Wow.
All of the marquee races went our way — Mamdani, Spanberger, and key down‑ballot candidates in Virginia, Sherrill in New Jersey, and Proposition 50 here in California. All over performed. Our voters turned out in force and then some.
There were also striking surprises: the Virginia House flipped from thin margins either way since 2018 after decades-long dominant Republican control to a commanding 63-37 Democratic majority; Maine decisively rejected the voter‑restriction Question 1; and Pennsylvania voters retained three anti ‘self coup” justices on the state Supreme Court; and others, for example in Georgia— all outcomes with important downstream effects.
On the Republican side, Ed Day (R‑NY) won a fourth term as Rockland County executive…
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Below are some songs that capture the range of how I’m feeling — please add any that speak to you.
And perhaps the bestest cover of all time: