Herseth wins in South Dakota!

[joanne]

Awesome news!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6987-2004Jun1.html

[Arugula Latte]

1. 2004 special election results:

Democrats: Plus Two

Republicans: ZERO

[joanne]

2. That is right!

They also won a seat in GOP friendly Kentucky.

This is very significant.

And a great day for Democrats! :party:

[aquart]

3. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To us all.

[salinen]

4. Hey

That's

Democrats: Plus Two

Republicans: Minus Two

[Arugula Latte]

10. I sit corrected!

That's right, that's a net loss of two for the 'thugs.

[aquart]

6. Eleven seats?

All we need is 11 seats?????????????????????

This is going to be some election.

[Leilani]

5. Wonderful news!

Congrats to all!

[joanne]

8. Wont Pelosi make a GREAT speaker?

Personally, NOTHING will make me happier with the House results in November than seeing "cockroach" Delay go down to defeat!

Tonight is a great night for Stephanie and for all Democrats!

Well done!!

[no name no slogan]

9. Pelosi's good, but Dennis Kucinich will be better after Nov 2! (n/t)

[bluestateguy]

7. A repudiation of George W. Bush and his policies

South Dakota just sent a powerful message.

[Old and In the Way]

12. I think you are correct.

The WH should be very, very concerned. SD is pretty conservative country from what I can see. If Bush had been doing reasonably well, I think the results would have been a solid win for Republicans. I want a Democratic sweep in November.....then we'll return the favors Bush has inflicted on us, 10 fold.

Great news!

[still_one]

11. What happened

even laura bush couldn't help her man

[LibertyorDeath]

13. Great News

:bounce: :bounce:

154 days till the biggest electoral landslide in American political history. IMO

Come on Nov 2 This is great news!

[DaveSZ]

14. We could sweep all 3 branches in November!

Kerry needs to sharpen his message though, and pick a strong running mate (either Edwards or Clark).

Then with his coattails, we can take back Congress as well!

[Dookus]

15. 100% of precincts now in..

all precincts reporting:

HERSETH D.....132,066....51%
DIEDRICH R.....128,990....49%

[dusty64]

16. Wonderful!

I'm surprised it was close, but I'll take it anyway we can get it.

[MoonRiver]

17. What great news to wake up too!!

:bounce::party::bounce: Congrats to SD and the Democratic Party!! Onward to November!!!!

:kick:

Did anybody catch how the Repub sections voted? Sure would be icing on the cake if they went for her too!

[in_cog_ni_to]

18. WooHoo!

Get the message repubs??? Your asses are grass come Nov.! Buh Bye..

Now, can she beat the asshole in Nov.? YES!

WTG, Stephanie! :bounce:

[mndemocrat_29]

19. Great for Herseth!

While I'm reluctant to think this is part of a national trend (Herseth and Chandler were both terrific candidates), but the fact is that we have many stupendous candidates running this time around, and with a Democratic wave, we could definitely win this. Let's take back the Senate, the House, and the White House (and a few governor's mansions while we're at it!)

[PATRICK]

20. Hope it carries over here

The GOP seemed so confident they could just inherit a seat in my district. Now they have canceled a primary to APPOINT a candidate and we have a great young woman candidate here who I think can pull off the same thing. I don't think this is a safe seat here for the GOP, even though Barend is a newbie(former Hillary and Moynihan senate staffer, name recognition among the GOP through a relative, and on and on and on). I also think we have a shot at their "safe" state assembly seat too with someone who used to volunteer for me long years ago.

This is going to be busy even if Kerry is a shoo-in in HY. Hot dog!

[mndemocrat_29]

21. Bob Matsui and Nancy Pelosi Make Statements on Herseth Win

Here they are:

Rep. Bob Matsui-
http://www.democraticaction.org/news/Matsui+on+Herseth.htm

(Matsui mentions that only one of 23 special elections went on to not win the general-does anyone know who?)

Leader (and hopefully future Speaker) Nancy Pelosi-
http://www.democraticaction.org/news/Pelosi+on+Herseth.htm