I held no hopes but last night was a batshit midterm

I don't have a lot to say about the midterms, exactly, as I'm not a political expert. But the results are absolutely bananas. The current admin has absolutely crashed out despite getting elected with a LOT of support. And as a Wisconsinite, seeing the state legislature flip after over a decade of absolute idiots running the show, I'm looking forward for the first time in a while. The shift graph is astonishing. But I am especially heartened by the ste of firsts happening in unlikely places. Keisha Lance Bottoms (GA): first Black woman elected governor Georgia Recorder: includes her Crawfordville line. She noted the town produced the Confederacy's vice president, and said that night it also produced the next governor. The 19th: focuses on what the milestone means to Black women voters in Georgia Deb Haaland (NM): first Native American woman governor Source New Mexico Peggy Flanagan (MN): first Native American woman elected to the Senate Minnesota Reformer: the White Earth chairman and…

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