Way To Go America....Well, Some of You




Colorado Democrat Jared Polis has won: 1st openly gay man to be a Governor of a state.
New Mexico is sending a Native American woman to Congress. She's Debra Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo. A second Native American women is also going to Congress, Sharice Davids in Kansas. She's a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation. These are the first two Native American women ever elected to Congress.
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.
Democrat Laura Kelly has beaten Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach, one of the most notorious voter suppression crusaders in the country, to flip the governorship in deep-red Kansas to the Democrats.
Michigan's Democratic candidate Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota's Ilhan Omar will be the first-ever Muslim women in Congress. Omar is a Somali-American.
Democrat Gretchen Whitmer won the governor's race in Michigan.
One of the NRA’s top-funded Republicans went down hard in Virginia. Democrat Jennifer Wexton has unseated Rep. Barbara Comstock. Rep. Wexton promoted more serious gun safety, while Barbara Comstock continued to be one of the top ten NRA-funded House officials.
Ayanna Pressley is now the first-ever black woman to represent Massachusetts in the House.
Florida voters smashed a legacy of Jim Crow and restored voting rights to more than 1 million citizens
Donna Shalala picked up Ileana Ros Lehtinen’s Miami House seat for the Democrats.
Projected 16 House seats flipped from Republican to Democrat so far.
Janie Velencia at fivethirtyeight.com writes: Overall it’s looking like a good night for women. So far, 48 women have been elected to the U.S. House (that number could hit 100 by the end of the night) and six in the Senate. There have also been three female governors elected so far. Among the women elected to office, 23 are women of color. We also have the first two Muslim women in Congress.


Comments

Kris said…
What a night. Today, when I look at my calendar, I don't just see a string of dates like I did for the past 2 years. Now I see a future....
Mary said…
My husband is not interested in politics, I came down stairs this morning wanting to shout " we took back the house" but... WE TOOK BACK THE HOUSE. sorry for the shouting! Let the reign of subpoenas begin. Yes I want to see trumps tax returns in case you want to know.
bobbie said…
Big smiles here, for a blue girl living in a VERY red state!!!
Leanna said…
Texas lost all of its Democratic races except one. We still have all the losers in office.in Texas when it comes to politics the men take over and push the little woman back into the kitchen to cook. Yeah, it's like 1950 all the time here, including the education board.
I am so glad it went the right way :-)

Have a great day!

Christer.
Writch said…
A glimmer of hope. I am so relieved, even if we didn't win all we wanted to, taking the Senate was a long shot anyway.
Guillaume said…
This was mildly satisfying. But I will be happy only when and if Trump is defeated in 2020.
Susan said…
It was immensely satisfying to let my freak flag fly, while sauntering out of the polling place yesterday. It's the first time, since voting for Obama, that I have felt a glimmer of hope. Now, if we can come up with a strong candidate and jettison that scum bag poser out of the White House, I'll be truly happy!
chickpea678 said…
HaHahaha! I love that last sentiment!