Interesting live graphic from NYT as of 1 hour ago:
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sorry for the second kibitz in a row … but it’s white evangelicals i’m sure. there are enough black evangelicals out there commentators should really make the distinction
to follow up on the uvalde results… the local results are just as depressing as the governor’s race after all:
The incumbent Uvalde County Commissioner for Precinct 2 has been re-elected despite contention in the wake of the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School. Mariano Pargas, Jr., who was also the interim Uvalde police chief during the shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers, won the election with 45% of the vote
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god, kotek better win. i’ll keep my fingers crossed for you all. that’d be a serious swing to the right for a very blue state if drazan wins. 
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The red wave didn’t come and now this. This might give right wingers a bit of pause.
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So Gen Z saved democracy? Nice.
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Shoddy candidate quality came back to bite the GOP
So, the question, it turns out, is not, “What did Democrats do wrong?” It’s “What did Democrats do right?” Or, if we allow that the GOP may also have agency, maybe the question is “What did Republicans do wrong?”
That last question isn’t hard to answer. Republicans nominated a phalanx of inexperienced clowns, bounders, grifters, cads, and fascists. In Pennsylvania, they put up Mehmet Oz for Senate, a TV doctor with no principles and no political experience who literally killed puppies. In Georgia they nominated Herschel Walker, a former football player with, again, no political experience, who it turned out had fathered a number of children secretly, paid other women to have abortions, and also was credibly accused of domestic abuse. For the Pennsylvania governor’s race, they nominated Doug Mastriano, a Christian nationalist who compulsively spewed antisemitic bilge on the campaign trail in his run against Jewish governor Josh Shapiro. (Shapiro won his race easily.)
In addition to selecting poor candidates, Republicans alienated voters with their extreme rhetoric and unpopular policies. The biggest issue here was abortion rights. The christofascist Republican Supreme Court gutted women’s right to privacy and bodily autonomy in June. The decision was very unpopular; 57 percent of Americans disapproved to only 41 percent who approve.
Also
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1590308347319705600
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Those numbers bring up something that is worth keeping in mind. They are living on borrowed time. The 65+ keep dying off and the 18-24 keep aging in. We are currently fighting a rear guard action as reinforcements are arriving. Even maintaining status quo in a midterm like this is a huge victory. The MAGAts will scream bloody murder over it and view it as a defeat, as they should. It’s not a win, but it is not a loss for us either. And the cavalry is coming over the hill. Stay strong.
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Oh Texas. I am so fucking disappointed 
GOP for all state levels. 24 GOP to the house. 13 democrats. So the two new seats got split
Fuuuuck.
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I was really hoping at least Paxton would lose. 
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Yeah. I was too. He was vulnerable in a way the others aren’t and does a lot of damage. I’m not sure the office of the attorney general is going to survive another 4 years with him. He ignores and budget starves all the parts that don’t advance his political agenda
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Ray of light - Tim Ryan’s relentless campaigning didn’t win him the senate seat, but the reporting I’ve seen credits the heavy dem push associated with his campaign with two Ohio house seats flipping D. From what I read, each had polled <20% chance to flip, huge upsets.
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Alaska has ranked-choice voting now, so there’s still room for Palin to win, right?
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Yes, but it’s Begich’s votes that will be redistributed and there’s no chance that Palin will get 90% of his voters. He’s pretty moderate.
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Thanks, that makes me feel better.
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Aha! “Max Frost”
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