⛑️ C&C ARMY BRIEFING ⛑️
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Since President Trump is accepting Tuesday’s results, I’ll cap off my series Astonishing Election Miracles and then move on, having done our part for the ongoing analysis. But I will keep you posted if and when any real election news appears. To wrap things up for now, here are a few final examples that I dredged up from Tuesday’s election swamp.
🎉 Charles Glover (D), Charleston County Council District 8, SC. A true election miracle! Charles’ financial disclosures showed he spent zero dollars($0). He did almost no campaigning, and his campaign platform consisted only of saying that he’d work out his policies once he’s in office. Charles beat the incumbent Republican council chairman 11,837 to 11,358. Ouch. Good luck, Charlestonians!
🎉 LaKesha Womack (D), NC-14 (U.S. House). Axios called the outcome a “stunning upset.” Like many of the others, LaKesha has never held office. She only raised about $56K against Tim Moore’s $1.9M. This is even more shocking since, according to Axios, Tim Moore is “one of North Carolina’s most prominent Republicans and its longest-serving House Speaker.” For her part, LaKesha is one of North Carolina’s most prominent unknowns. Oh! I almost forgot: She is also currently fighting a pending felony charge (over an ‘unreturned’ rental car), with her next court date coming up on November 10th.
Once again, this race is hard to explain. “Few considered District 14, covering six western counties, including part of Mecklenburg, as a potential flip,” Axios marveled. No kidding! Having never held office, she was outspent 35 to 1, ran against a popular, experienced Republican incumbent, and still won 147,388 to 140,973 in a Trump +15 district that Moore had handily won two years ago by 65,000 votes.
🎉 Victoria Broderick (D), TN-4 (U.S. House). She’d never been elected to any office. But Victoria just became Tennessee’s first gay Congresswoman in history. Victoria is a tech-support worker and openly queer progressive who raised less than $100K and still beat eight-term Scott DesJarlais 95,585 to 95,305. It was a repeat: They ran against each other two years ago, when DesJarlais trounced her by 43 percent. She was such a longshot that the Democratic Congressional Committee completely ignored her. “I’m not angry that I didn’t get support,” Broderick said, “because I got to just pull off a complete upset. Nobody expected it.” That’s putting it mildly.
🎉 Leticia Gutierrez (D), TX-9 (U.S. House). An “environmental advocate,” Leticia is another first-timer, elected to the U.S. Congress with only about $150K— against Trump-endorsed Alex Mealer’s $2M-plus, in one of Texas’s newly gerrymandered seats, drawn to win at nearly Trump +20, in the Houston “oil and gas” region. Leticia won easily, it wasn’t even close: 98,079 to 72,340.
To be clear: weird stuff happens every cycle. You can find the odd story about a recently deceased candidate winning here or there. But a whole series of these types of wins —all going the same way— seems pretty unlikely if conventional election theory means anything. Oh well. First time for everything. Never say never again. Miracles never cease. Et cetera.
Don’t expect to read about these kinds of anomalous results in corporate media, since they don’t advance the media narrative; they only increase election hesitation; and trying to explain them gives the Grey Lady the ick.
Meanwhile, life goes on. So our only rational choice is to burn down some Prius dealerships, light police cars on fire, have a massive looting spree, and occupy state capitals with bullhorn brigades. Of course, since many of us have jobs, productive hobbies, and social engagements, we’ll have to work the protests around everyone’s schedule. Stand by. I’ll get back to you.
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