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Cattledog

(6,338 posts) Wed Nov 8, 2017, 05:08 PM Nov 2017

Deborah Gonzalez (D) Flips House district 117 seat! Congrats

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Multiple flips in GA! MarvinGardens Nov 2017 #1

MarvinGardens

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1. Multiple flips in GA!

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Wed Nov 8, 2017, 05:13 PM

Nov 2017

http://politics.blog.myajc.com/2017/11/07/a-democratic-wave-sends-a-ripple-through-georgia-politics/

Georgia Democrats strung together improbable victories on Tuesday night, emboldening partisans who hope their strong performance is a prelude to next year’s statewide vote – and the beginning of a forceful rebuke of President Donald Trump.

Democratic newcomers flipped two state House seats in northeast Georgia considered so conservative that the party hasn’t even contested them since the lines were redrawn in 2012. And Democrats captured an Atlanta-based state Senate district long held by a Republican, breaking the GOP super-majority in the chamber.

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