Places where Democrats exceeded expectations

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Lets hear them.

UT-04
AZ-09
WV-02
FL-02
KY-03?

[Lief 🗽]

This is the most depressing part of this election. At least in 2010 we had NV and CO.

[Boston Bread]

Peters definitely outperformed our expectations of last year.

[Devils30]

FL-18 easy

[Maxwell]

In Florida, Patrick Murphy should've gone down with the ship. Instead? he won a very solid victory, showcasing he is the future of the Florida Democratic Party.

[retromike22]

In my imagination.

[IceSpear]

In Florida, Patrick Murphy should've gone down with the ship. Instead? he won a very solid victory, showcasing he is the future of the Florida Democratic Party.

Patrick Murphy and Gwen Graham should have children and groom them to run for office in the future.

[Fritz]

MN-8, which we were expected to lose.  God, I cringed whenever I saw an ad for Stewart Mills III.  So happy he won't be going to congress.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I think I was the only person here who said the Democrats would keep the Kentucky House. I think the reason they pulled through was that the Republicans - every blasted one of them - kept yelling about that "right-to-work" garbage.

Every. Damn. One.

You don't just come into Kentucky and brag about being against organized labor.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

MN-8, which we were expected to lose.  God, I cringed whenever I saw an ad for Stewart Mills III.  So happy he won't be going to congress.

Everything I saw of Mills, he came across as a grating, annoying, whiny, extremist jerk.

[Boston Bread]

MN-8, which we were expected to lose.  God, I cringed whenever I saw an ad for Stewart Mills III.  So happy he won't be going to congress.

Everything I saw of Mills, he came across as a grating, annoying, whiny, extremist jerk.

Congrats on KY house. Indeed a lot better than WV, whose voters have betrayed the very principals their state was founded on.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

MN-8, which we were expected to lose.  God, I cringed whenever I saw an ad for Stewart Mills III.  So happy he won't be going to congress.

Everything I saw of Mills, he came across as a grating, annoying, whiny, extremist jerk.

Yeah, but that's also true of a lot of the Republican candidates who won, so...

[Devils30]

Murphy or Graham will be running for Governor in 2018. Thankfully that is the year we need to win for redistricting and FL, WI, MI, OH will be open seats.

[Lief 🗽]

Murphy or Graham will be running for Governor in 2018. Thankfully that is the year we need to win for redistricting and FL, WI, MI, OH will be open seats.

Hopefully Democrats have figured out how to turn out low propensity voters for midterms by then...

[Devils30]

That shouldn't be the plan, maybe we can actually have a popular Democratic President then! Or an unpopular R

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That shouldn't be the plan, maybe we can actually have a popular Democratic President then! Or an unpopular R

The right-wing noise machine will do their best to make any Democrat unpopular.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Murphy or Graham will be running for Governor in 2018. Thankfully that is the year we need to win for redistricting and FL, WI, MI, OH will be open seats.

Hopefully Democrats have figured out how to turn out low propensity voters for midterms by then...

Weren't Democrats supposed to run on economic issues this time? I hardly heard a word from them about economic stuff - except in some of the Kentucky races they won.

[Nichlemn]

Gary Peters. About in line with the last polls IIRC, but considering other polls had big Democratic biases, it was pretty good. Better than Durbin, Franken, Tom Udall and similar to Coons and Booker. Just goes to show how incredibly bad Land was as a candidate.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Gary Peters. About in line with the last polls IIRC, but considering other polls had big Democratic biases, it was pretty good. Better than Durbin, Franken, Tom Udall and similar to Coons and Booker. Just goes to show how incredibly bad Land was as a candidate.

That's because "right-to-work" was such a big issue in Michigan.

[Nichlemn]

Gary Peters. About in line with the last polls IIRC, but considering other polls had big Democratic biases, it was pretty good. Better than Durbin, Franken, Tom Udall and similar to Coons and Booker. Just goes to show how incredibly bad Land was as a candidate.

That's because "right-to-work" was such a big issue in Michigan.

Why didn't Snyder lose then?

[Boston Bread]

Gary Peters. About in line with the last polls IIRC, but considering other polls had big Democratic biases, it was pretty good. Better than Durbin, Franken, Tom Udall and similar to Coons and Booker. Just goes to show how incredibly bad Land was as a candidate.

That's because "right-to-work" was such a big issue in Michigan.

Why didn't Snyder lose then?

Based on the media around the race, it was forgotten or made a minor issue. Really shameful that Freep endorsed Snyder despite them knowing he was completely untrustworthy and had hidden agendas. Maybe RTW there didn't have much effect, Walker is still the bigger labor bogeyman.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Gary Peters. About in line with the last polls IIRC, but considering other polls had big Democratic biases, it was pretty good. Better than Durbin, Franken, Tom Udall and similar to Coons and Booker. Just goes to show how incredibly bad Land was as a candidate.

That's because "right-to-work" was such a big issue in Michigan.

Why didn't Snyder lose then?

He almost did.

[morgieb]

UT-04, because Mormons are racist.
WV-02, because Mooney's a carpetbagger, and that area isn't super dominated by coal.
Some of those Arizonan house seats.
FL-02. Along with Pat Murphy Gwen Graham would make a great candidate for statewide races.
Michigan senate. Yes Land being dire helped, but Peters outpolled several Dems in safer states (i.e. Franken and Durbin).

[Maxwell]

Nick Casey could beat Mooney in a re-match.

[SPQR]

Arizona as a whole held up pretty well.