Kevin Cavanaugh - 1st Democrat to win New Hampshire state senate special election since 1984

[JDC]

We needed a win on the local level and we got it, in "recent historic" fashion!

http://www.wmur.com/article/democrat-cavanaugh-pulls-upset-in-state-senate-special-election/10360495

[ATL Ebony]

1. Congrats to Cavanaugh -- hope this becomes a Dem pattern.

Thanks for posting JDC

[beachbum bob]

2. its has become a pattern, in Illinoise several democratic seats picked up, in Oklahoma

the same...at federal level massive gains in democratic voter turnout and huge reductions in conservative win margins in "safe" red districts.

time to keep pressing

[ATL Ebony]

3. So much more ground to cover, not sure it's a pattern yet.

[beachbum bob]

8. long held conservative seats changing hands in several states is not an pattern?

moderate republicans in Kansas in full revolt against Gov Brownback and the Koch Brothers not a pattern? I guess I don't know what a pattern is...

[ATL Ebony]

9. I'll assume you do know what a pattern is as do I but obviously our opinions differ in this instance

So, I'll stick to my opinion and will look for steady patterns. Hoping the winning keeps rolling in.

Looks like this is turning into another DU user disagreement so hopefully we can just agree to disagree on what constitutes a "pattern" and this is my last response on this topic. More things to read and do than go back and forth about what boils down to a matter of opinion.

[rpannier]

7. In Illinois they did something right out of the Fundie Manual

They ran a slate of candidates all aligned with one another.
Since local off elections tend to draw fewer people, running a slate assured they would get a bunch of people to show up and vote for all of them

[Bluepinky]

4. My family and I were proud to vote for Kevin Cavanaugh.

The good guy won, we are so happy about this. NH has been turning blue; all four of our US Congress reps are Democrats (and women too). But we have Sununu as Governor, hope he gets voted out in the next election.

[JDC]

5. His dad is a real jackass - apple doesn't fall far

We've got a ways to go til that election though....

[Scarsdale]

6. Great news.

Maybe people are finally waking up? The BS being flung by tRump and his cohorts is getting old. For these clowns to vote for a bill, when they have no idea what is in it, well, that takes the cake. McConnell sounds DESPERATE, what is in this for HIM?? Sorry, CONGRATULATIONS to Cavanaugh. Sane people are waking up at last.