I'm not sure what Obama won this district by, but I suspect more than 58% in both elections. Few places in the country swung as hard to the right in the Trump era as this Senate district.
The vote was 4,812 for Zimmer and 4,473 for Whittington. For perspective, in 2022, Cournoyer won 14,552-9,292. Obviously, take the win, but it seems like we could be poised for another misleading wave of special elections with slightly elevated Democratic turnout not necessarily reflective of the electoral reality.
Hey, nobody gonna mention Dems picked up the IA State Senate special in an upset: https://nitter.poast.org/PollTracker2024/status/1884443218764521788#m
Dems also overperformed in the MN special.
It's upthread
It was supposed to be an R-7 district and the Dem, Mark Zimmer, is up by 3.6 points.
Whoa!
This Iowa district is the successor of SD-49, which was held by Dem Rita Hart until 2018 and then Republican-held from then onwards.
I'm not sure what Obama won this district by, but I suspect more than 58% in both elections. Few places in the country swung as hard to the right in the Trump era as this Senate district.
The vote was 4,812 for Zimmer and 4,473 for Whittington. For perspective, in 2022, Cournoyer won 14,552-9,292. Obviously, take the win, but it seems like we could be poised for another misleading wave of special elections with slightly elevated Democratic turnout not necessarily reflective of the electoral reality.
But possibly reflective of a midterm reality.
Exactly