2017 Special Election Thread: CT House 68

[heatcharger]

I thought there should be one of these as there will be a fair amount of them in the next few months.

Here are the ones that have happened so far:

VA Senate 9: McClellan (D) 91.3% defeats Fauconier (L) 8.1%
VA Senate 22: Peake (R) 53.1% defeats Washington (D) 39.6%
VA House 85: Holcomb (R) 52.8% defeats Turpin (D) 47.1%

IA House 89: Kurth (D) 72% defeats Gonzales (R) 27%

VA House 71: Bourne (D) 89.9% defeats Barclay (L) 6.6%

MN House 32B: Neu (R) 53.2% defeats Warner (D) 46.7%

DE House 10: Hansen (D) 58.1% defeats Marino (R) 40.8%

CT Senate 2: McCrory (D) 74.1% defeats McDonald (R) 25.3%
CT Senate 32: Berthel (R) 53.9% defeats Cava (D) 44.2%
CT House 115: Borer (D) 60.9% defeats Granfield (R) 35.6%

PA House 197: Vasquez (D) 80.4% defeats Honkala (G) 11.5%

GA State 32 (4/18): Jungle primary

CT House 68: Polleta (R) 78% defeats Esposito (D) 22%

OK House 28 (5/9): Barnes (D) v. Taylor (R)

[heatcharger]

The special election this Saturday in Delaware will determine the majority in the State Senate, with Dems having the edge 11-10 currently.

[heatcharger]

Waiting for that last precinct to come in, but I threw together a quick spreadsheet to see where Hansen outperformed Clinton (and vice versa):



Randomly yuuuge turnout in District 03-27 for some reason.

[heatcharger]

Thanks heatcharger. Depending on how many votes come out of the last precinct, this special election might match or beat turnout for the district in 2010 (where the Democrat, Bethany Hall-Long, beat Marino by 3%).

Any info on precinct 03 27?

No problem, and I'm not really sure what happened in 03-27.

Here's the updated precinct results:

[heatcharger]

On a side note, Hansen could be a good candidate to replace Carper in 2018.

[heatcharger]

On a side note, Hansen could be a good candidate to replace Carper in 2018.

Still think Markell is the clear choice

Yeah that was probably too ambitious of a vision. It seems like she has a chance to move up the ladder though.

[heatcharger]

Democrats have over performed Clinton in every special election since the election

Except VA HD-85.

Is there any reason in particular Dems lost this seat?  Was the Republican a strong candidate and the Dem a weak one? 

The Republican candidate was pretty good, and you have to remember this was before Trump was inaugurated.

[heatcharger]

So... anyone have a results page? I've found nothing.

[heatcharger]

Special election happening tonight in Connecticut's 68th House District. Trump won the district by a lot, so it shouldn't be too interesting.

[heatcharger]

And with all the vote in, Polleta (R) wins with 78% of the vote over Esposito (D).