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Looks like McAdams have this, only a handful of votes remain.
McAdams leads by a scant 739 votes with very few votes outstanding. Certification of results is to start on Tuesday. I’m not sure if that means tomorrow or next week.
Also, the last targeted seat in California is getting really close. Republican David Valadao now leads in CA-21 by only 930 votes. All of the other 6 targets Republican seats have fallen. CNN called Valadao the winner days ago, but it’s going down to the wire. CA-21 is one of three districts that Hillary Clinton carried in 2016 that were carried by a Republican Congressman in 2018 or whether the Republican is leading.
McAdams leads by a scant 739 votes with very few votes outstanding. Certification of results is to start on Tuesday. I’m not sure of that means tomorrow or next week.
Also, the last targeted seat in California is getting really close. Republican David Valadao now leads in CA-21 by only 930 votes. All of the other 6 targets Republican seats have fallen. CNN called Valadao the winner days ago, but it’s going down to the wire.
So the big question is if Utah tries to dilute/split SLC further after the 2020 census to try to maintain all R seats. Or if they make SLC a Dem sinkhole to prevent any of the other districts from swaying between 2020 and 2030.
So the big question is if Utah tries to dilute/split SLC further after the 2020 census to try to maintain all R seats. Or if they make SLC a Dem sinkhole to prevent any of the other districts from swaying between 2020 and 2030.
The recount is completed, and McAdams was declared the winner unofficially by the voting commission. I haven't heard of Love conceding, and she may not, but it now looks like the official announcement will come soon, possibly as soon as today.
The recount is completed, and McAdams was declared the winner unofficially by the voting commission. I haven't heard of Love conceding, and she may not, but it now looks like the official announcement will come soon, possibly as soon as today.
McAdams won by margin of 694 votes. Love would have had to cut the margin to 673 or less to force an automatic recount.
McAdams won by margin of 694 votes. Love would have had to cut the margin to 673 or less to force an automatic recount.
This is net Democratic House pickup #39.
The pickup of this seat is much more impressive than most people think. Much more so than the 694 vote victory margin would seem to indicate. Utah is a heavily conservative state and the state legislature gerrymandered four congressional districts with the idea of keeping all four in republican hands. The districts are not compact and were drawn to make certain conservative rural pockets existed in every district. District Four includes much of Utah county which is heavily conservative. Some call it the most republican county in the United States. It was deliberately matched against Salt Lake County which is a politically moderate area of the state. In fact, gerrymandering was on the ballot in Utah this year. The voters narrowly approved an initiative that will take redistricting powers away from the legislature and give them to an independent commission.
This year, the best plans of the republican legislature were foiled due to a heavy vote turnout and the unpopularity of the president.
Congratulations Congressman McAdams!
What blue wave? Try 39 going on 40 seats right now in the House.
To beat an incumbent GOP in Utah is pretty impressive. I would have never guessed it. I'm guessing Mia Love will probably try her luck again in 2020.
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Mia Love is History
