Chalk up another excellent election result for Democrats post-Dobbs. This time, it's in Alabama, right smack in the middle of its post-IVF-ruling nightmare. How sweet it is.
Yep, it's a state house race, but don't let any pundits or panicked Republicans try to minimize it. This special election took place yesterday in a GOP district because its previous representative, David Cole, resigned and pleaded guilty to voter fraud last year. (Emphasis ours.) In 2022, Cole beat Democrat Marilyn Lands by about seven points. Yesterday, Lands beat another Republican by nearly 25 points.
That's roughly a 30-point flip, for those of you doing the math at home.
In her campaign, Lands emphasized reproductive rights and, in particular, the horrifying February ruling by the Alabama State Supreme Court on in vitro fertilization, which Republicans have desperately been trying to run from ever since. She also was very open about her own abortion due to a nonviable pregnancy. In short, her platform was that women and families need to have the freedom to determine their own reproductive futures — safely and privately.
Be afraid, GOP. Be very afraid. We cats PURR.
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