SD 10 Race Takes On National Significance
It is being viewed as the first chance for voters to respond to Donald Trump at the ballot box since November. From the Huffington Post:
From the article:
“Hansen’s campaign is benefitting from the outpouring of anger and activism that has erupted since the election of Donald Trump as president. Millions of frustrated Americans filled the streets the day after Trump’s inauguration for the national Women’s March protests. Many participants had never been to a protest or thought of themselves as activists before…
“The increase in numbers of the people getting involved has really been extraordinary,” said Lisa Goodman, executive director of Equality Delaware, who spoke at the Newark march. “Many of those people have been energized by wanting to push back policies coming out of Washington.”
Carolyn Fiddler, of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, said volunteers working for Hansen would knock on 60,000 doors before the campaign is over.
Having recognized that, the operative question remains:
“Whether that energy translates to votes may show whether the Democratic Party has a real chance of a comeback in the Trump era.”
FYI- There was a special in Minnesota already. A republican state rep won by a smaller margin than in the presidential.
https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2017/02/republicans-expand-minnesota-house-majority-special-election-victory
I think it’s going to be more about the party who has steered the ship onto the rocks, rather than scapegoating someone who has had absolutely nothing to do with the sorry state of affairs that Delaware finds itself in.
The Dems are pretty mobilized and fired up at the moment though, and obviously that will help the turnout.