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16 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
BIG RESULT: Democrats have flipped the county government in Monroe County, NY. (That’s Rochester, total pop 750K.) For the first time in 30 years!

Incomplete results on Election Night had the GOP ahead for the majority, but the count of mail flipped it. democratandchronicle.com/story/news/202…
There was a premature avalanche of stories about New York State as tho results were final two weeks ago. This was frustrating because we went thru this in 2020, when early results were very incomplete and changed a lot when mail ballots were counted.
Rochester is only about a third of Monroe, pop-wise.

Added context:
Another piece of context: Dems gained seats against Republicans this month separately from primary wins by progressives in June that ousted some GoP-friendly Dems. The transformation is especially interesting when those threads are combined:

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13 Nov
Judicial elections at present a disaster. Thousands of judges up and down the ballot, typically appointed in very shady conditions & seeking election in obscure races. YET there’ve been pockets of successful activism where ppl have targeted these offices for change. Quick thread.
What is key first of all is grasping why these offices matter — that’s why this activism in New Orleans last year to spotlight their role in the housing crisis and what they could do differently was so fascinating. theappeal.org/politicalrepor…
A few months later, New Orleans activists mobilized to “flip the bench” by putting public defenders committed to reforms on it: theappeal.org/politicalrepor…

Two won. Here’s one example of why it mattered:
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8 Nov
for some people there's no depth of ignorance that's too embarassing to display (or to perform)
it's usually best to ignore. but given that the 1980s & the AIDS crisis aren't that well known overall, it feels important to pause on the thousands of lives lost and people harmed for years & years in a national context that oscillated from indifference to isolation to hate.
slate.com/blogs/outward/…
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1 Nov
All eyes are on Virginia, but so many states have major stakes on the ballot tomorrow. With hours to go before Election Day, it's time to drill down.

Here's a thread on many states that matter: idea is to encapsulate as many stakes as I can for each within 280 characters.
A disclaimer that this thread can't possibly rival the mega-thread I did 12 months ago what was brewing in each state, plus DC and Puerto Rico. (See below.)

But getting our attention to the breadth of what's going on feels just as important!
1️⃣ Virginia (where else to start?):

—Gov race is the one we're all looking at
—Dems also defend Assembly (GOP needs +5 to tie)
—Combined: do Dems keep trifecta?
—Two other statewide races: LG & AG
—Watch prosecutor race in Chesapeake (most others decided in primary or at filing)
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29 Oct
This is wild: nytimes.com/2021/10/29/us/… Image
The three scholars that the state of Florida is forbidding to testify on the effects of the state's new voting restrictions are: Dan Smith (@electionsmith), Michael McDonald (@ElectProject), and Sharon Wright Austin.
“The university does not exist to protect the governor."

nytimes.com/2021/10/29/us/… Image
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27 Oct
Local elections can make a huge difference.

Including prosecutorial elections

Here's one thread about why. It's about New Orleans.
FIrst, let's start with the record of the prosecutor whose term ended last year.
theappeal.org/politicalrepor…
December 2020:
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25 Oct
There’s no reason to either overanalyze what Virginia means for the nation in 2022 or 2032 (or to diminish its stakes) — when there’s so much to say about why next week’s elections matter for Virginia, & even if you’re not there for voting rights & crim justice & so much else.
If you care about rights restoration: the future of Virginia’s policy (established by McAuliffe in his first term) of enabling people with felony convictions to regain the right to vote hangs in the balance. As does the multi-year process to amend the constitution over this.
If you care about mass incarceration: VA is notably desolate when it comes to giving people a chance at release after decades in prison, and changing that has been a goal for advocates there after some recent change (esp. for youth). It’s also something GOP wants to preserve.
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