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ehrnst

(32,640 posts) Tue Dec 19, 2017, 04:42 PM Dec 2017

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Republicans lose their majority in the Virginia House of Delegates!!!! [View all]

Shelly Simonds is up by one vote. All have been counted. She was down by 10 and picked up 11!

They are checking math one last time.

VA went BLUE by the skin of their nose!!!

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Republicans lose their majority in the Virginia House of Delegates!!!! [View all] ehrnst Dec 2017 OP

WOOHOO! MoonRiver Dec 2017 #1

Seriously? leftynyc Dec 2017 #2

WOW!. . . . n/t annabanana Dec 2017 #3

I needed some good news today!! Blue_Tires Dec 2017 #4

me 2 YAY!! onetexan Dec 2017 #26

Yes! Iliyah Dec 2017 #5

So the next time someone tries to tell you your vote doesn't mean anything VMA131Marine Dec 2017 #6

One vote to flip power? ONE vote. Let this be an example to hold up to all voters! Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #9

Indeed. iluvtennis Dec 2017 #23

TOTALLY. calimary Dec 2017 #41

A great ad campaign for future Virginia Dems would be to find and feature folks that voted....barely LiberalLovinLug Dec 2017 #48

For real & sure? irisblue Dec 2017 #7

Yes there will be lawsuits which may give the Democrats another seat Gothmog Dec 2017 #12

big part of gop strategy will be using local talk radio to rile base to intimidate local oficials certainot Dec 2017 #47

WOW Gothmog Dec 2017 #8

From Prof. Hasen's election law blog Gothmog Dec 2017 #10

Literally, every vote counts! AlexSFCA Dec 2017 #11

Polical Earth quake my friends. Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #13

Thank God that one voter wasn't discouraged by DU's Eeyores IronLionZion Dec 2017 #14

amen to that! RoBear Dec 2017 #35

One vote ? syringis Dec 2017 #15

HOpe it holds.. Mahalo ehrnst! Cha Dec 2017 #16

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2017 #17

WAPO now reporting ehrnst Dec 2017 #18

Won't count bluecollar2 Dec 2017 #19

This makes me smile Gothmog Dec 2017 #20

Best news of the day! nt PunkinPi Dec 2017 #21

Is it certified?! Roland99 Dec 2017 #22

Every vote counts! mcar Dec 2017 #24

awesome! yurbud Dec 2017 #25

Hope the recount recount comes back the same. ffr Dec 2017 #27

What about Tanner? rgbecker Dec 2017 #28

Let this be held from the highest mountaintop for all to see DFW Dec 2017 #29

Just saw the story on WaPo ClarendonDem Dec 2017 #30

Proud to have lived in Blue States, now Virginia 2 yrs djacq Dec 2017 #31

Welcome to DU, djacq! calimary Dec 2017 #42

fantastic news!!!!!!! Let this story be used in a national GOTV 2018 ad campaign Takket Dec 2017 #32

Congratulations Virginia- Way to Go Old Dominion, Newport News Area! appalachiablue Dec 2017 #33

By ONE VOTE in the recount. Liberal In Texas Dec 2017 #34

This is wonderful! JustAnotherGen Dec 2017 #36

ONE vote! NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 #37

Yes!!!!!!! We did that! 😁 nt helpisontheway Dec 2017 #38

K & R L. Coyote Dec 2017 #39

Now get rid of that gerrymandering packman Dec 2017 #40

It's great that it's now 50-50, but Democrats are not in control onenote Dec 2017 #44

That's not all they're going to lose control of world wide wally Dec 2017 #43

Yeehah! Nitram Dec 2017 #45

We had a local election same thing happened a tie..... Historic NY Dec 2017 #46

BOOMMM! Blue_true Dec 2017 #49