Thank you for this one.

The goal was permanent GOPer rule. You're breaking that up.

Gotta love the momo train.

Please consider cross posting this to the North Carolina group. Thanks again!



Kand R.

allowed us to finally get our gerrymandered congressional districts thrown out last March, which eventually netted us 4 more Democrats in our congressional delegation this past November. When all was said and done, with the special election that put Conor Lamb in, the delegation went from 13 (R) - 5(D) to 9 (R) - 9 (D).

So congrats to NC and hope that between the governor and that court, you can get your districts fixed.

gerrymander list?

If there is something at the state level requiring a certain way the districts should be drawn (here in PA, the districts needed to be "contiguous" with minimal splits in counties/municipalities), then getting it resolved by a D-leaning state Supreme Court can work without the fear of the SCOTUS getting involved to halt the attempts to fix the gerrymandering.

...but is the supermajority gone?

I used to live in NC in the '80's and part of the '90's and was discouraged that they seemed to be going backwards these past few years. I gave it some thought to moving back there after I retired, but what I was reading about the state discouraged me.

So glad you added that last sentence. I wasn't following what was going on there, with who won what. I saw references to the GOP person winning, and references to what I thought were state races. So I had no idea the result is a GAIN for the Democrats...in the national House of Rep?

This is very encouraging for all of us, and especially for the Democrats in North Carolina!

Great news!

This is an example of why it's so important to vote Democratic. We have a Democratic governor who appoints a justice to fill this vacancy.

Any victory in the slightest, and there's nothing small about yours, deserves to be celebrated. Especially when it comes to these goddamn gerrymanders.

So, congrats!!

YOU KICKED BUTT!

This ain't small - y'all did great!! dsc, I'd be willing to bet all the walking/flyers/in persons etc. did the trick so.... and absolutely DID IT!!

My wife went to Chapel Hill. We'd like to retire to NC someday. Please keep making it evermore blue!

I love NC, and I’m glad to see things getting better for y’all.

It means a lot for the governance of your state. Was the appointment of Flint's "emergency manager" small?

Plus, it could mean more Dems in the house from your state.

No good news is too small

Thanks for posting this, dsc! It's terrific news! It's another brick in the wall - that we're building to close in around trump!

Besides, you know that saying - "good things come in little packages"!