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What was even more embarrassing was that the Senate Republicans had specifically created a new, hand-tailored district for him to run in to prop up their bare majority and he lost (he won it two years later). Had the record for shortest serving senator. https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/It-s-Tkaczyk-by-just-18-votes-4205383.php

I think they can seat people in that case, I've seen in happened in NY where one guy was seated in the Senate and then unseated a week later after a recount flipped it by 12 votes. The problem is the very tight tight margin of control of the chamber where that would actually affect things.

I read somewhere that she won't be able to vote for speaker because her race isn't called and she might lose. Not going to happen but what would happen if they had a one-seat majority and she couldn't vote for speaker?

You can be cryptomaster, unless you mean i should merge all the cryptothreads

Phil I am not going to explain the historical context to you of the party in the White House nearly running the table federally and in nearly every statehouse (save like FL, NY, and IA) even if the House barely flips, given the prior expectations. BUT ANYWAYS, MOVING ON

We all thought the current House was tight, but a three-person majority in a 435-person legislature is one carpool accident away from chaos - if they can even organize a majority to begin with.

Someone needs to inform those conspiracy theorists that Democrats are donkey, not mules.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/upshot/republicans-midterms-house-analysis.html

She already pulled that when she through out her entire moderate reputation (wouldn't even say his name out loud in 2016) to his biggest bulldog in the first impeachment. Her meteoric rise in the party is owed to that and she's doubling down.

the real deal, but I think i recall her being over him two years ago

They want to poke Trump personally. All of their ads and troll operations were always directed at tilting an audience of one.

I haven't seen that, maybe only sweaty pogo players get it and not play-from-home pogo players yeah i called you two sweaty what ya gonna do about it