Democrat outperforms Hillary, Obama to win NH House special election

[RandySF]

DOVER — New Hampshire Democrats won another special election to the Legislature, this one in Dover’s Ward 1 in very Democratic-leaning territory.

Casey Conley, a former reporter for Foster’s Daily Democrat, won the seat handily over Republican Guy Eaton and Libertarian Barry Shields.

Conley got 319 votes (78 percent) to 59 (14.4 percent) for Republican Eaton and 31 (7.6 percent) for Libertarian Shields.

Conley replaces Democrat Issac Epstein, who had resigned the seat last spring.

There was no primary for this post because none of the candidates had any party opponents.

The New Hampshire Young Democrats celebrated the expected win.

“We are very excited about Casey Conley’s victory and to have another young Democratic colleague in the House” said N.H Young Democrats’ Executive Director and state Rep. Amelia Keane, D-Nashua.

Link to tweet

http://www.unionleader.com/state-government/Democrats-win-another-NH-House-special-election-10242017

[Wwcd]

1. The Trump effect is fully in play. Congrats & a great sign for Dems in 2018/2020

A serious forboding for those who backed Trump.

Happy to see this & may it continue till the GOP is fractured beyond repair.

Well Done Dems

[frazzled]

2. I dont think 500 votes in a local election

is too predictive of anything.

[Wwcd]

3. I'll congrat a very healthy win. Good for Dems

Next?

[Hortensis]

17. Good for Dems, all right! NH is significantly more conservative

than neighboring, more prosperous Vermont.

RandySF, your gratuitous stab at our party leaders is noted.

[Blue_Tires]

19. I'll applaud a victory WITHOUT feeling the need to shit on Obama/HRC

The number of so-called revisionist Dems trying to pretend Obama and Hillary were the worst Dems ever is fucking sick....

[Wwcd]

20. Why is it allowed on a site that supports Democrats then.

Maybe I'm just not reading the rules correctly.
Hmm.

[RandySF]

4. I dont think Dover Ward 1 is densely populated.

I’m looking at margins and partisan engery, not raw totals.

[Wwcd]

6. One more in the Win column for Dems. No matter how local nor how sparse the area.

More Dems, less Repubs.
A nice margin too.

Hope by 2018 this country is so pukin sick of the fraud of Trump's Repubs that Dems fill seats from local to Federal.

[rwsanders]

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[jmowreader]

9. ESPECIALLY in a New Hampshire House race

The New Hampshire House of Representatives has 400 members.

That's not a misprint: 400 members. And 220 of them are Republicans.

[frazzled]

11. And ESPECIALLY in a ward that was already "very Democratic-leaning territory"

according to the article posted. And he was replacing another Democrat (who resigned because of a temporary move outside the country).

This tiny election says nothing about what is or will be going on in Arizona, Mississippi, or any other part of the country in the midterm elections for the United States Congress. Talk about your rose-colored glasses. I try to be a realist, but it's hard these days.

[murielm99]

12. Yes it is.

That is how they took over. They started at the local level.

I live in a very red area. Any time Democrats win a local seat, even a nonpartisan seat, it is cause for celebration. We have to change things from the ground up.

[jl_theprofessor]

28. Then compare it against all the other data points we already have.

[onecaliberal]

5. That x100000

[mountain grammy]

10. Congratulations to Casey Conley

[murielm99]

13. I followed the link and read the story.

The title is not the same as the title of your OP.

Why disrespect Hillary and Obama when announcing this? Unnecessary!

[RandySF]

23. No

The percentage shift toward Dems over 2012 and 2016. Read that tweet from the NH Dem Party.

[gristy]

27. The point of the OP title is that

Conley did even better than Obama and Hillary. Meaning the tides are turning and that bodes well for 2018.

[Honeycombe8]

14. I hope this is a sign that the country is ready to vote Democratic across the nation. nt

[Proud Democrat]

15. A democratic win on any level is important!

Congrats Casey!

[ehrnst]

16. Why the Hillary/Obama bashing title? That's not in the article.

We can celebrate a Democratic win without bashing other Democrats.

[Wwcd]

18. Isn't that against the rules of this site?

If it was done so as an intentional snub?

Would that intent violate rules?

Just wondering.

[RandySF]

22. Good God no

The point is the overall percentage shift toward toward Dem from 2012 and 2016.

[RandySF]

24. Here

Link to tweet

[George II]

21. Were Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama running?

[RandySF]

25. *sigh* No. The point is the trend.

Link to tweet

[Matthew28]

26. What percentage do we have

In the NH house?