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gab13by13

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4. Allow me to post this from right wing Newsweek

Reply to jaxexpat (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 10:25 AM

Mar 27

Democrat Marilyn Lands won an upset victory in Alabama on Tuesday when she defeated Republican and Madison City Council member Teddy Powell in a special election for the Alabama state House that represents a 33-point swing for Democrats.

Lands won the election with 63 percent of the vote to Powell's 37 percent with all precincts reporting in the race for House District 10. The Democrat made abortion rights and access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) major themes of her campaign.

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The American electorate is being asked to pretend everything is normal despite the evidence before their own eyes. [View all] jaxexpat Mar 27 OP

The Biden campaign doesn't agree with you... brooklynite Mar 27 #1

I agree, but only because gab13by13 Mar 27 #2

It will be deja vu all over again. Septua Mar 27 #5

And the polls support a close outcome... Septua Mar 27 #3

That's their job. They're trying to get a candidate elected. jaxexpat Mar 27 #7

Allow me to post this from right wing Newsweek gab13by13 Mar 27 #4

This is huge and needs to be viewed as the GOP's dying canary Stuckinthebush Mar 27 #6

The 50 state strategy will run itself if the professionals don't screw it up. jaxexpat Mar 27 #8

If we keep the senate Stuckinthebush Mar 27 #9

Newsweek is pretty much middle. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 27 #11

What we are seeing now is the "normal" republican party from trump to MTG. republianmushroom Mar 27 #10