Mirashh's Election Corner

After series of moral and actual victories by Democrats on the legislative level in 2017 across the country, GOP was prepared to finally strike back by winning a special election in Iowa House District 82 - a rural seat in the south-east of Iowa that swung all the way from 49-47 Obama to 57-36 Trump. The district was a perfect opportunity to show that Obama-Trump voters were staying with the Republicans. However, on August 8th, they were disappointed as the district voted to elect a Democrat  - Phil Miller by a solid margin 54-45. So what went wrong for Republicans in HD-82. Was it rural voters coming back to the Democratic party in large numbers or urban Democrats turning out? Orange - Davis County, Red - van Buren County, Sky Blue - Jefferson County. The 82nd district includes 3 counties - 2 rural and smaller - Davis and van Buren are traditionally Republican and 1 more urban Jefferson County ( note that HD-82 only has parts of Jefferson county ) that leans Dmeocratic but

Georgia's 2018 gubernatorial election promises to be one of the most closely looked ones. On 30th August, Hunter Hill, Republican state senator announced that he was resigning from his seat in order to focus on his governor campaign. That was the second resignation from Georgia General Assembly, Georgia's state legislature, in a week. Senator Hill leaves open Georgia's 6th Senate District located in Atlanta suburbs, just south of Georgia's sixth congressional district. Historically the area of the district supported Republicans although not by big margins. The district was narrowly carried by Obama in 2008 and Romney in 2012. In 2016, however, a lot of well-educated suburban voters, alienated by Trump, voted for Clinton. In the end, Clinton carried SD-06 by 17% carrying even more Republican Fulton County, that candidates like Romney, Perdue and Senator Hill himself won with more than 60% of the vote. Even McCain, who lost the district narrowly in 2008 won 57% in F