The 2019 elections are in the books, and not much happened that could be described as "major".
1. In Kentucky, an unpopular GOP governor lost a tight race to his Democrat challenger. The Democrat did not run on any of the issues being raised by the national Dems. If he had run in Connecticut, he would have been called a conservative. Meanwhile, the GOP candidate won the race for Attorney General, the first Republican to hold that office.
2. In Mississippi, the Republican beat the Democrat by about 7% to take the governor's race. It was not tight, but it wasn't a landslide either. The Democrat candidate had held statewide office for the last 16 years, so he started with a major advantage.
3. In Virginia, the Democrats won control of the state legislature. The GOP had held a very narrow margin prior to the election and now the Dems hold a very narrow margin after the vote. Not much changed, but control did switch.
Locally in my own town of Greenwich, CT, the Republican won the race for First Selectment (which is what we call our mayor). The GOP also swept all the other local races. That switched us back to total GOP control from the Democrats success two years ago.
There were other odds and ends, like Philadelphia's mayor being re-elected, something about as surprising as the sun coming up in the morning.
There's nothing much to make of these results insofar as they could indicate anything about next year's elections.
1. In Kentucky, an unpopular GOP governor lost a tight race to his Democrat challenger. The Democrat did not run on any of the issues being raised by the national Dems. If he had run in Connecticut, he would have been called a conservative. Meanwhile, the GOP candidate won the race for Attorney General, the first Republican to hold that office.
2. In Mississippi, the Republican beat the Democrat by about 7% to take the governor's race. It was not tight, but it wasn't a landslide either. The Democrat candidate had held statewide office for the last 16 years, so he started with a major advantage.
3. In Virginia, the Democrats won control of the state legislature. The GOP had held a very narrow margin prior to the election and now the Dems hold a very narrow margin after the vote. Not much changed, but control did switch.
Locally in my own town of Greenwich, CT, the Republican won the race for First Selectment (which is what we call our mayor). The GOP also swept all the other local races. That switched us back to total GOP control from the Democrats success two years ago.
There were other odds and ends, like Philadelphia's mayor being re-elected, something about as surprising as the sun coming up in the morning.
There's nothing much to make of these results insofar as they could indicate anything about next year's elections.
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