Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Missouri turning blue

On Tuesday night, as major primaries all across the nation were decided, yet another special election was held, this time for a vacant GOP-held seat in Missouri.

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Democratic candidate Lauren Arthur [...] prevailed in her contest against GOP state representative and local attorney Kevin Corlew for Missouri’s 17th Senate District.

Arthur ran on a platform including education investment, Medicaid expansion, worker rights, and campaign finance reform. Corlew backed the GOP tax scam, and opposed abortion rights and gun control.

This victory marks the 42nd state legislative seat that Democrats have flipped blue since Trump’s election, in addition to the open Senate and House seat Democrats picked up.

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The GOP may have been injured by the fallout from Gov. Eric Greitens, who resigned in disgrace last week amid allegations he stole computer data from a charity, and sexually assaulted and blackmailed his former hairdresser.

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Added to what we've seen of Trump, that could indeed turn a person off the GOP.

Keep it up, Missouri.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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