Democrat Mike Zimmer wins special election for Iowa's 35th senate district seat
Democrat Mike Zimmer wins special election for Iowa's 35th senate district seat
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In a district that Trump carried +21%.
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That's a lot of buyers remorse, real quick.
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The special election had 9304 votes, where the 2022 election had 23850. I couldn't easily find the number cast for the general this year, but I'm guessing most of the win can be chalked up to Rs feeling like they didn't need to vote and Ds desperately trying to find ways to change things. Just very low turnout rather than buyers remorse I would guess.
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State Senate seat if you were wondering, still good though
Id argue thst in some ways control of the state government is more important, and right now? Its infinitely more important since the states can activately fuck with the feds and bite back.
I agree. It was Republican focus on control of state legislatures that got us where we are. While Democrats focused on national races, the GOP put huge focus and dollars into taking over state legislatures one by one. Once they had sufficient control in a state, they gerrymandered the hell out of the maps making it impossible for Democrats to take it back. Most "Red" states are not really all that red. They are just gerrymandered to the point that the the votes of non-Republicans don't matter. Now, through voter suppression, those legislatures are making sure that the non-Republican voters cannot be heard at the national level either. This has been a plot in the making for decades and it is finally coming to fruition.
I don't know if it can be stopped now, but if it can be, it'll be by taking back the state legislatures and making sure everyone's vote counts again.