Posted on 11/09/2020 9:13:50 AM PST by 11th_VA
With several races still unresolved, Republicans are on track to make major gains in the House of Representatives — with women definitely leading the way.
Female candidates account for most of the seats that the GOP has wrested from the Democrats so far, and this year is likely to set a new record for the number of Republican women elected to the House (beating 2004’s 25). Two dozen have won already, and another seven may yet be declared the victors.
“The story of the night is the success of Republican women at the ballot box,” said Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who led the drive to recruit and elect more female candidates. “For all these naysayers, we have proven that strong, Republican women are the best candidates to put on the ballot.”
Several were sure things, running in safe red seats: Kat Cammack (Fla.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Mary Miller (Ill.-15), Lisa McClain (Mich.) and Diana Harshbarger (Tenn.).
But others beat longer odds, including (so far) New York’s own Nicole Malliotakis as well as Maria Elvira Salazar (Fla.), Victoria Spartz (Ind.), Ashley Hinson (Iowa), Michelle Fischbach (Minn.), Yvette Herrell (NM), Kendra Horn (Ind.), Nancy Mace (SC) and Beth Van Duyne (Texas). Nearly all of them unseated Democratic incumbents.
The 2019-20 House had just 13 Republican women; Stefanik’s leadership may well see that figure triple.
All this, when Democrats had been smugly predicting they’d gain House seats, with women leading the way. Speaker Nancy Pelosi boasted on Election Day, “Tonight, House Democrats are poised to further strengthen our majority — the biggest, most diverse, most dynamic, women-led House majority in history.”
To be fair, it was a team GOP effort that went far beyond Stefanik’s work ...
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I do not know what will happen in the coming weeks, months, and years but I won’t feel satisfied until President Trump is vindicated.
See my tagline—research the election of 1876 and you will see how we do this.
Totally agree.
When the country is totally divided, you can choose the path of 1860 or the path of 1876.
I’m hoping we do the 1876 thing.
The key thing to understand about the election of 1876 was that it _allegedly_ had the highest voter turnout in American history—by a wide margin.
The “secret”—massive voter fraud, just like in 2020.
Sorry I no longer read News Corp properties. Not even NY Post.
Great. Time to get rid of Liz Cheney in leadership.
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I hope all these new Republican woman have more balls than most of the Republican men up there...
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Yes. Our beloved country with its current wonderful President deserves our complete allegiance. PDJT has stood for the Constitution since day one; and as long as he maintains that position, he deserves our full support!
I am particularly glad of Yvette Herrell’s victor over Torres Small.
Kendra Horn was Oklahoma Democrat. Not Indiana.
If the Republicans, whether re-elected or newly elected, do anything whatsoever to participate in the attempt to legitimize this criminal electoral fraud to elevate a dictatorial usurper, then the Republican Party deserves to die. And it will.
And Michelle Steel looks poised to beat Harley Rouda for another R+1
I can’t, actually I can, believe the fools talking about future elections after it’s been shown how Democrats can move votes at will.
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