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Posted on 03/25/2026 8:47:06 AM PDT by Beowulf9
Democrat Emily Gregory won a Florida special election on Tuesday, flipping a state legislative district that is home to Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach estate that President Donald Trump counts as his residence.
The president had endorsed Gregory’s rival, Jon Maples. In a social media post Monday, he urged voters to turn out, saying Maples was backed “by so many of my Palm Beach County friends.”
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Republicans also flipped a blue seat in Virginia...first time in over 40 years...so theres that.
To be clear, that was a county seat in Virginia, not a state seat.
The TDSers will be posting variations on this event for the next two weeks, until the next event.
Split dem hares.
Palm beach is full of libs
The consequences of people who have the ability to move to different states are that when those people move away from harsh economic environments they may not necessarily change their politics. Fully half of the population is of below average intelligence. They get high tax bills and run from them without considering how they got those bills in the first place. It’s similar to the way in which people know it is bad to be in debt yet they run up credit card balances anyway. Moving to another state is like declaring bankruptcy. It doesn’t address the underlying causes.
Someone prove to me that all US elections are not corrupted.
Will the last native Floridian please shut the lights out when they leave?
Democrats flipped 9 seats in state legislative special elections
under Trump; Republicans are at zero........ as of March 4
Since the start of 2025, Democrats have racked up wins in special elections for state legislative seats, giving the party hope for the midterm elections.
NBCUniversal Profile
March 4, 2026, 10:03 AM PST / Updated March 4, 2026
Democrat Alex Holladay prevailed in a special election on Tuesday for a state legislative seat in Arkansas, marking the ninth time since President Donald Trump took office last year that the party has flipped control of a state legislative seat in a special election. In that same time, Republicans have not flipped a single state seat controlled by Democrats.
Holladay, a health care administrator, defeated Republican businessman Bo Renshaw in a race to replace state Rep. Carlton Wing, a Republican who defeated Holladay by 2 points in 2024. Arkansas’ 70th District is just north of Little Rock. In a statement, Holladay said he learned a lot from his previous loss.
“Mainly, it taught us that North Little Rock and Sherwood are primed for change,” he said. “Thousands of people told us that year that they were sick and tired of single-party GOP rule in Arkansas … The People are ready to hold our state’s leaders accountable, and that’s what this election was about.”
Holladay’s victory came after Democrats, since the start of 2025, have flipped Republican-held seats in special elections in Iowa, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Georgia and Texas. When adding in the flips from last fall’s off-year elections in New Jersey and Virginia, Democrats have flipped 27 total seats controlled by Republicans, while Republicans are still searching for their first flip, according to data compiled by the The Downballot.
Democrats say the trend portends well for them ahead of this year’s midterm elections, particularly as they have exceeded expectations in off-cycle contests while Republican turnout has proven strongest in presidential years. This is at least in part due to the Democratic coalition being increasingly made up of high-engagement, high-propensity voters, while Republicans have become the coalition of the less engaged.
That dynamic has had Republicans searching for answers on how to get their coalition to the polls without Trump on the ballot, a problem they’ve been trying to solve for years.
The elections have also come as polling has shown voters expressing dismay or skepticism with Trump’s handling of the economy and foreign affairs.
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The republican Party doesn’t make the effort necessary to get the base out during special elections. Is this done on purtpose? I am beginning to think so.
District 87 has historically been a democrat district.
Remember all the chads counting in 2000? Palm Beach county.
This stuff upsets me and I worry but your comment makes it make sense.
thanks.
“Democrats flipped 9 seats in state legislative special elections
under Trump; Republicans are at zero........ as of March 4”
Trump Fatigue. His Jerk Personality is taking its toll now that gas is $4 a gallon.
Trump is his own worse political enemy. But he cant change. His Narcissistic Personality Disorder wont let him. He is a very poor standard barer for the conservative causes he allegedly supports and in the long run has become a political gift to the Democrats.
If so, it’s been a good ride. He f*ed the Left up. I give him that.
You should look up NPD-pres Trump does not meet most of the the defining signs for it-and only a qualified mental health professional like a psychologist can diagnose NPD. Please show us your credentials. Also-pres Trump is the best standard BEARER we have had since Reagan-Sorry you don’t agree.
And a BARER would be someone showing secrets or doing something like baring their ass or some other covered body part. A BEARER carries something-standard, gifts, etc. You might want to re-check your words if you use autocomplete or talk-to-text so you get the correct one...
Is that a pic of real merchandise? If so, where is that pillow sold-I want one...
‘ You should look up NPD-pres Trump does not meet most of the the defining signs for it’
Frightened at how stupid that comment is.
Other than sometimes bragging and insisting on the best stuff, you are imagining that pres Trump is any of those things. If I had billions and had done all the good things he has, I’d brag and want the best stuff, too-so would you.
And while I’m not a psychologist, just a college educated, certified case manager and counselor, I’ll just say that you might want to watch whose comments you refer to as stupid-that is rude, uncalled for and como un pendejo-especially when you have no idea who you are talking to-people don’t have to agree with you. If you are frightened, it is only because your TDS is taking over...
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