Also it is too early to know for sure which California counties may flip. By the end of tomorrow more will have been counted. Early on it looked for a while that Orange had flipped back to the GOP but the later count has Harris ahead. Fun fact about CA-Senate: Steve Garvey is losing in both counties where he played baseball (L.A. Dodgers and S.D. Padres) but is ahead by a point in Orange County. Maybe that is because he never played for the Anaheim Angels?
LmaoЁЯШВ about Garvey (frankly I'd forgotten that he was running because the race was between Porter and Schiff in reality and frankly Schiff used a brilliant strategy to box Porter out) hoping Porter stays in political life
Katie Porter is considering her options after leaving the House. She has been rumored to be looking at CA-Gov in '26. Other options that would make sense are Attorney General or Insurance Commissioner among the statewide offices. It depends on who runs for which office. If Kamala Harris runs for Governor then it would be more likely that AG Rob Bonta would run for re-election. There are a lot of moving parts here. I am sure that Katie will stay involved in politics even if she is not running for office. Now Dave Min can deal with the headaches of getting re-elected in the swing district (CA-47).
CA- Lt Gov is elected separately. The current Lt Gov ,Eleni Kounalakis, is running for Gov, so that will be open. Eleni is termed out, so she does not have the option that AG Rob Bonta has of running for re-election.
Given how chaotic the homeowners and even auto insurance markets are in California, my advice to anyone who wants a political life beyond insurance commissioner is don't run.
Harris for Gov? No no no, sheтАЩs done. I guess you tell me bc youтАЩre from CA but damn, that would be a sad vote. CA is blue enough to do it but what a kick in the teeth. I did my laundry the other day and found a Harris/Walz button while unloading the washer bc I left it in my pocket. Damn near started crying in the laundromat. SheтАЩs done and weтАЩre moving forward, I hope.
Hell yeah Dayton, MN! The past decade for that city has been crazy. They used to be a cornfield town you only knew about if you drove the backroads in/out of Minneapolis to NW exurbs. Now, they have a freeway exit and weтАЩre going to get a state house seat out of them someday soon. TheyтАЩre much bluer than they should be at this point (only 10k population) but itтАЩs all been 2nd ring suburb McMansion college educated type of growth.
Per Wiki, the population grew 55.5% from 2010-2020, 4671 to 7262 people. In 2023, itтАЩs at 10157, a 39.9% increase in three years. All because we finally finished highway 610 and connected it to the freeway. ItтАЩs one of those, тАЬAh shucks, I love government planning and infrastructureтАЭ moments. That city will hopefully be netting Dems thousands of votes someday all because we built a road.
Let's do something a little more positive today and make a list of places that flipped from Trump 2020 to Harris 2024.
I'll start:
Wolfeboro, NH
Dayton, MN
Warren, CT
Brooks, ME
Waite, ME
I hope we can maybe revisit this in the weekend open thread; it hopefully will draw more attention. ??
Also it is too early to know for sure which California counties may flip. By the end of tomorrow more will have been counted. Early on it looked for a while that Orange had flipped back to the GOP but the later count has Harris ahead. Fun fact about CA-Senate: Steve Garvey is losing in both counties where he played baseball (L.A. Dodgers and S.D. Padres) but is ahead by a point in Orange County. Maybe that is because he never played for the Anaheim Angels?
LmaoЁЯШВ about Garvey (frankly I'd forgotten that he was running because the race was between Porter and Schiff in reality and frankly Schiff used a brilliant strategy to box Porter out) hoping Porter stays in political life
Katie Porter is considering her options after leaving the House. She has been rumored to be looking at CA-Gov in '26. Other options that would make sense are Attorney General or Insurance Commissioner among the statewide offices. It depends on who runs for which office. If Kamala Harris runs for Governor then it would be more likely that AG Rob Bonta would run for re-election. There are a lot of moving parts here. I am sure that Katie will stay involved in politics even if she is not running for office. Now Dave Min can deal with the headaches of getting re-elected in the swing district (CA-47).
Agreed Porter should next run statewide; insurance Commission makes lots of sense(is LG on a ticket? In CA?)
CA- Lt Gov is elected separately. The current Lt Gov ,Eleni Kounalakis, is running for Gov, so that will be open. Eleni is termed out, so she does not have the option that AG Rob Bonta has of running for re-election.
Maybe a fit for Porter here and another run at the next open Senate race; Her and Schiff would be quite the dynamic duo
wow!! Padilla is young; imo he looks a lot older(Porter might be waiting awhile if the last few incumbents tell us anything)
It's always nice to hear someone age 51 being considered "young"
Lol I mean relative to CA Senate seats
Given how chaotic the homeowners and even auto insurance markets are in California, my advice to anyone who wants a political life beyond insurance commissioner is don't run.
I'm in Florida; I get your point, but democrats can't decide to cede any turf imo
Harris for Gov? No no no, sheтАЩs done. I guess you tell me bc youтАЩre from CA but damn, that would be a sad vote. CA is blue enough to do it but what a kick in the teeth. I did my laundry the other day and found a Harris/Walz button while unloading the washer bc I left it in my pocket. Damn near started crying in the laundromat. SheтАЩs done and weтАЩre moving forward, I hope.
she ran well but I am hoping she takes time away and writes her book
Hell yeah Dayton, MN! The past decade for that city has been crazy. They used to be a cornfield town you only knew about if you drove the backroads in/out of Minneapolis to NW exurbs. Now, they have a freeway exit and weтАЩre going to get a state house seat out of them someday soon. TheyтАЩre much bluer than they should be at this point (only 10k population) but itтАЩs all been 2nd ring suburb McMansion college educated type of growth.
Per Wiki, the population grew 55.5% from 2010-2020, 4671 to 7262 people. In 2023, itтАЩs at 10157, a 39.9% increase in three years. All because we finally finished highway 610 and connected it to the freeway. ItтАЩs one of those, тАЬAh shucks, I love government planning and infrastructureтАЭ moments. That city will hopefully be netting Dems thousands of votes someday all because we built a road.
I love comments like these that provide local color.