Democrats flip 2 state legislature seats in Trump districts

[RandySF]

Could these be the first splashes of an impending blue wave?

Only time will tell, but Democrats have flipped two statehouse seats in New Hampshire and New York in districts won by Donald Trump.

Democrat Edie DesMarais narrowly defeated Republican Matthew Panche in New Hampshire last night, winning by 4 percentage points — just 56 votes. Trump won that district, 51 to 44 percent, according to an analysis by the Daily Kos.

Wolfeboro, the major city in that district, has long been a GOP stronghold in the statehouse — which has 400 members, the largest in the nation. Democrats have never won that district, according to the state's Democratic Party.

In New York, Democrat Christine Pellegrino defeated Republican Thomas Gargiulo, 58 to 42 percent — a dramatic reversal from Trump's 60 to 37 percent victory in that district, according to the Daily Kos.


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-flip-state-legislature-seats-trump-districts/story?id=47612725

[sprinkleeninow]

1. Well, well, well. Keep 'em coming! Attaway and way ta go!

(I heard about NH, but not NY. Good on them. Thx for posting.)

[flotsam]

2. Wolfeboro NH is a town, not a city

It has a population of 6200.

[Wounded Bear]

3. This is how it starts, at the local level...

Keep them coming.

The Emily's list training seems to be paying off, though I don't know if these winners used that. Last I heard, they had over 10,000 applicants, and they weren't necessarily all looking at congressional seats. They were talking about this kind of thing. Local offices, state houses, etc.

This is how the Repubs started, as far back as the 80's. I remember it, they were recruiting people for school board, city council, and other local offices. This is how you get people in the pipeline to rise to higher offices with experience.

The trick now is to keep our democracy going long enough to infuse the system with a bunch of good Dems.