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riversedge

(70,311 posts) Tue Feb 27, 2018, 10:23 PM Feb 2018

3rd Special Election tonight-- GOP holds KY's #HD89, winning it 67%-33%. Trump carried #HD89 by 62

2 out 3 Flipped to Blue!!

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First result: GOP holds KY's #HD89, winning it 67%-33%. Trump carried #HD89 by 62%, so that's still a net swing of 28% toward Dems.

(28% is also the average swing toward Dems in all 2018 special election so far combined, per @DKElections.)

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3rd Special Election tonight-- GOP holds KY's #HD89, winning it 67%-33%. Trump carried #HD89 by 62 (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2018 OP

The CT seat was held by the GOP since 74'. Dawson Leery Feb 2018 #1

Wonderful! David__77 Feb 2018 #2

That one was weird bearsfootball516 Feb 2018 #4

Even in the loss, that was a great showing in Kentucky. bearsfootball516 Feb 2018 #3

Very good news mvd Feb 2018 #5

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)

1. The CT seat was held by the GOP since 74'.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 10:31 PM

Feb 2018

This is a massive win.

David__77

(23,520 posts)

2. Wonderful!

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 10:36 PM

Feb 2018

How does a 0% swing flip a seat? Just curious! I guess that must be the swing in Democratic share and not the swing in D-R margin.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)

4. That one was weird

Reply to David__77 (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 12:19 AM

Feb 2018

The previous seat holder was a Republican, but Clinton won the district 52-48. The New Democrat defeated his opponent also 52-48, so technically it was a swing, with a zero percent change.