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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Wed Mar 8, 2017, 05:38 AM Mar 2017

Congratulations to Mayor Garcetti. This is what a mandate looks like

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D) and all eight city council representatives up for re-election on Tuesday won their races outright, avoiding the need to participate in a runoff election, according to partial returns. Garcetti won re-election in a landslide, earning more than 80 percent of the vote against 10 opponents, with half the votes counted. He spent more than $3 million on his campaign, despite facing no big-name challengers, seeking what the Los Angeles Times calls "a solid affirmation of hometown support for a potential run for higher office."

http://theweek.com/speedreads/684658/los-angeles-mayor-eric-garcetti-easily-wins-reelection

Thank God I live in a blue city where people are people and Deplorables are rare.

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Congratulations to Mayor Garcetti. This is what a mandate looks like (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 OP

Thank God I live in a blue city where people are people and Deplorables are rare. LenaBaby61 Mar 2017 #1

I should be asleep. I got up to check the mayoral race and Measure S. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Norbert9 Mar 2017 #3

OK, I'm jealous. Ligyron Mar 2017 #4

Many counties in CA had their own Medicaid expansion prior to the ACA DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #7

I LOVE Cali! Ligyron Mar 2017 #8

Blue State GWC58 Mar 2017 #5

same here crazycatlady Mar 2017 #6

It's looking like GWC58 Mar 2017 #9

LenaBaby61

(6,976 posts)

1. Thank God I live in a blue city where people are people and Deplorables are rare.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 06:38 AM

Mar 2017

Same here DemocratSinceBirth

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

2. I should be asleep. I got up to check the mayoral race and Measure S.

Reply to LenaBaby61 (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 06:41 AM

Mar 2017

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Norbert9 This message was self-deleted by its author.

Ligyron

(7,636 posts)

4. OK, I'm jealous.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 08:31 AM

Mar 2017

Live in the same town dump visits every weekend. Slight liberal majority here and even the more wealthy GOPers hate dump. No class.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

7. Many counties in CA had their own Medicaid expansion prior to the ACA

Reply to Ligyron (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 09:33 AM

Mar 2017

Anybody earning $16,000.00 or less got free health insurance.

Ligyron

(7,636 posts)

8. I LOVE Cali!

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 09:59 AM

Mar 2017

Should have moved there years and years ago.

For the weather if nothing else. If the elections in '18 don't indicate a much more progressive agenda on the rise, I may have to make that move.

Better late than never.

GWC58

(2,678 posts)

5. Blue State

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 08:46 AM

Mar 2017

Red governor! 😩

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)

6. same here

Reply to GWC58 (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 09:08 AM

Mar 2017

But Red Governor (18% approval rating) is termed out and will be replaced in January.

GWC58

(2,678 posts)

9. It's looking like

Reply to crazycatlady (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 10:10 AM

Mar 2017

Larry Hogan will be re-elected. Can't say for sure, but he's fairly popular. It depends on who the Dems nominate. We nominated the wrond Democrat in 2014. Brown had no chance, even in blue Maryland, that year. So in 12 years Maryland had the chance to elect the first female governor, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and didn't and it's first AA, and didn't. Add to the fact Larry "who" Hogan was not very well known. This state isn't as blue, or as liberal, as one might think.

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