05-13-2020, 12:29 PM
Let’s hope there’s not too much ballot harvesting in California and the result holds. But that bodes well for November.
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Well, now the Dems know how many ballots they have to harvest to get the “proper outcome” in California. They also now know they are going to have to up their game, i.e., increase their vote fraud nationwide to “save our democracy”.
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Quote:It was a big night for Republicans in Wisconsin and California with a special election win in the WI-07 and a big lead in the CA-25.
First up, Wisconsin, where Tom Tiffany scored the victory:
But Dems are proud of their moral victory, or something:
You want a participation trophy?
Next up, California, where Mike Garcia is ahead in the race to replace disgraced Dem. Katie Hill:
Garcia’s statement:
But Smith isn’t conceding:
So, is this seat returning to normal?
Or is it up for grabs in November?
Clinton won the district in 2016, FWIW:
Hardest hit, however? Barack Obama, who couldn’t save the seat:
Oh, and then there’s this prediction:
Double welp!
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Well, now the Dems know how many ballots they have to harvest to get the “proper outcome” in California. They also now know they are going to have to up their game, i.e., increase their vote fraud nationwide to “save our democracy”.
Quote:The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is calling on Democratic House candidate Christy Smith to concede after the California 25th Congressional District special election Tuesday as her opponent, Mike Garcia, holds a significant lead with 143,000 ballots counted.
"Christy Smith needs to do the right thing for the first time in this campaign and concede the race to fighter pilot Mike Garcia," NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer said in a statement Wednesday. "Christy Smith cannot win, and the math shows this."
The statement sent around by the NRCC cites a post from California Target Book's Rob Pyers, which says that Smith would need to win 97 percent of the outstanding ballots if turnout in the election matches that from the March primary. Pyers later clarified that if the turnout in the special election matched that of the November 2018 general election, Smith would only need 57 percent of remaining ballots.
Either way, Smith will likely have a hard time coming back to top Garcia, who leads with 56 percent of the vote as 143,000 ballots are counted. Mailed ballots can count as long as they are postmarked by Tuesday and received by Friday.
Garcia has still not declared outright victory in the race, though his campaign released a Wednesday afternoon statement that expressed clear optimism about the eventual result.
"After seeing more results last night, it is clear that our message of lower taxes and ensuring we don’t take liberal Sacramento dysfunction to Washington prevailed," Garcia said. “I’m ready to go to work right away for the citizens of the 25th Congressional District."
Garcia, if his lead holds, will replace former Rep. Katie Hill, D-Calif. – turning the blue seat red.
Hill resigned last year after a congressional ethics investigation was opened into a sexual relationship she allegedly had with one of her staffers. Hill was also alleged to have maintained a bizarre "throuple" arrangement with her husband and a campaign staffer.
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