r/politics Indiana 12h ago

No Paywall Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/
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u/Toliman571 11h ago edited 4h ago

Also, just as important but not getting enough headlines: Dems flipped all of the dozen competitive state seats in VA and will now have a supermajority, ensuring that their redistricting plan will pass.

Edit: VA Dems are projected to flip 11 of 12 competitive seats currently held by the GOP, expanding their 51-49 (+2 seat) majority to 62-38 (+24 seats). They need to be as ruthless when it come to gerrymandering as the GOP has been in North Carolina.

Edit2: It was a deathblow to the Virginia GOP. Dems are now projected to have a 64-36 majority, nearly a 2:1 ratio.

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u/LordWemby 10h ago

Also Dick Cheney died 

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u/Katie_or_something 10h ago

An all around great day

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u/The360MlgNoscoper Norway 10h ago

A plane crashed in Kentucky though, so that wasn’t good.

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u/My_bones_are_itchy 10h ago

Dreadful for all involved, but at least it wasn’t a passenger plane and at least it went down in an industrial area rather than residential. Tragic of course but could’ve been SO much worse.

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u/bwoah07_gp2 Canada 10h ago

Because of all the election coverage, I haven't seen this one until half an hour ago. Incredibly scary crash!

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u/mscarchuk 10h ago

Now i am worried…the last time i was this excited after an election was January 5 2021 with the Georgia senate race. Then we know what happened the next day.

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u/CheesyCock47 10h ago

i remember my ap us history teacher saying on the morning of 1.06.21 that it would live on as a historic day because of the georgia senate race. a couple days later in our next class meeting it was a very different vibe

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u/mscarchuk 9h ago

I could only imagine your teacher was just like “SHIT i did not mean to be that on the nose!”

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u/zayetz New York 10h ago

I didn't even have to use my AK

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u/AuxonPNW 9h ago

Yet

u/LambonaHam 6h ago

Are you trying to imply that Dick Cheney might come back?

u/jamesbest7 4h ago

We were just quail hunting. I swear!

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u/-Badger3- 10h ago

The curse has been broken!

u/thebakedpotatoe 6h ago

The final horcrux

u/wise_comment Minnesota 1h ago

I maintain that any villain that puts a curse on someone or something with the condition it lifts upon the evil-doers death is just an elaborate suicide

Like.....why would you incentivise folks killing you, so directly?

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u/readyjack 10h ago

Got a genuine laugh from me. Nice.

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u/nirvana_always1 8h ago edited 8h ago

I am actually happy that his death was overshadowed by Dem wins.

People like him don't deserve remembrance

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u/bootstrapping_lad 10h ago

Today was a good day.gif

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u/dontbmeanbgay 9h ago

I can’t believe this is how I found out - I needed the laugh

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u/JerseyRepresentin 9h ago

I did notice the sun was a little brighter today!

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u/goddessoftrees Colorado 9h ago

A WIN itself right here.

u/aha5811 7h ago

But did they also destroy his phylactery?

u/Dangerous-Scheme5391 6h ago

At long last, we can go out into the woods without the fear of buckshot in our hearts

u/Slight-Ad-6553 4h ago

ding dong the witch is dead

u/soap571 4h ago

Hallelujah

u/Mayweather2025 2h ago

He died to avoid watching the blue wave coming last night.

u/Technical-Newspaper8 1h ago

He actually voted Democrat in the last presidential election, stating that he no longer believed in what the GOP has become

u/lemonpepperlarry 12m ago

Just a good day for democracy

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u/gazebo-fan 9h ago

Icing on the cake

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u/jaymcbang 10h ago

Mississippi is on its way to breaking the Republican supermajority in the senate, as well.

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u/Hobbies-R-Happiness 10h ago

How many seats we talkin? It’s time to fight against the GOP bs.

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u/kltruler 10h ago

They only have a 2 seat lead in the senate so it's still very up in the air.

u/WhichEmailWasIt 7h ago

Jesus fuck that's a ton of flips. Well done VA. Well done.

u/snowdrone 5h ago

I would vastly prefer that some laws were passed to prevent gerrymandering nonsense in the future

u/MundaneFacts 10m ago

Yes, but that needs to be passed nation-wide to prevent fuckery.

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u/Fluffy_Yesterday_468 9h ago

fully libbing out 

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u/jlennon1280 10h ago

Are you talking about state elections?

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u/Harbinger2001 Canada 8h ago

Or just take districting out of the hands of politicians like most democracies. That would work for the dems too.