NH-House, Stafford 3 (R): Susan DeRoy 71%, David Bickford (elected 2022, plus 16 years previously) 29%, 'constitutionalist' beats Olympia Snowe-esque moderate
RI-House, 42 (D): Kelsey Coletta 42%, Edward Cardillo (elected 2020) 40%, Dennis Cardillo 17%, progressive beats conservadem and his nephew
Plus one headed at least to recount:
DE-House, 36 (R): Bryan Shupe (elected 2018) 50.3%, Patrick Smith 49.7%, moderate leads extremist by 12 votes
It's also worth noting that we could easily lose the seat; it's a Johnston-based seat that went Obama+12 --> Obama +20 --> Trump+12 --> Trump+7. Cardillo's predecessor won by 44 in 2004 and then was unopposed seven times in a similar district; Cardillo won by 1.7% in 2020 and 4.9% in 2022.
With hundreds up for re-election (thanks NH), it looks like we only had three incumbent legislators go down yesterday:
DE-House, 15 (D): Kamela Smith 53%, Valerie Longhurst (elected 2004) 47%, progressive beats business-friendly speaker
NH-House, Stafford 3 (R): Susan DeRoy 71%, David Bickford (elected 2022, plus 16 years previously) 29%, 'constitutionalist' beats Olympia Snowe-esque moderate
RI-House, 42 (D): Kelsey Coletta 42%, Edward Cardillo (elected 2020) 40%, Dennis Cardillo 17%, progressive beats conservadem and his nephew
Plus one headed at least to recount:
DE-House, 36 (R): Bryan Shupe (elected 2018) 50.3%, Patrick Smith 49.7%, moderate leads extremist by 12 votes
Was there some kind of family drama reason the two Cardillo's ran against each other and split their vote share?
Good old-fashioned, generational family feud, with similar results to the 2022 primary (E Cardillo 41%, Coletta 36%, D Cardillo 23%):
https://turnto10.com/politics/edward-dennis-cardillo-johnston-rhode-island-democratic-primary-house-political-election-district-family-feud-august-2-2022
It's also worth noting that we could easily lose the seat; it's a Johnston-based seat that went Obama+12 --> Obama +20 --> Trump+12 --> Trump+7. Cardillo's predecessor won by 44 in 2004 and then was unopposed seven times in a similar district; Cardillo won by 1.7% in 2020 and 4.9% in 2022.
This is a great report. Thank you.