AK-AL Special election: Peltola wins!

[Lourdes]

First-ever Alaska Native member of Congress!

[Holmes]

Holy sh**t

[Minnesota Mike]

LOL.

Thank you Sara Palin.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

DARK BRANDON STRIKES AGAIN

[SnowLabrador]

Wow, that's insane.

[Progressive Pessimist]

DARK BRANDON STRIKES AGAIN

Don't you mean Joe O'Biden?

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Two notes:

Sabato had this race as Safe R.

Alaska Survey Research should be the only polling firm in the country. They absolutely nailed this one.

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

As someone whose first time voting was 2008, this is an UNBELIEVABLY satisfying result

[Neo-Malthusian Misanthrope]

God bless the Begich voters. Pleasantly surprised by this result.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Alaska’s five Representatives have been, in order, Democratic, Republican, Democratic, Republican, and now Democratic.

[brucejoel99]

All is right:

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

[They not like us]

This is the best day ever.

[It’s so Joever]

This is the best day ever.

2008 was probably better lmao.

[They not like us]

This is the best day ever.

Honestly this feels as significant, if not more significant, than Doug Jones.

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

This is the best day ever.

2008 was probably better lmao.

Well Republicans thought they would lose that one.

Also, is this the first race rated Safe that has ever gone to the other party.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Peltola hadn't even been born yet the last time anyone other than Don Young held this seat!

[Bernie Derangement Syndrome Haver]

Too bad it's only for a few months and Begich will handily defeat her in November. Cool though! I like Peltola.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Too bad it's only for a few months and Begich will handily defeat her in November. Cool though! I like Peltola.

Eh Alaska is one of the most elastic states. I wouldn’t count her out

[Progressive Pessimist]

This is the best day ever.

Honestly this feels as significant, if not more significant, than Doug Jones.

Eh, I'll slightly disagree there. We may never see another win like Jones' in Alabama ever while I can see Alaska voting for Democrats more often some time in the future.

Too bad it's only for a few months and Begich will handily defeat her in November. Cool though! I like Peltola.

It was worth it just to deny Palin a comeback.

[Minnesota Mike]

I wish it wasn't the case but this feels like a huge fluke.  I don't think any Republican but Sara Palin could have lost this race.

[CookieDamage]

Too bad it's only for a few months and Begich will handily defeat her in November. Cool though! I like Peltola.

If he couldn't do well in a special election in August in a double digit red state there's no guarantee he's gonna win in November.

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I wish it wasn't the case but this feels like a huge fluke.  I don't think any Republican but Sara Palin could have lost this race.

I think we’ll be hearing that a lot in November.

[Bernie Derangement Syndrome Haver]

Too bad it's only for a few months and Begich will handily defeat her in November. Cool though! I like Peltola.

If he couldn't do well in a special election in August in a double digit red state there's no guarantee he's gonna win in November.

Republicans who ranked Palin first this time will rank Begich first instead because Palin lost to Peltola head-to-head.

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

All these takes like "This doesn't matter", "It's a fluke" and "Not much to take away from this", yet this thread would likely be a wall of "Red wave incoming" dooming & fatalism had Palin won.