FLIP FLIP FLIP Democrat Flips Deep-Red House Seat in Missouri

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast

Democratic pick Mike Revis turns a heavily GOP state legislative district blue.

GIDEON RESNICK
02.06.18 10:17 PM ET

Democratic candidate Mike Revis on Tuesday flipped what had been a deep-red State House seat in Missouri by a 108-vote margin over his Republican opponent.

Revis defeated GOP candidate David C. Linton in the special election to replace Rep. John McCaherty, who left the office to focus on his run for Jefferson County executive.

President Trump won the heavily Republican district by a 61-33 margin in the 2016 election. There were three other special elections in the state on Tuesday night, all of which the Republican party defended. However, there were major net swings towards Democrats.

Revis' win is likely welcome news for Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), thought to be one of the most vulnerable incumbents facing reelection this year in a state that Trump won by over 18 points.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrat-flips-deep-red-house-seat-in-missouri?ref=home

[mcar]

1. Blue wave!

[Ohiogal]

2. VERY encouraging!

[Croney]

3. This makes me SO happy.

I have Trumpsucking relatives in Missouri.

[dalton99a]

4. Wonderful job

[DownriverDem]

5. Since trump was elected

35 state legislative seats have flipped from red to blue. Guess how many have flipped from blue to red? 0

[catbyte]

7. Actually, there were 4 seats that flipped from D to R, according to this:

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Still, I'll take those odds any day.

[treestar]

6. Awesome

GOTV!

[markpkessinger]

8. More than anything, this shows what was wrong with Wasserman-Schultz's stratgegy ...

... of ignoring races in heavily red states.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Ha ha ha ha ha

Put that in your pipe and smoke it dotard.