Congressional Special Election (last call! unstickied after NY-27 final results)

[Politician]

Why does Mark Harris hate his own party?

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

The Orange Clown should appoint Harris as the new AG.

[DataGuy]

It appears that questions have arisen on the Democratic side as well: "WBTV investigation reveals absentee ballot work done by Democrat-funded PAC"

[Zaybay]

It appears that questions have arisen on the Democratic side as well: "WBTV investigation reveals absentee ballot work done by Democrat-funded PAC"

Cool, so we should have another election.

[DataGuy]

It appears that questions have arisen on the Democratic side as well: "WBTV investigation reveals absentee ballot work done by Democrat-funded PAC"

Cool, so we should have another election.

The idea is fair enough, I suppose. It will likely happen regardless, and I believe McCready is the overwhelming favorite to win it based on special election patterns.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

No I don’t think that the NC GOP chair and Harris are dem hacks lol. What is probably going on is that they see that this will probably go to a special election and they have to take the popular position and take so called voter fraud from their own side seriously as well so they don’t look too biased. They still want to win the special election, so they will say anything to hold it, they are politicians after all.

[IceSpear]

If the the dems steal this seat I swear to God I will never forgive them for this.

I'm sure you would've voted for Democrats in the future if they didn't "steal this seat", lol.

[Ronnie]

Does it really matter what happens?  Dems have a comfortable majority now, and this seat strikes me as a 2-year rental for Dems if they do manage to take it in an SE.

[pantsaregood]

Does it really matter what happens?  Dems have a comfortable majority now, and this seat strikes me as a 2-year rental for Dems if they do manage to take it in an SE.

Not really. It mostly just needs to be handled because the election, as is, was illegitimate.

I wouldn't bet (either way) on it being a rental. It's an R+8 district in a state that's trending D consistently. It's not impossible that a Democrat could continue to hold the seat if the district continues to trend D.

[IceSpear]

Whatever happened with NC's maps getting struck down? Is that still a thing? If so, this election could end up being even more irrelevant.

[Ronnie]

Does it really matter what happens?  Dems have a comfortable majority now, and this seat strikes me as a 2-year rental for Dems if they do manage to take it in an SE.

Not really. It mostly just needs to be handled because the election, as is, was illegitimate.

I wouldn't bet (either way) on it being a rental. It's an R+8 district in a state that's trending D consistently. It's not impossible that a Democrat could continue to hold the seat if the district continues to trend D.

The main reason the state trended D in 2016 is Mecklenberg County and the Research Triangle.  Otherwise, the state, including NC-09, trended R.

And yeah, of course I don't dispute that it's important to resolve the matter, but I'm just saying that I don't really think that a D can hold the seat in a (more-or-less neutral) presidential year.  Especially against a Republican nominee who is less of a trainwreck than Mark Harris.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Whatever happened with NC's maps getting struck down? Is that still a thing? If so, this election could end up being even more irrelevant.

Yes, they will probably be struck down by the state supreme court, like Pennsylvania's.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Whatever happened with NC's maps getting struck down? Is that still a thing? If so, this election could end up being even more irrelevant.

The maps were still struck down in federal court and if the decision stands, will need to be redrawn before the 2020 elections.  But I think it is very likely this decision will be reversed by the Supreme Court, so the existing districts will stand.

There is also a suit in state court which was recently filed, but as I understand it, it pertains only to the state legislative maps, not the congressional ones.

[RogueBeaver]

https://twitter.com/KristinWSOC9/status/1071442184065437698 A Dem apparently.

[Woody]

If the the dems steal this seat I swear to God I will never forgive them for this.

I'm sure you would've voted for Democrats in the future if they didn't "steal this seat", lol.

I would be willing to vote for people like Lipinski, Webb and maybe Ojeda.

https://twitter.com/KristinWSOC9/status/1071442184065437698 A Dem apparently.

I am not surprised.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/KristinWSOC9/status/1071442184065437698 A Dem apparently.

Frankly, the entire board probably needs to go at this point.

[cg41386]

https://twitter.com/KristinWSOC9/status/1071442184065437698 A Dem apparently.

Doesn’t seem like it according to this:

https://popular.info/p/vice-chair-of-bladen-county-board

Or this:

https://action-modernwhig.nationbuilder.com/firejock

But he did post on his Facebook about concerns about the very situation we are in now... a month before the election.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10215137445542695&id=1628732037

[Virginiá]

lmbo:

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fwiw, Lutz does come up as a Democrat in a search of NC's voter registrations: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/

[lfromnj]

lmbo:

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fwiw, Lutz does come up as a Democrat in a search of NC's voter registrations: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/

Roy moore was a Democrat when he molested those girls

[Virginiá]

Roy moore was a Democrat when he molested those girls

Honestly I don't care whether he is or isn't, I was just correcting the post before mine that disputed his status as a Democrat.

[lfromnj]

Roy moore was a Democrat when he molested those girls

Honestly I don't care whether he is or isn't, I was just correcting the post before mine that disputed his status as a Democrat.

I'm just saying it's probably a demosaur before Woodbury comes in

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/JoeBrunoWSOC9/status/1071517270608961542

This seems like a good idea.

[Bidenworth2020]

If the the dems steal this seat I swear to God I will never forgive them for this.

I'm sure you would've voted for Democrats in the future if they didn't "steal this seat", lol.

I would be willing to vote for people like Lipinski, Webb and maybe Ojeda.

https://twitter.com/KristinWSOC9/status/1071442184065437698 A Dem apparently.

I am not surprised.

but then Trump will talk about "the blacks" kneeling and you go running back.

[cg41386]

Roy moore was a Democrat when he molested those girls

Honestly I don't care whether he is or isn't, I was just correcting the post before mine that disputed his status as a Democrat.

Might be registered as one, but certainly doesn’t seem like one nowadays according to what I posted.

[AudmanOut]

When did Roy Moore get involved in this? Imo