Special Elections Early 2025….
The BIG contest for today was the Wisconsin Supreme Court vote…..
The Democrats wanted and GOT a Win…..
Trump and Musk could NOT get over with the voters there….
GOPer’s poured a LOT of money in the race….
It didn’t work….
In Florida?
The 1st and 6th CD vote kept the US House seats with the Republicans….
Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, preserving liberals’ 4-3 majority, according to projections from Decision Desk HQ and the Cook Political Report.
NBC News: “The outcome is a setback for President Trump and his billionaire adviser, Elon Musk. Trump endorsed Schimel in the final stretch of the race, while Musk injected himself into the center of it, spending huge sums of money, visiting Wisconsin days out from Election Day and frequently posting about the race on his X feed.”
New York Times: “For Democrats, the result is a jolt of momentum… Her win showed that, at least in one instance, Mr. Musk’s seemingly endless reserves of political cash had energized more Democrats than Republicans.”
For members: Wisconsin Race Carries Major Political Implications
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Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) was projected to win the special election for Florida’s 6th Congressional District on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating Josh Weil (D) in what became a closely contested race in the deep-red district.
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Florida chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis (R) was projected to win the special election to replace former Rep. Matt Gatez (R-FL) in the 1st congressional district, defeating Gay Valimont (D), according to Decision Desk HQ.
55-45 in Wisconsin.
This after Musk poured 25 million there.
Yes…….
He may have Trump’s attention and money….
But he ain’t Shit to most other Americans
Ron DeSantis ripped on GOP Congressman elect Randy Fine and blamed him for the hemorrhaging of Republican votes in that deep red district. DeSsntis claimed Trump had to “bail him out”
I’m fine with these fools continuing to jerk off Trump and ignoring that his unpopularity is driving GOP vote falling off a cliff.
Trump ‘bailed’ him out???
Unbelievable
What a dirtbag
Trump and Musk are working HARD to shitcan THEIR COUNTRY
For Every Action?
There IS A REACTION
DeSantis Slams Congressman-Elect
“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis escalated his attacks against Randy Fine on Wednesday, blaming the representative-elect’s ‘unique problems’ for a special election victory he said should have been won by a higher margin,” Politico reports.
He said voters did not want to support Fine and that President Trump “really had to bail him out in the end.”
Said DeSantis: “These are voters who didn’t like Randy Fine but who basically are like, ‘You know what? We’re going to take one for the team. The president needs another vote up there, and so we’re going to do it.’”
More: “Just the way he conducts himself is somebody — he repels people.”
Politicalwire
The backstory to this is the DeSantis holds a grudge against Fine.
Fine had been an ally of DeSantis in Florida and endorsed him for President. Then, when he saw which way the winds were blowing, he made a big show of switching his endorsement to Trump and claimed that DeSantis was not strong enough against anti-Semitism.
So, DeSantis is trying to get back at home, using Trump as the cudgel.
It is probably true though that Trump and his network getting involved helped Fine win by a larger margin than would have otherwise been the case.
If this was a potential upset flying under the radar, it might have been better for the Democrats, but Republicans got panicked and managed to get enough voters motivated.
Also, the Democrat in this special election was pretty far to the left. Not the best way to win over swing voters.
There is lots of talk though about how “Trump voters” do not show up to vote unless Trump is on the ballot and how scary that is for Republicans. If the midterms go very badly, there will be a whole lot of Republicans saying that the Constitution must be changed to have Trump run again.
It won’t be……
Trump will have had people stepping on him to get the nomination…..
The tariff and cuts will STILL be baked in for some ….
Like Biden?
Trump IS ALREADY losing it
The REALITY IS
Donald Trump is already a lame duck President
Talk about Vance IS being made already
They will all wind up having to pretend that they are willing to defer to him. They know that he will not be able to run but they have to make it look like they would support him doing so.
I agree……
But Trump being gone after what WILL his return to whining and crying will xNOT stop them from pushing him out of the door…..
Remember
They DO NOT like the guy
It’s fear
And once they CAN get to the escape hatch?
They take it
Midterms WILL make a good amount of them find some’ball’s’ like what’s happening with the proxy vote wrestling match internally
Thanks for the backgrounder…
I am somewhat being a broken record, but something it just helps to type a few sentences and vent.
Twenty-four hours later, it is still amazing to consider the scope of the wipeout for Republicans in Chicagoland local elections. DuPage County, which in the 198os was probably as perfect a place for representation of Reagan-Bush Republican dominance anywhere in America is now completely blue.
The reaction of Republican officials and activists today seems to be to acknowledge how bad yesterday was but to claim they were rejected by the voters who did not bother to turn out because the party and its candidates were not “Trumpian” enough. They simply do not get it.
I HAVE been saying here for YEARS ….
Most things Donald J. Trump touches?
‘Turns to SHIT’….
He IS consistent