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Demsrule86's JournalDemocrats flip Texas state Senate seat in shock upset
‘Democrats scored a stunning upset on Saturday in a special election runoff for Texas Senate, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, giving the party a major boost ahead of the November midterms.
Fort Worth Democrat Taylor Rehmet, a machinist and Air Force veteran, defeated Southlake Republican Leigh Wambsganss to fill the vacant state Senate District 9.’
Trump won this seat by 17 points in 24.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5716988-democrats-score-upset-texas/
Ohio turns against Trump. Large protests in Cleveland and other areas...GOP governor candidate losing
and Sherrod Brown is looking good in the Senate.
Democrat wins Iowa state Senate race, blocking GOP from regaining supermajority
"😊😊😊Her victory denies Republicans a two-thirds majority in the upper chamber, which would have given them the power to override a governor’s veto, call for special sessions and approve a governor’s appointees on a party-line vote.
With Hardman’s win, Iowa Democrats are closing out the year strong. Back in January, Democrat Mike Zimmer flipped an Iowa state Senate district that had overwhelmingly voted for Trump in 2024. And in August, Democrat Catelin Drey flipped another open state Senate seat, breaking the GOP supermajority.
Hardman’s win is also the last in a string of notable victories for her party nationwide. Democrats most recently saw success in a special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky. Prior to that, the party overperformed in a special election in Tennessee. And Democrats had a better-than-expected Election Day in November, when they overwhelmingly
won the governors’ mansions in New Jersey and Virginia, the mayor’s office in New York City, and a number of other notable downballot races.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5666914-democrat-rene-hardman-wins/
Hardman has also made history. The first Black woman elected to the West Des Moines City Council, she now becomes the first Black woman elected to the state Senate. Celsi managed Hardman’s first city council campaign nearly a decade prior, KCCI reported. "
So as I wake this morning and what no vote, no food stamps...
The magic deal which we have been informed by folks here and even media folks like Laurence O’Donnell was not cowardice and betrayal but three dimensional chess for the greater good. And losing is winning don’t you know.
I guess I fail to see the value in lying to and betraying constituents…not a great chess player. It looks to me like the GOP is laughing their asses off. Hope the eight genius types don’t cave on abortion- the latest demand. I mean really the GOP made a pinky promise-no “crossies”. So who could blame the chess playing eight or nine if you count Schumer. For agreeing to the “deal”. 
Thus far the GOP has reneged on every so called promise and made new demands.
We didn’t get Snap, the ASA or anything really. Well perhaps at least, we will be spared the lectures that this was “good policy”. Hope Abortion rights survives all this three dimensional chess.
No Kings launched a primary organization.
Now the idea is we fight for good candidates using primaries in all states or as many as we can for a beginning… win or lose we vote Democratic. We must fight off the attack on our Republic. I donated monthly. I really like no kings. You work in small groups. We can fix this.
we need a party that people want to join.
https://indivisible.org/groups
https://indivisable.org/2026
I saved this thread...and will donate on Monday when I get paid. Thanks for the information.
ARIZONA ELECTION This may be the deciding vote for release of Epstein files. WE WON! We won Virginia too.
No Kings Hubs and I went today in Bainbridge Ohio...it was awesome...
Big turnout in a small town...knee held out!
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