Democrats have won a surprising number of state legislature seats in special elections.
And lost surprising number too. But this is, unquestionably, good. The only question - will it hold?
At least of the ones I can recall, there have been four state special election seats in formerly/currently-safe Republican areas that Democrats have won in the six months:
- OK HD 85: Cyndi Munson (D), 54% in a 61% Romney district
- GA HD 80: Taylor Bennett (D), 55% in a 56% Romney district
- PA HD 161: Leanne Krueger-Braneky (D), 48% in a 56% GOP district
- OK SD 34: J.J. Dossett (D), 56% in a 70% Romney district
The only R victory I can recall in a special in the past six months is the one Senate seat in GA, which isn't all that surprising given the fact that despite it being a 70% Obama district, all of the recent minority voting population is very young; 65+ voters are still majority-white, while the district as a whole is 58% black VAP.
