CT State Senator elected solely on Working Families line

[Zioneer]

http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Former-state-Sen-Gomes-reclaims-Senate-seat-6099859.php



Considering that State Senator Gomes is a former incumbent and that he's probably going to switch back to the Dems now that he's elected anyway, this isn't as impressive as it sounds, but still fairly impressive.

[Vega]

What's more interesting to me is that the Connecticut State Senate doesn't start till late February when they were elected in November.

[Bakersfield Uber Alles]

It's always cool to see third parties win. I wonder if he'll switch back to being a Democrat.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

This also happened with a city council seat ten years ago, I believe. I'm not a fan of the party, but I am usually happy to see third-party success.

[homelycooking]

Working Families Party members hold municipal board seats in both Hartford and Bridgeport. In heavily-Democratic cities, Connecticut's minority representation laws often end up reserving seats for the WFP in such places rather than for the Republicans.

Keep in mind also that this was a poorly-attended special election on a brutally cold Tuesday in February, in which highly-motivated voters turned out for their third-party candidate and most everyone else stayed home. Amidst considerable vote-splitting, 1,309 votes elected a Senator who will represent about 100,000 people.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Couldn't have happened here, as we have a sore loser law.