THANKS TAYLOR- NOW EVEN THOUGH VOTERS WEREN’T GOING TO THE BALLOT BOX TO ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT – YESTERDAY WAS STILL A BIG DAY FOR OUR NATION… ONONDAGA COUNTY EVEN SAW VOTER TURNOUT CLOSE TO THE 20-16 ELECTION.. NOW FOR THOSE WHO DIDN’T STAY UP LAST NIGHT TO WATCH THE RESULTS COME IN – I AM HERE TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN…
THE FIRST QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT LAST NIGHT’S RESULTS IS – DID THE DEMOCRATS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE?…
AND THE ANSWER IS YES… DEMS WERE PROJECTED TO WIN THE HOUSE LAST NIGHT AND THEY DID… AMERICA KEPT THEIR EYE ON KEY RACES WITH REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS – LIKE VIRGINA’S 10TH DISTRICT… INCUMBENT BARBARA COMSTOCK WAS NOT ABLE TO HOLD ON TO HER SEAT IN CONGRESS – AS DEMOCRAT JENNIFER WEXTON WAS DECLARED THE WINNER WITH FIFTY-SIX POINT 2 PERCENT OF THE VOTE…
HOWEVER- THE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT DID WIN IN NEW YORK’S 24TH DISTRICT… CONGRESSMAN JOHN KATKO DEFEATED DANA BALTER LAST NIGHT -RECEIVING FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE VOTE…
NOW REPUBLICANS LOST THE HOUSE- BUT WERE THEY ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE SENATE?… YES THEY DID… ONE SENATE RACE THE NATION WAS WATCHING LAST NIGHT WAS THE ONE BETWEEN MARSHA BLACKBURN AND PHIL BREDESEN IN TENNESSEE…. BLACKBURN WAS UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE POLLS WHEN POP SINGER TAYLOR SWIFT BROKE HER SILENCE ON POLITICS TO ENDORSE DEMOCRAT PHIL BREDESEN… EVEN THOUGH HER ENDORSEMENT LED TO AN INCREASE IN YOUNG VOTER REGISTRATION… IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO TIP THE VOTE TO THE DEMOCRAT…
MANY PEOPLE WERE ALSO WATCHING TO SEE IF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ENDORSEMENTS WOULD ACTUALLY HELP REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES… AND FOR THE MOST PART THEY DID…
DOWN IN FLORIDA- IT WAS A CLOSE RACE FOR THE SENATE… AND EVEN THOUGH REPUBLICAN RICK SCOTT TRIED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM TRUMP DURING HIS CAMPAIGN… IT LOOKS LIKE THE PRESIDENT’S ENDORSEMENT STILL HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT AS SCOTT NARROWLY BEAT BILL NELSON WITH FIFTY-POINT-TWO PERCENT OF THE VOTE…
BUT OVER IN NEW YORK’S TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT – THE SUPPORT FROM THE PRESIDENT MAY HAVE FEEL SHORT… REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT CLAUDIA TENNEY HAS YET TO CONCEDE TO DEMOCRAT ANTHONY BRINDISI SAYING THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS COULD SWING THE VOTE… BRINDISI WAS DECLARED THE WINNER LAST NIGHT BUT TENNEY’S CAMPAIGN IS CALLING FOR A RECOUNT…
CLAUDIA TENNEY MAY NOT BE RETURNING TO CONGRESS THIS YEAR – BUT MANY WOMEN ARE… LAST NIGHT’S RESULTS SHOW A RECORD NUMBER OF WOMEN ARE HEADING TO THE HILL… AS OF THIS MORNING… 33 NEW WOMEN WERE ELECTED TO THE HOUSE, ALONG WITH SIXTY-FIVE INCUMBENTS… MANY WOMEN MADE HISTORY – INCLUDING THE TWO FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN ELECTED TO CONGRESS- THAT’S DEB HAALAND FOR NEW MEXICO AND SHARICE DAVIDS IN KANSAS…
THE YOUNGEST WOMEN WERE ALSO ELECTED TO CONGRESS LAST NIGHT… ALEXANDRIA CORTEZ- THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST WHO ROSE TO FAME IN THE PRIMARIES EASILY WON NEW YORK’S FOURTEENTH DISTRICT… AND ABBY FINK-EN-OUR DEFEATED REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT ROD BLUM IN IOWA… BOTH WOMEN ARE TWENTY-NINE YEARS OLD…
ANOTHER HISTORIC MOMENT WE SAW LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN TO BE ELECTED AS GOVERNOR IN AMERICA… JARED POLIS DEFEATED REPUBLICAN WALKER STAPLETON FOR GOVERNOR OF COLORADO – A SIGNIFICANT WIN AS THE STATE HAS A PAST OF VOTING AGAINST L-G-B-T-Q RIGHTS…
SO WE DEFINITELY SAW HISTORY BEING MADE LAST NIGHT MAKING THE MIDTERMS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER…
By Rebekah Castor (Syracuse, N.Y.) — Last night was a big night for America. NCC News Reporter Rebekah Castor has the recap on the 2018 Midterm Elections.
