If she was even considering it, maybe Usha Vance should NOT convert to Christianity now. Not only did her awful hubby and Benedict Donald get repudiated across the country last night, but hubby's half-brother was squished in the Cincinnati mayoral race by 56 points! (The winner, incumbent Democrat Aftab Pureval, is of Tibetan descent, and let's just say he doesn't go to Mass on Sunday.)
And should Elise "Elsie" Stefanik rethink her run for New York Governor? Yes, New York City isn't the rest of the state. But Stefanik's nemesis, Governor Kathy Hochul, handled her endorsement of Mayor-to-be Zohran Mamdani like a political pro, looking like a winner this morning. And oh, by the way — Democrats swept our town races here in little old Wilton. Saratoga County is definitely Upstate.
Republicans must be cowering. Democrats won by huge margins: Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey by plus-13, Abigail Spanberger in Virginia by plus-16, and Yes on Prop 50 in California by 64 to 36 percent. Mainers turned away a voter-suppression ballot measure by 28 points, and Pennsylvanians retained their three State Supreme Court justices by 61 to 39. Mamdani broke 50 percent in NYC's three-way race. And in Georgia — Georgia — Democrats took two Public Service Commission races by 26 points. No wonder Marjorie Taylor Greene has been furiously backpedaling away from Trump and MAGA lately.
For us, though, the election's big story is Virginia, and not just because we used to live there. Spanberger's huge win pulled off a trifecta in the top three races, and helped Democrats swell their House of Delegates majority from 51 seats to at least 64. This is insane. Expect the Commonwealth to redraw their maps if the GOP's Trumpy gerrymandering continues. And we can't wait for Larry Sabato's take on it all. (He must be writing furiously as we speak.) We cats PURR.
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