DBP66 Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Democrats Score Special Election Upset In Wisconsin District Trump Won Big Amanda Terkel,HuffPost 7 hours ago Wisconsin Democrats scored a major upset victory Tuesday night, winning a state Senate seat in a district that went for Donald Trump by double digits in 2016. Caleb Frostman defeated state Rep. Andre Jacque (R) for the open seat in District 1 that was previously held by state Sen. Frank Lasee (R), who resigned to take a job in Gov. Scott Walker’s administration. Frostman will be on the ballot again in November for the regular election. Republicans held on to a state Assembly seat in District 42 that also held a special election Tuesday. Although Frostman’s term is short, his win is a huge victory for the Democratic Party. Not only was the seat held by a Republican, but Trump defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton there by 17 points in the 2016 presidential election. Trump also won the state of Wisconsin overall. “Tonight is a good night for Wisconsin Democrats,” said state party chair Martha Laning. “We continued a winning streak by flipping a red seat blue and electing Caleb Frostman to the state Senate, a 21-point swing from Trump’s 2016 performance.” Frostman’s win is especially sweet for Democrats because Walker tried to prevent Tuesday’s contests from taking place to begin with. Both the vacancies were created when Walker tapped the incumbents to join his administration in December. State law requires the governor to call special elections for vacancies that take place before May in an election year, but Walker had refused to do so. He planned to keep them vacant until the regular elections in November. The National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group led by former Attorney General Eric Holder, sued Walker ― and won. Walker reluctantly called these special elections in March, knowing full well that Democrats had a real shot at flipping the seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Brace for disappointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolsomPrisonBlues Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Democrats are taking over lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 56 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: you never disappoint...^^ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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