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2020-05-13 Home Front: Politix
Early Results Point to a Blue-to-Red Flip as Mike Garcia Leads In CA-25's Special Election
[RedState] As the nation is aware, a special election was held Tuesday in California to fill the unexpired term of former Rep. Katie Hill, who resigned after an ethics scandal in October 2019. In the last month both President Trump and Barack Obama have relentlessly pushed for their party's candidate on social media, as have heavyweights from both sides of the aisle.

As of 11:00 p.m. Pacific, it looks like Republican Mike Garcia is going to fill that term, flipping the seat from blue to red – the first such flip in more than 20 years. In fact, Garcia holds a 12-point lead over Democrat Christy Smith.

Related: Who is Mike Garcia, Katie Hill's likely replacement in Congress?
Posted by Phusotle Dingle5823 2020-05-13 08:12|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Uncounted ballot boxes to be discovered in 5 ... 4 ... 3?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-13 08:19||   2020-05-13 08:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Special Election in Wisconsin also went Red. The state voted Trump previously but had a long streak of going Democrat since they voted for Reagan back in the day.
Posted by ruprecht 2020-05-13 08:30||   2020-05-13 08:30|| Front Page Top

#3 They'll keep the votes coming in till they get the Caracas results they want.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-13 08:38||   2020-05-13 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Yah. Right. Wait 'til all those mail-in ballots get printed...I mean, counted.
Posted by Mercutio 2020-05-13 08:38||   2020-05-13 08:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Dems are not a party but a criminal cartel.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-05-13 08:46||   2020-05-13 08:46|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't think they will cheat for this one. That will be for the November push. The DNC has pretty much already written this off until Nov. as per their announcements.
Posted by DarthVader 2020-05-13 09:44||   2020-05-13 09:44|| Front Page Top

#7 November push

That's when ballot harvesting kicks in. They couldn't do it this time because of the quarantine.
Posted by Phusotle Dingle5823 2020-05-13 09:46||   2020-05-13 09:46|| Front Page Top

#8 You can beat the Democrat, but can you beat the fraud?
Posted by Iblis 2020-05-13 13:14||   2020-05-13 13:14|| Front Page Top

#9 You can beat the Democrat, but can you beat the fraud?

Tough to do. Ask Norm Coleman
Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-05-13 13:33||   2020-05-13 13:33|| Front Page Top

#10 It looks like he’s a good pick: Annapolis, F/A-18 fighter pilot in Iraq (2003), VP of business development at Raytheon, backed by President Trump among others, step-father an LA policeman. He should get some plum committee seats and bring back goodies for his district as well.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-13 16:23||   2020-05-13 16:23|| Front Page Top

#11 Blue-To-Red... not good for Plugs, not good at all.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-13 16:27||   2020-05-13 16:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Remember the media analysis formula: Red flips blue or blue hold = Big deal, huge bellwether, Orange man on the way to jail. Blue flips red or red hold = Can't read anything into it or it's trending to go blue next time, Orange man on the way to jail.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-13 17:58||   2020-05-13 17:58|| Front Page Top

#13 Dems are not a party but a criminal cartel

As I see it there are 3 kinds of Democrats:
1) Corrupt, tyrannical and basically treasonous
2) Not personally corrupt but willing to ride along for the personal perks
3) Too stupid to know s/he is aiding and abetting crooks and treachers

Group 1: Nearest lampost
Group 2: Tar and feathers
Group 3: Give them a lollypop and a pat on the po-po and send them to bed.

All three groups - debar from any public office (though admittedly this would be redundant for group 1)
Posted by Mercutio 2020-05-13 18:47||   2020-05-13 18:47|| Front Page Top

#14 Dems are not a party but a criminal cartel.

Like that guy said:
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”

The Dems have truly achieved racket-hood. The party started as a great cause - protecting the working man from the rich fat cats. They went thru a business phase that profitably turned cities like Chicago into cities like Chicago. Now, it's the party of grifters, con artists, and race-hustlers. It's still the party of the working man, if you still believe the mythology, but all the money comes from Big Hollywood and Big Tech instead of the union halls.
Posted by SteveS 2020-05-13 20:54||   2020-05-13 20:54|| Front Page Top

#15 ^ Well said
Posted by Frank G 2020-05-13 21:45||   2020-05-13 21:45|| Front Page Top

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