State Legislature Special Election Megathread v3

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Polls close at 7 ET tonight.

Florida Primaries: https://floridaelectionwatch.gov/ElectionResults/?Election=04/09/2019
Georgia HD 28 (R v R): Page not up yet

I so want HD 28 to end in a tie, since this is the *third* election for this race.

How is it the third?

The first attempt was the May 22nd primary (which Erwin "won" by 67 votes), and the second attempt was the December 4th special election (Erwin "won" by 2 votes).

If you're wondering why there was no November election, it's because no Democrats filed in the May 22nd primary.

Why was Erwin not seated after winning by 67 votes?

The 67 vote win was nullified because there were a lot of voters who were given an HD-28 ballot even though they didn't live in the seat.

The 2 vote win was nullified because 4 voters were found to have been ineligible by a court.

Did those 4 voters split exactly 3-1 for Erwin?

It is not known how these voted, so the election has been cancelled because the winner was uncertain.

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Final:

Percent
Votes
Michael Fritz (REP)   
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22.30%
618
Tobias Grant (REP)   
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6.93%
192
Jesse Caleb Heifner (REP)   
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11.58%
321
Jay King (REP)   
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4.15%
115
Charlotte Meadows (REP)   
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43.96%
1,218
Daniel Sparkman (REP)   
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11.08%
307
   
2,771

Fritz should be in bold too, this is Alabama, so there is a runoff.

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Final:

Elizabeth Betancourt
(Party Preference: DEM)
27,786   
39.1%
Megan Dahle
(Party Preference: REP)
25,669   
36.2%
Patrick Henry Jones
(Party Preference: REP)
12,298   
17.3%
Lane Rickard
(Party Preference: REP)
1,305   
1.8%
Joe Turner
(Party Preference: REP)
3,943   
5.6%

This is a tough district for a Dem to win, but these results point to anything being possible in Round 2. The Democrat won the most votes in this first round, and 5/9 counties went either for the Democrat or the third-place candidate. Republicans are clearly disunified and split. Should be an interesting runoff.

Voted for Cox by 22.4% and Trump by 20.6. It's Titanium R. The runoff will be fairly straightforward and Dahle will win by 25-26 points.

I struggle to see how the margin will be over 22. You did some people voted D now and will vote for Dahle in the runoff?

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https://twitter.com/jdistaso/status/1237541827848196099

WMUR is reporting 1000-961 as the result.

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Progressive Matt Haney has won the special election for AD 17 in a landslide
https://twitter.com/KQEDnews/status/1516629196679745538
https://twitter.com/MattHaneySF/status/1516694076526972933
Im very happy about this after Calcare was killed it was decided that progressives would organize for pro Calcare candidates in the assembly and senate to get a majority of votes to pass it next year and this is our first victory hopefully we have several more in November!

Haney is (of course, it's San Francisco after all) a progressive, but in this particular race he was "less progressive" then his opponent. As i said above - it's San Francisco: you seldom get anyone  but "progressive",  from it... In distant past even it's Republican officeholders (of course - there are none todey) tended to be progressive too.... (best example being former congressman Richard Welch, who was never opposed by Democrats in his SF district, and, generally, was much closer to pragmatic liberal Democrats of his time then to typical Republicans)

From what I heard, the main defining trait of Campos was not being progressive or not, but being a NIMBY.

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It looks like we will have an imminent special election in Texas HD-2, after a subcommittee recommended expelling State Rep. Bryan Slaton.

Resigned on the 8th, expelled on the 10th (without being expelled, he would have been paid until the special election under Texas law).

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https://twitter.com/jeremyduda/status/1737536151773487134

 I believe Arizona does not have legislative special elections, and instead vacancies are filled by a committee of the departing member's party.

That committee selects three persons, the final choice is made by the relevent county government (Maricopa; 4 R, 1 D).