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Here at Archambault, Olivia Langenberg, Marty Gatto, small dogs, Taika Waititi, actually the paper, we encourage creativity and uniqueness, spark dialogue and discussion, and foster clever 280-character tweets, missing the bus and movie, medium dogs, The a community where students are free to fully express themselves. Bell Jar, Mark Hammill trolling Evil!Rey, Congressional testimony, big dogs. november 15, 2017 the paper page 3 Off Year Election Brings Big Wins for Democratic Party by Andrew Millman After a rough year, some good news for long-suffering Democrats Staff True Blue litical career on being Virginia’s self- Jay Inslee wants to implement a carbon molestation when they were underage. Last Tuesday, the first regularly- described “homophobe-in-chief” and tax (among other policies) to tackle the (Ironically, Moore has claimed that scheduled general election in the refused to use the proper pronouns issue. legalizing same-sex marriage would country since Donald Trump became when addressing Roem. Looking for- In Maine, the state’s voters over- lead to child abuse.) The women were president was held. In two states won ward, Northam won three congressio- whelmingly supported a referendum backed up by thirty sources that cor- by Hillary Clinton, Virginia and New nal districts in the state currently held to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, roborated their accounts. His Demo- Jersey, the Democrats won the gover- by Republicans and came very close in which could insure an additional sev- cratic opponent in the race is former norships and other major statewide another. These races will be important enty-thousand residents in the state. U.S. Attorney Doug Jones, who prose- offices. Washington voters gave the in next year’s midterm congressional Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) had cuted the perpetrators of the 1963 Bir- Democrats a majority in the state leg- elections. already stated that he will not imple- mingham church bombing, which killed islature, Maine expanded Medicaid in The outcome in the other guber- ment the voters’ decision. However, four young girls. a referendum. Two New York counties, natorial election was expected. With activists in several states are planning The revelations have caused head- Westchester and Nassau, elected Dem- unpopular incumbent Chris Christie to launch referenda campaigns of their aches for Senate Republicans. A poll ocrats as county executives for the first (R) term-limited, New Jersey elected own to expand Medicaid in 2018. In taken after the scandal was reported time in many years, while Republicans Phil Murphy over Christie’s Lt. Gov., New York, Democrats won two county has Moore and Jones in a tie in a state retained a Utah congressional seat. Kim Guadagno (R), by thirteen points. executive positions long held by Re- that voted for Donald Trump by nearly The most-watched race of the night Murphy has promised a progressive publicans in Westchester and Nassau. thirty points. However, when given the was the Virginia gubernatorial elec- agenda that includes criminal justice In Westchester, George Latimer (D) option of voting for Luther Strange as tion between incumbent Lt. Gov. Ralph reform, marijuana legalization, a state defeated incumbent Rob Astorino (R) a write-in candidate, Jones is ahead in Northam (D) and former RNC chair Ed bank, gun control, and increased edu- by sixteen points after Astorino had the poll by two points. If Moore were to Gillespie (R), who had been in a statisti- cation spending. Like Virginia, New previously won by ten points. In Utah, lose the race, the GOP’s majority in the cal tie in polling. Surprisingly, Northam Jersey could also be important in the Provo Mayor John Curtis won a spe- Senate would drop to 51-49. Moder- won by a nine-point margin, which was 2018 midterms. Two Republican in- cial congressional election to replace ate GOP Senators Lisa Murkowski (AK) four points better than Hillary Clinton’s cumbents have already announced Jason Chaffetz in a conservative dis- and Susan Collins (ME) could now stop win in the 2016 presidential race. The their retirements and another two GOP trict. Curtis is notably more skeptical of many controversial bills, such as the Democrats won in two other statewide incumbents appear to be vulnerable. President Trump than most of his new Republicans’ tax plan. If Doug Jones races as well, with Justin Fairfax and Those eight districts in New Jersey and congressional colleagues. were to win, the Democrats would only incumbent Mark Herring winning the Virginia could be crucial to the Demo- The final major election of 2017 will need to win two Senate races in 2018 races for Lieutenant Governor and At- crats’ path to retaking the House in be the special election for the Alabama in order to take back the Senate, most torney General, respectively. Addition- 2018, which would require them flip- Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions likely in Nevada and Arizona, instead of ally, Democrats picked up fifteen seats ping twenty-two seats. when he became Attorney General. also having to win in either Texas or Ten- in the Virginia House of Delegates. As In Washington state, a special elec- State Attorney General Luther Strange nessee. The question will be if Alabama of now, the party holds forty-nine of the tion was held that decided control had been appointed to the seat by for- voters will choose a Democrat over a one-hundred seats in the chamber, but of the state senate, which had been mer Governor Robert Bentley, but lost Republican who is facing credible child four races with Republicans currently in controlled by Republicans. Manka Dh- in the Republican primary to former molestation allegations, which is not a the lead are within the 1 percent mar- ingra, a Democrat, won the open race Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice guarantee since the state overwhelm- gin necessary for a recount. It should in a suburban district near Seattle. Roy Moore. This was in large part be- ingly supported Trump, even after the be noted that Democratic candidates Democrats now hold the governorships cause of Strange’s association with the Access Hollywood tape and multiple won 53 percent of Virginians’ votes for and state legislatures in all three West scandal that forced Bentley from of- accusations of sexual harassment lev- delegates, but will probably retain only Coast states, California, Oregon and fice.

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