****BREAKING**** Debbie Wasserman-Schultz declared winner 18 minutes after polls close!

[George II]

With 63,600 votes in:

Debbie Wasserman Schultz 46,881 73.7%
Jennifer Perelman 16,719 26.3

Perelman was endorsed by Our Revolution, Brand New Congress, and Sunrise Movement.

[OnDoutside]

1. Wow, that's a crushing victory.

[secondwind]

2. Wonderful news!

[comradebillyboy]

3. No surprise there.

[sheshe2]

4. Landslide.

Huge loss for, OR, BNC and SM.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. More Than 5 in 7!

Gee, maybe her constituents like her work!
Just guessing!

[mcar]

6. No surprise, but good news

[In It to Win It]

7. ..and the Congresswoman has been quietly going about her business

No shocker here

[Demsrule86]

8. Not surprised....She is some kind of boogey man to some but loved in her district.

Good news. The seat will stay in Democratic hands.

[oasis]

9. Great news. Debbie, a longtime supporter of the postal carriers union,

has been guest speaker at several national and state conventions of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

We know for certain she'll be one of our strongest champions in congress against any privatization of the post office.

[bottomofthehill]

10. Congresswoman, Committee Chair, DNC Chair, Mother, Leader

Cancer Surviver, Democratic Organizer, Leader, she works hard for her constituents and deserves to be re-elected. Congratulations Congresswoman.

[George II]

11. And Gabby Giffords' biggest supporter during her recovery period (other than her family).

[Cha]

12. Good To Know! TY George!

[liskddksil]

13. Doesn't change the fact that she was an epic failure as DNC chair nt

[Demsrule86]

31. I don't know...the Senate released documents today that kind of put that in perspective.

[liskddksil]

32. Her reign of incompetence went way further

than just the 2016 primaries. She should have been sacked after the 2014 midterms debacle and for leaving the State Parties in shambles. Maybe then we might have averted some of the 2016 problems which she poured gasoline on.

[Awsi Dooger]

14. Too bad the Andrew Gillum uprising wasn't similarly squashed

That ignorant push irks the hell out of me every day. I should be impossible for 46% of voters to say someone is too liberal for the state, even if the candidates' slogan and sole messaging was, "I'm too liberal for this state."

[Blue_true]

15. If not for the MAGAbomber invalidating tens of thousands ballots in big blue

South Florida precincts, Gillum likely would have won, so would Senator Nelson. Gillum was not the best choice for our party, but the disruption of mailed-in ballots in big South Florida counties loomed massive in the result.

I really like Nikki Fried’s chances to be our state’s next Governor in 2 years. I hope that democratic primary voters are smarter in 2 years and nominate our strongest candidate, which looks to be Fried.

[MaryMagdaline]

20. Ballots were lost in Miramar because of the bomber

[Cetacea]

21. +1000

[liskddksil]

17. This post is confusing. Nt

[Blue_true]

26. Gillum ran a pretty tone deaf race, he failed to change tactics as the situation changed.

Even with that, the loss of mailed-in ballots in South Florida likely prevented him from winning. Ballots from the heavily republican northwest Florida were literally hand carried to be counted because of hurricane damage their.

Honestly, in Florida, I don’t understand why people have not made it a habit to early vote in person. The last time I early voted it was at a small satellite site, it had six people at six stations taking IDs and printing out ballots and around 30 voting booths, and two optical scanners - when I voted, I was one of three people voting.

[JI7]

25. Gillum is not in the same category as the grifters running against DWS

He would have made a good governor unlike the grifters.
But was just seen as too liberal for many.

[MaryMagdaline]

16. My state rep; state senator and now Congresswoman

Her challengers just never match up. Her recent challenger had a good platform, though and none of the obnoxiousness of former challengers.

[onetexan]

19. Excellent to hear! Glad she won again.

[tiredtoo]

18. Personally, gave up praying for anything years ago

I have never heard of any of the groups mentioned.

[NurseJackie]

22. Good! I like her!

[NurseJackie]

23. Those PAC's don't have a very good track record, do they?

Perelman was endorsed by Our Revolution, Brand New Congress, and Sunrise Movement.

Those PAC's don't have a very good track record, do they?

[George II]

24. No ma'am.

[Thekaspervote]

28. No they certainly don't! It speaks to the fact that the party and country are not far left

Regardless of what the “our revolution” movement says

[Celerity]

33. They did much better in 2020 than 2018, ask Eliot Engel, William Lacy Clay, Dan Lipinski, Brenda

Jones, the Republican Trojan horse in Democratic clothing Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, etc.

Bernie himself has had a pretty good run with his personal endorsements.

31 wins, 7 losses so far in federal and state level elections.

https://ballotpedia.org/Endorsements_by_Bernie_Sanders#2020

[liskddksil]

34. #FactsMatter

[nycbos]

27. Excellent

[Tarheel_Dem]

29. YAY!

[GeorgiaPeanut]

30. Cenk Uygur must be miserable

more miserable than when he got about 5% of the vote when he ran.

[Awsi Dooger]

35. Miami mayoral race will be interesting

The more progressive candidate Daneilla Levine Cava emerged from the primary to face Republican Steve Bovo in November. I struggled with the primary choice for a few days but ended up voting for Cava above fellow Democrat and former Miami mayor Alex Penelas, who was attempting a comeback after a long absence. Penelas came in a close third. It was basically 29% apiece for Bovo and Cava to 25% for Penelas. Republicans realized they couldn't send another strong candidate and risk splitting the vote, enabling the two Democrats to square off in November.

Cava did a very good job finding me and contacting me early in the process. She is only the second Democrat besides Donna Shalala who seems to have her act together in that regard, compared to what I experienced while living in Clark County, Nevada where every Democrat found me and contacted regularly.

To be fair, the Penelas campaign got its act together late in the process and made contact many times. I think he was sluggish and hadn't adjusted to the new realities after being away for 15 years or thereabouts. Penelas' wife did not want him to run. I think he sensed if he was going to make a comeback it needed to be now, in a cycle favoring Democrats.

The dilemma was due to ideology and potential impact up ballot. No doubt Cava will be attacked as too liberal, with many of the same scare tactics used successfully against Gillum two years ago. Penelas is more moderate. There are already Bovo signs all over my suburban neighborhood. The homes I know to be Republican don't all have Trump signs but they are plastered with Bovo signs. Biden needs a huge margin out of Miami-Dade. I know Cava will be described as socialist to scare local Cubans but it seemed worth it to align with her. If this had been a higher profile race like governor I would not have taken the same gamble. I would have sided with Penelas.