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brooklynite

(94,571 posts) Tue Apr 10, 2018, 11:50 PM Apr 2018

Dem defeats Trump delegate in Florida state Senate special election

Source: The Hill

The Democratic candidate in a Florida state Senate special election overwhelmingly defeated her GOP opponent, a delegate for President Trump during the 2016 election.

Democrat Lori Berman easily won the special election in the state's 31st district with 74.8 percent of the vote. Republican Tami Donnally earned about 25.2 percent with nearly all precincts reporting, according to Florida Division of Elections.

“This is a win for the people of Palm Beach County on the issues that matter to us,” Berman, a current state lawmaker, said, according to the Palm Beach Post.

“It’s a mandate that the issues we see — education, gun control, health care, the environment — matter to people of Palm Beach County,” she continued.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/382592-dem-defeats-trump-delegate-in-florida-state-senate-special-election

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Dem defeats Trump delegate in Florida state Senate special election (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2018 OP

A person really has to admire Tami Donnally's courage jmowreader Apr 2018 #1

It seems that wherever Trump lives.... SergeStorms Apr 2018 #8

right on. Crutchez_CuiBono Apr 2018 #2

Come again?? Leghorn21 Apr 2018 #3

Yippy!! this is another foreshadowing of the blue wave in November onetexan Apr 2018 #11

excellent Demovictory9 Apr 2018 #4

This is way more than a mandate! raven mad Apr 2018 #5

The blue wave. 🌊🌊🌊 LakeArenal Apr 2018 #6

The blue wave continues. Fingers crossed. That wall needs to tumble down. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #7

Per the OP link BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #9

I voted for Lori Berman yesterday obamanut2012 Apr 2018 #10

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)

1. A person really has to admire Tami Donnally's courage

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Apr 10, 2018, 11:56 PM

Apr 2018

After the shit Trump has put Palm Beach County through since before he bought Mar-a-Lago, I am a little surprised anyone affiliated with him at any time would have ever run for office there.

Given that, I'm still very pleased she got stomped like a grape. A fifty-percent margin of loss sends a serious message.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)

8. It seems that wherever Trump lives....

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 02:26 AM

Apr 2018

he totally pisses of his neighbors. His neighbors in New York hate him as well. There's a lot that can be said about that, but his ensuing arrest, heart attack, stroke, or aneurysm will say everything that needs to be said about that low-life prick.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

2. right on.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Apr 10, 2018, 11:58 PM

Apr 2018

roll tide.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

3. Come again??

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 12:27 AM

Apr 2018

————74.8 percent of the vote————

Aw HELL yeah!!

onetexan

(13,041 posts)

11. Yippy!! this is another foreshadowing of the blue wave in November

Reply to Leghorn21 (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:43 AM

Apr 2018

I hope our Dems candidates will also stomp them like a grape, as another poster has put it, and take back the House!!

Demovictory9

(32,456 posts)

4. excellent

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 12:32 AM

Apr 2018

raven mad

(4,940 posts)

5. This is way more than a mandate!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 12:41 AM

Apr 2018

This is a landslide backed by a tsunami!

Way to go my old home state!

LakeArenal

(28,817 posts)

6. The blue wave. 🌊🌊🌊

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 02:09 AM

Apr 2018

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

7. The blue wave continues. Fingers crossed. That wall needs to tumble down. nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 02:17 AM

Apr 2018

BumRushDaShow

(129,007 posts)

9. Per the OP link

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:19 AM

Apr 2018

Hillary Clinton easily won the district during the 2016 election with 61 percent of the vote. The seat is generally held by Democrats.

So this was already a blue seat but in order to bolster the tsunami, we need to hold our current seats, claw back seats we lost in the past, and start converting red seats to blue.

obamanut2012

(26,076 posts)

10. I voted for Lori Berman yesterday

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:03 AM

Apr 2018

She is the real deal -- and is always very responsive to emails and phone calls.

As noted, this is a blue seat anyway -- DUers and others in the US like to overlook that Palm Beach County, Broward, and Miami-Dade are blue.

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