State Legislature Special Election Mega Thread

[heatcharger]

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

https://t.co/RRwavznBJ3

Why is there no vote out of Nassau County?

Anyways, seems like Trump's approval rating on the Island being bad is believable. Nice win.

[Gass3268]

Pellegrino is an elementary school teacher and was a Bernie delegate.

[ajc0918]

Nice. Both flipped seats will be hard to hold but still good temporary pick ups, shows Dems are motivated to vote.

[Figueira]

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.

Maybe Democrats can try to win every congressional district in New York!

[heatcharger]

Final tally in NY's 9th Assembly District:

✓ Christine Pellegrino (D): 57.89% - 5,590
Thomas A. Gargiulo (R): 41.93% - 4,049

She won Suffolk portion of the district 59/41 and the Nassau portion 56/44. Much better than expected.

[The Other Castro]

Meanwhile, in the safe NY SD-30, 263/268 precincts are in:

Brian Benjamin (D): 91.25% , 7464
Dawn Simmons (R): 2.73% , 223
Ruben D. Vargas (Reform): 2.02% , 165

Pretty safe to say that one's over.

[Holmes]

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.

Maybe Democrats can try to win every congressional district in New York!

Gillibrand will next year. Cuomo will win a large majority of them. Democrats should aim for 2006/2008-level seat gains in New York.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Pellegrino is an elementary school teacher and was a Bernie delegate.

And had some lovely people from the Bernie campaign running her operation

[MAINEiac4434]

So I think it's safe to say that 2018's midterm electorate will be more similar to 2006's than 2010 and 2014.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

This is great!

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I'm hearing that there was never a Democrat elected there to the assembly before.

[MAINEiac4434]

I'm hearing that there was never a Democrat elected there to the assembly before.

It's considered one of the safest GOP districts in New York. Hillary got like 34% here...GOP turnout greatly outpaced Dem turnout for the primaries.

[Gass3268]

I'm thinking Long Island is one of those places you can bet will swing pretty hard against Trump in 2020.

[socaldem]

I'm thinking Long Island is one of those places you can bet will swing pretty hard against Trump in 2020.

Yup.

Time to put some pressure on Rep. Peter King. If Dems can't find a better challenger this newly minted state representative might be be better off challenging King than seeking reelection in such a strongly Republican seat....

[KingSweden]

Much better night for Ds than I expected

[Figueira]

Meanwhile, in the safe NY SD-30, 263/268 precincts are in:

Brian Benjamin (D): 91.25% , 7464
Dawn Simmons (R): 2.73% , 223
Ruben D. Vargas (Reform): 2.02% , 165

Pretty safe to say that one's over.

It isn't always safe to say that in New York State Senate elections, but Brian Benjamin appears to be an actual Democrat.

[Smash255]

I grew up in the district, lines have changed, but still very Republican.  This one is a bit of a shocker.  Never even entered my mind that the Democrats could win here.

FWIW, this district became open because Saladino stepped down to become interim Supervisor in the Town of Oyster Bay following the resignation of Supervisor John Venditto after his indictment.  This is likely a bad sign for the TOB GOP in the fall.

[Shadows]

2016 Result -

Republican    Joseph Saladino Incumbent   68.69%   41,341
Democratic   Brendan J. Cunningham   31.31%   18,841

Trump won District 9 in 2016 by 23 points!

This is a shocker - How do you win a race by 20% when you lost by 37/38% a few months back - Gigantic swing!

Pellegrino is a teacher, Bernie Delegate & Our-Revolution endorsed candidate !

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

ERIC FINGERHUT

[MT Treasurer]

So in NH the White Democratic woman beat the male Republican, but the male Democrat lost to the male Republican, right? lol

[Gustaf]

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.

If the below is true it makes perfect sense though:

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The district that swung towards Trump was held easily by the GOP while the one that swung away from him was lost.

[mds32]

So far this year Republicans have picked up one seat and Democrats have picked up two. So +1 for Democrats in special elections.

[BuckeyeNut]

ERIC FINGERHUT

... What does this have to do with anything.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

ERIC FINGERHUT

... What does this have to do with anything.

Nothing and everything...

[Figueira]

So far this year Republicans have picked up one seat and Democrats have picked up two. So +1 for Democrats in special elections.

What did Republicans pick up outside a few party switches?

If we're counting party switches the Libertarians picked up one from R and one from D.