Hey, Some Democrats We Like Won Their Races Last Night! Hooray!
Here’s a nice time for while you refresh those election results.
OK, I was a little cracky about the Senate, but not everything's bad! We're cautiously optimistic about removing that deranged maniac from the White House, and we've also won some important races across the country. So, let's focus on some good news.
First things first, the Squad endured. House Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar all won reelection, despite serving as rightwing bogeywomen for the past two years. Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley's seats might've been relatively safe but Tlaib and Omar were less so.
Our sisterhood is resilient. https: //t.co/IfLtsvLEdx
— Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan Omar) 1604463586.0
They're still here and if all goes well, Trump won't be.
There was a brief scare last night when it seemed like badass freshman Rep. Lauren Underwood might lose, but she's holding on to a narrow lead in Illinois' 14th District. Over in Kansas' Third District, Rep. Sharice Davids decisively held off her Republican challenger. I'd already bragged about Lucy McBath's anticipated win in Georgia's Sixth, but I'll do so again. It's official! She defeated Republican Karen Handel by an even larger margin than last time. Huzzah!
Here's the new representative from Missouri's First District, Cori Bush, addressing supporters after her victory last night.
‘Our America will be led not by the small-mindedness of a powerful few, but the imagination of a mass movement that… https: //t.co/g4NYMO5nKp
— NowThis (@NowThis) 1604503380.0
In other cool news, New Mexico became the first state to elect all women of color to its House delegation. That's awesome, even if one of the winners from last night is a Republican, Yvette Herrell, who beat Democratic incumbent Rep. Xochitl Torres Small from the state's Second Congressional District.
New York Democrats Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones both made history last night as the first openly gay Black men elected to Congress. Torres defeated homophobic jerk Rubén Diaz Sr. in June's Democratic primary.
I'm also thrilled to report that Sarah McBride won her state Senate race in Delaware. She's set to become the nation's highest-ranking transgender elected official. Conservatives might consider acknowledging these landmarks a celebration of “identity politics," but representation matters. McBride is also smart as a whip and a passionate advocate for the positions she supports. McBride, who worked for the Human Rights Campaign, addressed the Democratic National Convention in 2016, another first.
From the New York Times:
In a brief interview on Tuesday night, Ms. McBride said she was "incredibly grateful" to the residents of her district and would keep her focus on serving them.
But she also said she hoped that Tuesday's results would send a "message to a young person struggling with where they fit and how they fit into this world: that our democracy is big enough for them too and their voices matter."
"I am hopeful that there's a young person desperately in need of that message, who, just before going to bed, looked online and saw this result," she said. "For that person, they know that change is possible and things can get better."
We needed that optimism this morning.
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Agreed, on your stance that it's all pernicious bullshit. I'm the product of an Asian/Hispanic mother and an Irish/Ojibwe father. I am pretty damn white, with red hair, but have the Asian facial features. I grew up in an Asian household and consider myself a person of color, but realize that others may not see it right away. What you and I have in common is more than race, and you probably have that *awesome* experience of a white person proudly sharing their racism with you, assuming that you agree with them. Honestly, that was my most hated experience whilst living in Minnesota, more than the goddamn snow emergency parking rules. Granted, it happens in California too, but not to the degree I encountered in the Midwest. Every time it happened, I was always so shocked and saddened, because I loved Minnesota so much.
That's good. I've noticed that in districts that flip that they tend not to flip back easily.