State Legislature Special Election Megathread v3

[Morning in Atlas]

https://twitter.com/jdistaso/status/1237541827848196099

That's an R to D flip in a Trump +10 district.

Also going to be a big stinger for the NH GOP. They dug deep to hold on there.

The NHGOP running an absolute lunatic didn't help either. Their candidate was a Free Stater who literally called for NH to secede from the US.

Also comparing LGBT rights to pedophilia and democracy to gang rape. I've seen some nutjob candidates and representatives, and Axelman is one of the craziest.

[Morning in Atlas]

https://twitter.com/rpyers/status/1351977664916066305

Former CA-50 candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar puts out a bizarre press release in the AD-79 race. He humble-brags about leading the polls and how his exploratory committee saw a path to victory

and then passes on running because he doesn't want to get in the way of a woman of color.

Now I'm just watching this guy's career because it's like a trainwreck in real time. utter self immolation.

[Morning in Atlas]

maybe he's hoping the CA-50 get's redrawn to be more favourable and he get it nextime ?
Didn't he also get in trouble for being very alt-right and giving an interview to like a white nationalist group ? maybe he's trying to score woke points to get more favourable ?

I mean he's openly said he's open to challenging Issa if the conditions are right.

Either way, he's proven he's devoid of principle.

[Morning in Atlas]

I hope IndyRep doesn't mind me hijacking his thread. NH state rep election. Quickly D-trending suburb with a history of voting R.

[Morning in Atlas]

https://twitter.com/FostersDailyDem/status/1600847167551315969

Our first special election in NH, on February 6th, is a tiebreaker to resolve a 2022 election.

Incumbent Democrat Chuck Grassie originally lost to David Walker, another elected official, by 1 vote. A recount later revealed a tie, causing both candidates to withdraw their challenges and let it go to the state legislature.

There really isn't much settled precedent here on what to do in this situation. NH politics being arcane as it is, left it to the state legislature to decide. They had two options: hold another election, or break the tie themselves. They narrowly voted to hold another election, and here we are.

[Morning in Atlas]

https://twitter.com/ECaliberSeven/status/1704288991883714646

Guzofski was f**king nuts - literally on tape believing demons were real - but this was a shocking result to say the least. I'm starting to get false hope again.

(FWIW I still think the state senate and executive council are Lean R - the maps are gerrymandered to sh*t. All I know is that Cryans will attempt a comeback in EC-2 because that's what he does.)