Republican women flip six seats.
WFB: More than 20 Republican women are headed to the House, including six who flipped seats to the GOP on election night.
Rep. Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican who spearheaded the post-2018 push to recruit women candidates, called Tuesday night’s results a “smashing success” and a sign that Democrats do not have a monopoly over women’s votes.
“It was the night of Republican women,” Stefanik told the Washington Free Beacon. “Despite the media and the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] issuing demeaning comments and saying it wasn’t possible, look at the outcome. We are going to have incredible women who have earned this victory themselves in these districts in the next Congress.”
Republicans may break their previous record of 25 Republican congresswomen in the House, a stunning turnaround for a party that worked to improve its recruitment among minorities and women after it lost control of the lower chamber in 2018. Women played a major role in defeating several high-profile House Democrats. Maria Elvira Salazar, a Cuban-American former TV anchor for Telemundo, defeated Florida Democrat Donna Shalala, a former Clinton White House official. Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma and Yvette Herrell of New Mexico also won by ousting freshman Democrats.
The GOP’s congressional gains surprised election experts and national Democrats alike, many of whom saw 2020 as an opportunity for Democrats to consolidate control of the lower chamber. Instead, GOP women fueled a Republican offensive that chipped away at Democratic control of the House, winning six out of the seven races that flipped House seats to Republican control. Although a GOP takeover of the lower chamber remains unlikely, the series of stinging defeats shocked House Democrats, prompting one of them to call it a “dumpster fire.” read more
Woohooo!!!!
*Don’t fuck it up.
The point I’ve been making all day……the dems got their ass handed to them.
We’re not suppose to notice, I guess.
Do they expect everyone to believe that all those same voters went red for the houses, but somehow voted for the senile hack groper instead of TRUMP?
“……the dems got their ass handed to them.”
Yeah, losing both control of the house and the Presidency in a Republican landslide will teach them a lesson, now won’t it?
Sorry to hear Loomer lost. Bummer. I would dearly love to see her face to face with AOC.
Yeah, Klacik lost, too.
My former mayor, Beth Van Duyne, won a congressional seat. She’s the one who made national headlines when she sent Clock Boy packing and also helped prevent Sharia Law from creeping into our city government. She also worked with Dr. Ben Carson in the Trump administration. I look forward to seeing her kick some ass.
Klacik lost? Baltimoreans must be afraid to work, build and succeed! They want the status quo, apparently. Handouts. That’s really sad because she clearly enunciated a choice for the future of that city.
LadyGun12- Sweeeeet!
Thanks for the update!
Dittos on Loomer. She would have been hell on wheels