Name something POSITIVE about the election results in your state........

[beaglelover]

I'll start.......Kamala Harris is our new US Senator!!! She is likely to have a HUGE future in the party. Maybe she'll be the one to finally break the glass ceiling.

[beaglelover]

1. Oh yeah, and we also passed legal recreational weed.

[Kaleva]

2. The ballot measure providing tax payer funding for the county animal shelter passed

[beaglelover]

4. That's great!

[Kaleva]

16. Most of the local Dems running for office won

[DesertRat]

3. Sheriff Joe Arpaio is OUT!!

[beaglelover]

6. Awesome! Let's hope he does not make it into Trump's cabinet or administration!!

[DesertRat]

10. I don't think the old coot will leave sunny Phoenix

to move to D.C. But I've been wrong a lot lately....

[Siwsan]

15. He will probably try to form his own militia

Somehow I don't think he would ever consider just retiring.

[Raster]

39. Arizona: Sheriff Joe is TOAST, Trump won AZ by approx. 85,000 votes...

...which is hella lot less than I figured. I can see AZ s-l-o-w-l-y go Blue, depending on the Candidate(s).

[mountain grammy]

75. Hooray!

[Satch59]

5. CO passed assisted suicide and got rid of the caucus...

Although assisted suicide could get abused from this election...

[mountain grammy]

76. and went for Hillary!

Thank goodness.

[DesertRat]

7. Arizona passed increasing the state's minimum wage to 12 an hour by 2020

[msongs]

8. hawaii state senate is now 100% democrats. repub loses bid for mayor of honolulu nt

[DesertRat]

12. Nice!

[Siwsan]

9. Dan Kildee, my wonderful Congressman, was easily re-elected to his third term

Dan has been tirelessly working to resolve the Flint water crisis. When congress is on a break, Dan is back here, traveling his district and meeting with his constituents and taking on their problems.

[Starry Messenger]

11. Also in CA, tax the rich and we legalized weed.

[greymattermom]

13. It didn't actually happen

but for awhile I thought Georgia might be a swing state.
John Lewis was reelected.
I live in that blue spot you see on any map of Georgia.

[mountain grammy]

77. John Lewis is still standing proud. Love that man.

and you still have Jimmy and Roslyn.

[meow2u3]

14. Democrats in PA won AG, State Treasurer, and Auditor General

Josh Shapiro will be our new Attorney General, a guy who'll keep corruption at bay.

Pennsylvania also raised the mandatory retirement age for judges from 70 to 75.

[femmocrat]

25. Thanks!

I didn't know the constitutional question had passed.

Weird ticket-splitting in PA though.

[meow2u3]

51. I actually smelled a rat

Those PA results were fishy AFAIC. There was no way Democrats would vote for both tRump AND Toomey while also voting for Dems for the row offices. Some man-in-the-middle attack had to be going on at the central tabulating machines, only it's tough to prove without subpoenaing the source code.

[femmocrat]

58. I agree. It seems suspicious.

And we are stuck with 6 more years of empty-suit toomey after McGinty led in the polls for months.

[TimeChaser]

64. I'm still angry

about toomey not announcing who he was voting for until hours before the polls close. What a chickenshit.

[mountain grammy]

78. Spoke to friends in PA who say the same thing.

[jalan48]

17. Oregon has a Democratic Governor, Senate and House.

Things are improving here.

[MissB]

23. And Oregon elected the first openly GLBTQ governor in

in the US. She assumed office so this is her first time being elected to the office.

[jg10003]

18. FL: amendment 1 defeated, amendment 2 passed.

Amendment 1 was a utility sponsored measure to crush solar power. Amendment 2 was for medical marijuana.

[diane in sf]

89. Great news!

[riverwalker]

19. Rick Nolan MN -8 re-elected

Gave the speech during no fly no buy during sit in. "Duck hunters limited to 3 shells to protect ducks. We protect ducks, why not our children!"
https://nolan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/nolan-speaks-on-house-floor-during-no-bill-no-break-sit-in

[book_worm]

20. Wisconsin--We lost to Trump and lost Feingold, so I can't think of a damn thing

[Cattledog]

21. GA Narrowed the Gap this election

Romney won by 8 in 2012

Trump won by 6

[book_worm]

26. It's possible by 2024 it will be blue, but I thought NC would be this time, too.

[DVRacer]

22. I live in Oklahoma

All I got was a sticker :/

[greatauntoftriplets]

24. Senator-Elect Tammy Duckworth.

And, Illinois voted for Hillary.

[bench scientist]

33. Chicagoan here. So glad we elected Sen. Duckworth!

[greatauntoftriplets]

40. Same here.

I'm in the near western suburbs. Proud to have her as part of the opposition to Herr Drumpf.

[Island Blue]

27. I think Roy Cooper

defeated Gov. Bathroom Bill in NC ... still waiting on recount results.

[wishstar]

68. NC Supreme Court is now majority Democrats due to Mike Morgan

Big win for Dem Mike Morgan who got 8 year term, unseating a Repub, plus Dem Attorney Gen Josh Stein and hopefully Gov Roy Cooper for Gov.

[Bobbie Jo]

28. Pence is no longer our Governor.

Beyond that, I got nuthin.

[Jersey Devil]

29. North Carolina has hopfully gotten rid of Governor Bathroom

Though only by 5,000 votes and subject to recount, Pat Cooper has apparently defeated McCrory.

Also, Dems now have a majority on the NC Supreme Court, though that may be undone by a court packing scheme in which the lame duck gov appoints 2 Repub to the Supreme Court before he leaves office (unfortunately NC constitution would allow this).

[mainstreetonce]

30. People in PA hopefully learned

Swing state means swing state, get out and vote.

[beaglelover]

32. I was SHOCKED when we lost PA. Shortly after that, my cousin who lives in Philadelphia,

who is very liberal, posted on Facebook that she voted for Trump. I was heartbroken. My niece also lives in Philadelphia and she's a late 20s tattooed pin up model. I doubt she even voted.

[mainstreetonce]

34. I was so shocked. Then I just fell asleep

Which is a weird reaction.

Anyway what we learned is don't look at a blue map and think it can't change.

[phylny]

31. Virginia

We get to keep Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, and our state still (barely) was blue.

[suffragette]

35. We elected Pramila Jayapal to McDermott's WA state Congressional seat

She was a fantastic community organizer in Seattle during the darkest of the Bush years. She always stood up for human rights and was an effective leader, even as those rights were being attacked at the federal level.

Now she's headed to DC and I look forward to her continuing in McDermott's tradition of being a steadfast progressive.

[WhiteTara]

36. Medical marijuana passed in Arkansas

and a couple of our democratic candidates were elected into the state assembly (blood red that it is) and our sheriff and county judge both were voted in.

[Yonnie3]

37. In my nearly always Republican Precinct Sec. Clinton won by 16 votes.

I am not home much, but when I was, I chatted with Republican neighbors and acquaintances. Very low key chats about the candidates. It took a while, but several were convinced to vote for Clinton, and several said they would not vote for Trump. To me this is positive. I will do this one on one approach for the midterms.

[Thinkingabout]

38. Though Texas did not go for Hillary, in Harris and Fort Bend Counties went for Hillary. We got a

few local Democrats in positions. Every little bit helps.

[ellie]

41. Colorado went blue

and voted for Hillary and re-elected Michael Bennett. We also passed the minimum raise hike.

[Greywing]

63. And assisted suicide for the terminally ill

and Diana DeGette was re-elected in my district and Amendment 72 did not pass

[MineralMan]

42. All of the progressives in my district in MN were re-elected

and Hillary carried the state. We also had the #1 voter turnout nationwide. MN votes!

[beaglelover]

44. That voter turnout stat is awesome! Congrats!!

[MineralMan]

45. We're always #1 or #2.

During Presidential elections, we always turn out over 70% of registered voters. I'm very proud of that. Oregon often competes with us, with it's mail-in ballots, but we still win most of the time.

[redwitch]

43. My Assembly woman Carrie Woerner was reelected.

She is wonderful!

[boston bean]

46. Every single county in MA was blue.

[trof]

47. Jeffy Sessions will probably no longer be an Alabama senator.

The bad news: He'll be secdef and our luvguv will appoint some other asshole in his place.

[mcar]

48. 2 new Dem congresscritters

Medical marijuana. Defeated the corporate solar amendment. Loony tune TP county commissioner defeated by sane Republican (best we can do in red FL).

[TexasBushwhacker]

49. We got a Democratic sheriff and DA in Houston

They both beat Republican incumbents. The former DA was really bad. If she thought a rape victim might not show up to testify in the trial, she threw them IN JAIL! Glad to see her go.

Clinton got 54% to Trump's 42% in Harris County.

In a hotly contested race for Railroad Commisioner, the Democrat, Grady Yarborough, was victorious! That's a big deal because the RC deals heavily with the fossil fuel industry.

[sarge43]

50. New Hampshire

Voted for Clinton

Got rid of that sock puppet Ayotte and now both senators and both representatives are Democrats and women.

Governor is Republican, but NH's governor has little power

[Skinner]

52. New Dem Senator:

Chris Van Hollen!

[Jim__]

53. In Colorado, a form of "Death with Dignity" law passed.

[kairos12]

65. That is outstanding.

[stevenleser]

54. My assembly district in Harlem, 94.5% for Hillary. We did our part.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

55. Just about everything went well in Washington State

First and foremost the Seattle metropolitan area passed ST3 which will build 62 new miles of light rail over the next 25 years. This will give most people in the region a viable alternative to driving.

Both Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Patty Murray were re-elected.

Voters approved a bump in the minimum wage.

It's the election of Drumpf which spoiled an otherwise good day.

[KT2000]

66. So glad Inslee won

our state legislators are all Democrats.
My county commissioners are all repub though - cut down those trees on the Olympic Peninsula! Spray herbicides all over the place!

[manicraven]

82. The access to firearms ban in the case of extreme risk also passed.

"The person would need to be considered a significant danger to himself or herself or others before an extreme risk protection order can be authorized. The measure empowered certain individuals, including police, family, and household members, to petition a court for an extreme risk protection order on a person ... It provided that extreme risk protection orders last one year. The measure permitted petitioners to ask for the order to be renewed for an additional year. The measure was designed to allow persons under order to request a hearing to argue that the order be terminated."

[CurtEastPoint]

56. GA: Sam Park, openly gay man defeats R incumbent to enter Ga House of Rep in Gwinnett

Suburban as hell but diverse as hell, too!

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/rjmedwed/georgia_elects_first_openly_gay_man_to_state_legislature

[greymattermom]

67. Great

I didn't know that.

[gopiscrap]

57. Our Dem Governor won reelection

Wash State has not had a republican governor since Jan 2 1989

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

59. Actually not since Jan 2 1985

Booth Gardner defeated incumbent Republican John Spellman in the 1984 election

[gopiscrap]

60. yep you're right, I forgot about that

[GoCubsGo]

61. Jim Clyburn retains his House seat.

But, that was expected, as they couldn't completely gerrymander out all the Democrats in my state. Outside of that, I am unaware of anything good that happened.

[Grown2Hate]

62. Not only did we oust Arpaio in AZ, but we replaced Helen Purcell as County Recorder with Democratic

Adrian Fontes! Maybe we'll get some fair elections in our state next time around (remember what a CLUSTERFUCK the primaries were here? National news.).

[Bettie]

69. I live in Iowa

there was nothing positive except we don't have to see that stupid lawn mower ad for another six years.

[VOX]

70. My CA congressional district stayed blue...

I'm in a district that was historically Republican; it went Democratic in 2012, and it stayed that way!

Plus Kamala Harris as senator.

[Bucky]

71. Harris County TX (Houston) went deep blue. We gained 9 minority judges

as well as taking the offices of Country Attorney, District Attorney, and Sheriff away from Republicans.

[tokalion]

72. Incredibly down..then realized...NM went for Hillary

I was driving to work on Wednesday after a sleepless night. Walked in to Starbucks not wanting to connect with anyone....then realized..hey..the majority of people in my state voted for Hillary and we now have both state senate and house back to the Democrats again..and we voted an awesome Democrat for secretary of state... I then was able to lift my head and think...okay...we are going to make it through this...and start fighting....proceeded to pay for all my subscriptions to progressive voices (i.e. DU, TPM, etc). I'm here to help DU financially as much as I can...thanks all!

[mountain grammy]

79. My favorite state to visit, so great news.

With CO, NM, and, now, Nevada, we're changing the west.

[Renew Deal]

73. Tom Suozzi won

He ended his losing streak. He wants to be president someday and at 54 it's still possible.

[Grassy Knoll]

74. Nevada Senate: Catherine Cortez Masto (D) Beat Joe Heck (R)

[Quiet_Dem_Mom]

81. State assembly/senate returned to D control

Newly elected Congressman Kihuen and ousted R Crescent Hardy. D Rosen replaced former R congress Heck.

We did it right! It was the smallest consolation prize in a dismal evening

[Hekate]

80. Nearly every single Democrat won in my area of California. nt

[flyingfysh]

83. In Massachusetts,

A measure to open more charter schools was defeated, legalized marijuana passed, and in my town a vote for higher taxes to build a new high school was passed overwhelmingly.

[LostOne4Ever]

84. Nothing

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]My rep is a republican still, my senators, my governor, and now the president.

Someone shoot me. [/font]

[Behind the Aegis]

91. How about a hug instead?

[LostOne4Ever]

94. Thank you so much! I needed that!

[Laffy Kat]

85. Colorado voters approved the assisted suicide measure.

There is empathy here. Oh, we also approved legal public pot pubs because there are also stoners here!

[DemocraticWing]

86. Nothing. I live in Kentucky and things went so, so, so wrong.

The Republicans won everything. They took everything and they even elected a Klansman in one district.

[Ken Burch]

87. In my current state, Washington, the Dem governor was re-elected and they held the state House

plus most of the congressional delegation.

In my former state, Alaska(I left at the end of July)Dems and independent progressives took enough seats to form a coalition to organize the state House with a couple of moderate R's...this ended twenty-two uninterrupted years for party-line R organization.
Baby steps, but it's something.

[diane in sf]

88. They went low and now we're getting high (legal recreational pot in CA)

[rollin74]

90. Catherine Cortez Masto elected to US Senate (1st Latina senator)

recreational marijuana legalized
Democratic majorities in state legislature (both state senate & assembly)
passed ballot measure to require background checks for firearm purchases

[Behind the Aegis]

92. A few good things, but the worst was the refusal to pay for education.

State Question 777 was designed to establish a constitutional right for farmers and ranchers to engage in farming and ranching practices. It was defeated. ( )

State Question 780 was designed to reclassify certain property offenses and simple drug possession as misdemeanor crimes. It was approved. (FUCK YES!)

State Question 781 was designed to use money saved by reclassifying certain property and drug crimes as misdemeanors, as outlined in State Question 780, to fund rehabilitative programs. It was approved. (Sing it!)

State Question 790 was designed to repeal Section 5 of Article 2 of the Oklahoma Constitution, which prohibits public money from being spent for religious purposes. It was defeated. (Hallelujah!)

State Question 792 was designed to allow grocery stores and convenience stores to sell full-strength beer and wine. It was approved. ( )

[Lunabell]

93. Florida approved the medical marijuana amendment.

This means my wife can finally get a medical marijuana prescription for her many ailments. It does really help her fibromyalgia, depression and ptsd. Of course I will try to get one too,but this shit should be legal for recreational purposes!!!!