HD-34 is 100% in. Seabaugh (R) and Smith (D) advance to a runoff. The two Republicans in the race won 59% of the vote, which is an improvement over Trump and Reeves' performance.
Dems are doing awful in the multi-candidate races such as these, TX-6 and better in the higher profile races like NM-1, GA runoffs. That state Senate seat in Scranton was kind of in the middle but Ds are doing better in the regular D vs R one on one matchups. Dems will not win traditionally R districts in anything without trying.
It makes sense. If you're a Republican, you have 2+ Republicans who have a real shot at winning. You have a real reason to turn out, because this determines who is actually going to represent you for a while. If you're a Democrat, you have not shot in a safely R seat, and there's no point in turning out to vote for some doomed person who's 100% certain to lose, either in round 1 or round 2.
So you have one party having an actually important election, and one party having the symbolic walkover election in a safe seat, at the same time. From what I recall we've seen the same thing in Louisiana-style special elections in safe blue seats.
