Article about Biden on the campaign trail for Hansen!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/us/joe-biden-delaware-election-stephanie-hansen.html


Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. with the Reeves family while campaigning in Newark, Del., for Stephanie Hansen, a Democrat who is running for the State Senate. Credit Mark Makela for The New York Times

[Binders Keepers]

30. O'Malley would have made a decent prez....

[OnDoutside]

38. He's still young enough !

[mcar]

33. K&R

[Zambero]

34. An impressive win

A great way to start this years' round of special elections!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

35. Living in PA just north of the Delaware border,

I feel close to this and very happy about it.

[BlueMTexpat]

36. This is a great result!

Thanks for posting!

And I LOVE seeing Martin O'Malley in that photo!

[Vinca]

41. This is how it begins - race by race by race.

Congrats!

[LAS14]

42. www.ItStarts.today

[BumRushDaShow]

43. Congrats to neighbor DE

As I have posted before - the work doesn't wait until the 2018 election. It starts NOW with many state-wide elections in 2017.