politics

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Summaries so far:

• Beshear won Kentucky relatively handily, turns out impoverished appalachian voters care more for getting disaster aid than for mass surveillance on trans kids, whodathunkit? (The other statewide offices didn't get a boost from him, though.)
• Heading north, "Skibidi Rizz" Ohio is adding constitutional protection for abortions and legalizing cannabis.
• Virginia has voted not to open a casino in Richmond.
• Meanwhile in Texas, a measure banning any implementation of a state income tax is likely to be approved, to the delight of techbros everywhere trying to build their cult compounds there.
• Bridgeport, Connecticut got its Dem primary results thrown out after inconsistencies were noted, meaning that the general election gets to happen before the primaries happen again.
• Colorado opposed transferring tax refund money to school funding, instead supporting the usage of the tobacco tax to fund preschools.
• Maine voted against the state government expropriating the for-profit electricity duopoly
• In the West Bronx (minus the "We Have Soviet Microdistricts At Home" Co-op City), Republican Kristy Marmorato (endorsed by the Proud Boys- always a good sign that a candidate is Normal) holds a slight lead over Democrat Marjorie Velazquez (who has spent the past year becoming the Borough's Charlie Crist).
• Pennsylvania has voted by 53% for the Dem nominee in the state supreme court.
• Philadelphia has elected an Eric Adams-type Law And Order mayor, sure that'll bring crime rates down this time
• Socdem Sara Innamorato was elected to be the county executive of Allegheny County. The chances of me moving to Pittsburgh would continue to increase if it weren't for her being an Israel defender. On the other hand, Blue Dog-turned-Republican Steve Zappala narrowly beat progressive Matt Dugan.
• Danica Roem has become Virginia's first trans state senator, in the 30th seat. Youngkin spent half a million backing her opponent in a safe D seat, leaving swing district Republicans to dry and handing over the state legislature to Dems. Nice Work!
• Democrat Susanna Gibson, thought to be dead in the water after the reveal of her past as a Chatubate streamer (with which there's nothing wrong), tan surprisingly competitively in Virginia's 57th district, but lost because Virginians are prudes. She somehow managed to win over the suburbs, though
• rip youngkin next election though lmao
• Ed Durr, the most famous Truck Driver to hold a Republican state legislature seat, is voted out in New Jersey.
• Basically everywhere, Moms For Liberty's school board candidates are flopping.
• And in my hometown of Charleston, there's gonna be a runoff against Desantisite William Cogswell and infamously pro-gentrification incumbent John Tecklenberg. DSA-adjacent Mika Gadsden only got 3 percent of the vote.
• Charleston doesn't deserve to be inhabited. Neither does anywhere else in South Carolina.