Posted on 04/11/2017 8:30:25 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
Kansas state Treasurer Ron Estes held off a stronger-than-expected challenge from Democratic civil rights attorney James Thompson Tuesday night as the GOP won the first special congressional election since President Trump's inauguration.
The election was held to fill the House seat vacated by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, a former three-term representative of Kansas' 4th district.
With 94 percent of the precincts reporting, Estes had won 52 percent of the vote to 46 percent for Thompson. The Republican's margin was just under 6,500 votes. By contrast, Pompeo's narrowest victory, in 2014, was by just under 70,000 votes.
The race had been closely watched nationally for signs of a backlash against Republicans or waning support from Trump voters in a reliably Republican district. Trump won 60 percent of the votes cast in the 17-county congressional district this past November.
The president himself entered the fray Monday with a recorded get-out-the-vote call on Estes' behalf.
Estes supported Trump last year and backs the president's policies. He supports the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, backs funding for a wall on the border with Mexico, opposes funding for Planned Parenthood, and does not believe an independent investigation into Russian hacking of the election is needed.
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Bwahahahahahahahaha
Awesome.
Good job jay hawks
I hear Democratic civil rights attorney James Thompson is already going to file for the 2018 race
Another LSM narrative bites the dust...
A razor close win is still a win!
And 6% isn’t narrow. For this seat, closer than it should be, but that’s a significant gap.
ESTES-TRUMP VICTORY!
We need to win the Georgia seat now!!!
“ESTES-TRUMP VICTORY!”
Exactly!! This narrative the MSM has been pushing since the primaries that Trump has no coattails has been proved to be completely false. Trump has done a great job helping people get over the finish line with a victory.
But there is a politician who has a terrible record of coattails and is a disaster for anyone he has gone out there to help win....that is The Kenyan!!! Every race he got involved in, from House, Senate, the National election...even Brexit!!...he was like a poison pill. But not a peep from the MSM; they are like little handmaidens.
FAN-tastic! I said a prayer, hoping for this outcome!
So. Much, Winning!
It’s, ‘The Trump Effect,’ no doubt! :)
How many Illegals voted Illegally in this election?
Glad Estes won, but WHY was this such a close election in a deep red state like Kansas?? And why is Gov. Brownback (supposedly) so unpopular?
And the final tally was actually 8.3% which is hardly a close race. It’s not landslide but it’s a shellacking.
And the final tally was actually 8.3% which is hardly a close race. It’s not landslide but it’s a shellacking.
Sorry Commies, we normal people have NOT given up on Trump at ALL!!! ;)
Lousy candidate on GOP and race was nationalized by Dems. But still won by almost 10 points.
They’re trying to recreate Tea Party wave. But candidates like Christie and Scott Brown actually won in deep blue states - and statewide no less. They didn’t lose by 10 points and claim victory.
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