some things i'm happy about
Nov. 8th, 2006 01:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jfbBernie Sanders, the socialist from Vermont, is now in the Senate.
Amy Klobuchar beat rising Republican star Mark Kennedy in Minnesota, and Keith Ellison became the first Muslim in Congress.
Katherine Harris, Florida's Secretary of State in 2000, and Ken Blackwell, Ohio's in 2004, lost their races for senator and governor of their respective states.
We don't know who won yet, but Montana's Jon Tester made a strong showing, at least.
The Democrats took control of the House, and may still take the Senate. Also at least six governorships, several state legislatures, and pretty much all of New Hampshire.
South Dakota rejected its legislature's exceedingly strict abortion ban.
Nancy Pelosi will be Speaker of the House (and the first woman to hold that job).
California voted down a parental notification law and a misleading "eminent domain" initiative.
Claire McCaskill won in Missouri, and as of now it looks like the initiative to fund stem cell research did too.
Initiatives to raise the minimum wage succeeded in every state ballot they were on.
The word is that the American people have voted "for change", and we could sure use some. Now that there's a mandate for change, it's time to see if the media acknowledge it, and the Democrats use it.
There were disappointments too, but I feel really hopeful tonight.
Amy Klobuchar beat rising Republican star Mark Kennedy in Minnesota, and Keith Ellison became the first Muslim in Congress.
Katherine Harris, Florida's Secretary of State in 2000, and Ken Blackwell, Ohio's in 2004, lost their races for senator and governor of their respective states.
We don't know who won yet, but Montana's Jon Tester made a strong showing, at least.
The Democrats took control of the House, and may still take the Senate. Also at least six governorships, several state legislatures, and pretty much all of New Hampshire.
South Dakota rejected its legislature's exceedingly strict abortion ban.
Nancy Pelosi will be Speaker of the House (and the first woman to hold that job).
California voted down a parental notification law and a misleading "eminent domain" initiative.
Claire McCaskill won in Missouri, and as of now it looks like the initiative to fund stem cell research did too.
Initiatives to raise the minimum wage succeeded in every state ballot they were on.
The word is that the American people have voted "for change", and we could sure use some. Now that there's a mandate for change, it's time to see if the media acknowledge it, and the Democrats use it.
There were disappointments too, but I feel really hopeful tonight.
