Posted on 08/18/2021 9:45:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Republicans flipped a state legislature seat in Connecticut on Tuesday night, in a huge victory in a district President Joe Biden won by over 25 percent in the 2020 election. Republican Ryan Fazio decisively defeated Democrat Alex Gevanter in the state’s 36th Senate District and ended the state Senate’s Democratic supermajority.
Congratulations to Republican @ryanfazio for winning Connecticut Senate District 36!
Biden won this district by 25 points in 2020 and tonight, we flipped it RED!
The RNC was proud to work with the @CTGOP to get out the vote.— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) August 18, 2021
!! HUGE GOP win! Flipping a state senate race in a Connecticut district that Biden won by 20+!
https://t.co/YM4u3c0fbl— Nathan Brand (@NathanBrandWA) August 18, 2021
!! STATE REPUBLICANS SECURE FIRST FLIP OF THE CYCLE !!
Congratulations to @ryanfazio for flipping Connecticut's state Senate District 36 from BLUE to RED!
pic.twitter.com/dL22vF9Ojj— Republican State Leadership Committee (@RSLC) August 18, 2021
Earlier this year, Republicans also held a battleground state House seat in Connecticut. Fazio's victory represents Americans' unfavorable view of the the Biden administration's policies, the Republican National Committee (RNC) said.
“Republicans coalesced in support of State Senator-elect Ryan Fazio and brought a sweeping victory in Connecticut," RNC spokesperson Rachel Lee said. "Fazio’s monumental win crushed Connecticut Democrats’ hopes to tread water in the midst of a failing presidency and Ned Lamont’s far-left agenda."
The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) also celebrated Fazio's victory and voters' rejection of Democrats' "radical tax and spend" agenda.
His victory demonstrates that the people of Connecticut are sick and tired of the radical tax and spend agenda coming from Democrats in Hartford and in Washington, D.C. (3/6)— Republican State Leadership Committee (@RSLC) August 18, 2021
it’s more important than ever that we have strong Republican leadership in the states.
Tonight’s result is further evidence that Republicans are on offense this cycle, and the RSLC has no intention of slowing down when it comes to winning the tough fights ahead of us. (5/6)— Republican State Leadership Committee (@RSLC) August 18, 2021
The RSLC will continue to support state Republicans to ensure wins like this so that we can grow the future of our party and stop socialism from spreading to the states.” (6/6)— Republican State Leadership Committee (@RSLC) August 18, 2021
The next major electoral test for the Biden administration and Democrats is November's gubernatorial election in Virginia.
The big question is how much did the last Democrat who held that seat win by? Was their victory in 2018 or 2020, whenever, a 25+% victory? Because if that was a squeaker for that actual seat, then winning it back doesn’t mean crap!
This is nothing more than the Assistant Democrats spraining and straining their arms, patting themselves on the back while trying to make it seem like an anti-Biden movement.
They are planning to fund raise off this narrative from every republican sucke...donor they can sucke...convince!
Tried that with our city mayor and local council seats in this past May. The most left-leaning of candidates won either in the general or the runoffs. This in a county that was +10% Trump in 2016 but somehow Biden was by 3% in 2020.
Is he any good or is he typical New England RINO?
Good sign but may be too little, too late. The democrats may have already destroyed our country.
This district used to be red, now purple, but the RINO types that dominate the GOP (this was Poppy’s home town) were rabidly anti-Trump in 2018. Ryan is an impressive young candidate, now pol.
In pursuit of the truth people should stop saying Biden WON something and replace it with TOOK or something similar.
As in:
Republicans Celebrate Flip of Dem-Held Seat in Connecticut State Senate In a District Biden Won TOOK by 25%
Said it before even with them rigging elections Biden Is starting to wear on Democrats across the country to the point where no amount of voter fraud can save them watch the Trump guy in Virginia near terrible Terry next
Does anyone have stats on number of registered voters, how any voters in Nov 2020, how many voted in this special election? I’m happy for the victory, but suspect low turnout in an off-election, rather than an anti-Dem revolution.
That’s because he probably won it by fraud.
I was reading an article about the demographics of Connecticut in a liberal website about Connecticut’s politics and they are giddy that the rural areas lost population and the suburbs gained population and they think Connecticut will never elect Republicans again...
Meh.
Might simply be demographics. The animals are breeding far faster than the descendants of the founders: game, set, match.
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