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Wiz Imp

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7. No, Dems didn't "lose" the House in 2024. They were already

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 09:49 PM

Sep 29

In the minority. They didn't lose seats. They actually gained 4 seats. They would have won the House were it not for illegal gerrymandering in North Carolina which allowed the Republicans to flip 3 seats. If not for that, they would have taken the majority

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Dems have won 42 of the 43 special elections recently [View all] senseandsensibility Sep 29 OP

wow BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 29 #1

Great news Emile Sep 29 #2

That's very good news! JoseBalow Sep 29 #3

And in '23 and 24. we won a huge majority of the special elections that were held. 3Hotdogs Sep 29 #4

No, Dems didn't "lose" the House in 2024. They were already Wiz Imp Sep 29 #7

To be fair the GOP did get a higher percentage of vote in House races dsc Sep 29 #13

that is a good reminder samsingh Sep 29 #9

I'm not going to get excited over this news. Gimpyknee Sep 29 #5

me neither samsingh Sep 29 #10

And Chuck Schumer was on Meet the Press SocialDemocrat61 Sep 29 #6

i don't care about comey samsingh Sep 29 #11

I agree SocialDemocrat61 Sep 29 #12

Well, thank you for the positive news! nt sheshe2 Sep 29 #8

That gives me a lot of hope for our Prop. 50 vote! Hekate Sep 29 #14

It just occurred to me, there is no way the headline can be right Wiz Imp Sep 30 #15

Meanwhile.... flying-skeleton Sep 30 #16