State Legislature Special Election Mega Thread

[mds32]

I felt this is probably what needed to be made.

To start it off there are 4 state legislative special elections next week!

May 23rd:

New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 44 (R)
New Hampshire House of Representatives District Carroll 6 (R)
New York State Senate District 30 (D)
New York State Assembly District 9 (R)

This is the week I think the GOP may get a wake up call, and it could start before Montana. I think the NH Democratic Party is set to pick up 1/2 House seats up this week due to shear momentum against the GOP nationally alone. The state Democratic Party has been raising money for both Democratic candidates here. The Republican Party in NH has spent only a combined $1700, the Democratic Party has spent $10000. Proving more that the Democrats are energized to take the seats.

The Senate District in NY seems to be an easy hold. The Assembly district looks like it could go the Democrats, given that the Democratic challenger has been crowd sourcing funds.

And the GOP doesn't have high favorability in NY at the moment.

[Classic Conservative]

Is Atlas now a Democratic fundraising website?

[mds32]

Lol, you are a Democrat now? I agree that these links shouldn't be posted here.

I wouldn't be surprised if Edith DesMarais were to beat Matthew Plache in District 6, or if the Democrats were to win both NH races. This is a state trending away from Republicans.

There is a enough nonsense going on in the state for the seats to flip.

[The Other Castro]

That might be against the ToS to post links like that.

[mds32]

May 30th, 2017

SC-SD-03 (R)
This should be a formality with Richard Cash (R) as the only candidate on the ballot.

SC-HD-84 (R)
This seat is open because Rep. Corley (R) (wife beater to be honest) resigned his seat. It will be a three way race.
Ronnie Young (R)
Jennifer Lariscey (D)
S. Lance Weaver (C)

I don't know the CW on the House race. We will have to wait and see.
 

[Virginiá]

I'll put this up top for a while, so long as it is updated/used.

[mds32]

Thank you!

In fact, there is one other special election occurring this upcoming Saturday.

LA-SD-2 (D) will be holding a special runoff election.

Currently there will be two Democrats facing off for this Safe D seat. The candidates are Warren Harang III (D) and Ed Price (D). I have been going through forums and articles and it would seem that Harang is much more of a DINO. Evidence of this can be seen in the election results, where the lone Republican candidate got 7% of the vote. Instead of consolidating GOP support with one candidate in a 13 candidate field, conservative voters obviously voted for the most conservative Democrat. Ed Price would seem to be the establishment Democratic choice. Harang (D) had 26.5% before the runoff while Price (D) has 22.1%.

[mds32]

TODAY:
Special Elections
NH-HD-Carrol 6th (R)
NH-HD-Hillsborough 44th (R)
NY-SD-40 (D)
NY-AD-09 (R)

New York polls close at 9pm, New Hampshire 7pm ET.

In NY-AD-09 the GOP nominated a Conservative Party member, if they hold the seat the Conservative Party will have two people in the legislature then.

[The Other Castro]

Results link for NY races:

http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us/

[windjammer]

Results link for NY races:

http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us/

No link for NH?

[The Other Castro]

Results link for NY races:

http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us/

No link for NH?

They should get posted here, though I can't find live reporting links yet.

http://sos.nh.gov/201718SpecElect.aspx

[The Other Castro]

The Democrat has won a surprise pickup in NH HD Carroll 6!

Kevin Landrigan‏ @KlandriganUL  5m5 minutes ago
NH House Dem surprise pickup [-] Edith Desmaris wins Carroll County seat in Wolfeboro, 811-755, over GOPer Matthew Plache. #nhpolitics

^Senior Reporter for Union Leader

House District Carroll 6 went for Republicans 57.05%-42.95% in 2016.

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Republicans apparently held NH HD Hillsborough 44, but it's not completely clear yet. There are still areas left to count, so Sununu may just be overeager.

Chris Sununu‏ @ChrisSununu  9m9 minutes ago
Congratulations to Mark McLean on his special election victory! It was an honor campaigning with you - welcome back to Concord! #nhpolitics

House District Hillsborough 44 went for Republicans 57.58%-42.42% in 2016.

[windjammer]

The Democrat has won a surprise pickup in NH HD Carroll 6!

Kevin Landrigan‏ @KlandriganUL  5m5 minutes ago
NH House Dem surprise pickup [-] Edith Desmaris wins Carroll County seat in Wolfeboro, 811-755, over GOPer Matthew Plache. #nhpolitics

^Senior Reporter for Union Leader

House District Carroll 6 went for Republicans 57.05%-42.95% in 2016.

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Republicans apparently held NH HD Hillsborough 44, but it's not completely clear yet.

Chris Sununu‏ @ChrisSununu  9m9 minutes ago
Congratulations to Mark McLean on his special election victory! It was an honor campaigning with you - welcome back to Concord! #nhpolitics

House District Hillsborough 44 went for Republicans 57.58%-42.42% in 2016.

According to Dailykos:

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[windjammer]

NH Democratic Party‏Compte certifié @NHDems  3 minil y a 3 minutes
Plus
 Representative-elect Edie DesMarais becomes 1st EVER Wolfeboro Democratic Representative. First seat to flip since 2016 election #nhpolitics

[The Other Castro]

Statement from NH Democratic Party:



Also, it looks like Republican Mark McLean is leading by just 2 votes in NH HD Hillsborough 44, but the remaining area is apparently more Republican leading.

[Gass3268]

[The Other Castro]

Kevin Landrigan‏ @KlandriganUL  24s25 seconds ago
Unofficial final: GOPer Mark McLean beats Democrat James Morin, 657-536 (55-45%) in Hills Dist. 44 special election. #nhpolitics

Interesting that there was only a little improvement here, but enough to flip the race in the other district.

[Holmes]

The Democrat has 100% of the vote with 2 votes in in SD-30. Stop the count!

[The Other Castro]

More results coming in from NY SD-30: 20/268 districts reporting.

Brian Benjamin (D): 136 , 90.67%
Dawn Simmons (R): 5 , 3.33%
Ruben D. Vargas (Reform): 8 , 5.33%

[Holmes]

It'll be an easy hold as usual, but it would be funny if the Republican came in third.

[The Other Castro]

First numbers coming out of NY AD-9: 17/109 districts reporting.

Christine Pellegrino (D): 60.28% , 1,047       
Thomas A. Gargiulo (R): 39.38% , 684

If this holds, that'd be amazing.

In 2016, this district went 68.69%-31.31% for the Republican.

[The Other Castro]

64/109 districts reporting (all of Suffolk is in, none of Nassau):
 
Christine Pellegrino (D): 59.26% , 3338 
Thomas A. Gargiulo (R): 40.51% , 2282

MAJOR UPSET ALERT

[Ebsy]

Big night for team DEM. Two major upsets.

[The Other Castro]

Actually, that may be all the votes, not sure. BUT, Pellegrino has won! This is big.

https://t.co/RRwavznBJ3

[Ebsy]

64/109 districts reporting (all of Suffolk is in, none of Nassau):
 
Christine Pellegrino (D): 59.26% , 3338 
Thomas A. Gargiulo (R): 40.51% , 2282

MAJOR UPSET ALERT

Holy sh**t. Does this district fall entirely within NY-2?

Yes, I believe so.