Special Election

It will be interesting to see if more results like this come along in reaction to the current political climate.

Democrat Allison Ikley-Freeman defeated Republican Brian O’Hara in Tuesday’s special election for a state Senate seat representing parts of Tulsa.

The 26-year-old said Oklahoma’s continuing state budget problems were a big concern of voters she spoke with during the campaign.

“Everyone I was engaging with depends in some way or another on basic needs that are provided through the state budget,” Ikley-Freeman said. “People started to feel scared.”

Update (December 6):  DSA member Ross Grooters was elected to the city council in Pleasant Hill, Iowa.

I realized politically minding my own business and having political apathy was not going to make my life better.

Whether you are on the left or the right of the political spectrum, everybody is facing the same economic hardships.

Update (December 19):  Control of the Virginia House of Delegates came down to a single vote in one race.

Update (December 23):  That vote total is now officially a tie--so it comes down to drawing a name out of bowl.

Update (January 4, 2018):  The Republican won the draw.

Update (January 17, 2018):  A heavily Republican state senate district in Wisconsin elected a Democrat with 55 percent of the vote.

Update (February 6, 2018):  Another flip in a deep red Missouri district. It was a 31 point swing from the 2016 election.

Update (February 21, 2018):  A legislative district in Kentucky that went 72 to 23 for Republicans in 2016 flipped 68 to 32 for a Democrat.

Update (March 15, 2018):  A Congressional district in Pennsylvania has likely flipped.

Update (April 4, 2018):  A Democrat won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court by a wide margin.

Update (April 24, 2018):  No win for the Democrat, but Republicans had to spend $1.2 million in a suburban Arizona Congressional district. And it was a 15 point swing for Democrats. But a Democrat did win a New York state assembly seat held by Republicans for 40 years.

Update (June 13, 2018):  Another Democratic upset in Wisconsin.

Update (August 7, 2018):  Are Fuckface supporters getting tired of his antics? The Republican barely squeaked by in a solid Ohio district.