Ohio votes "yes" for abortion rights

[RgrF]

Not really close

In a related election, Virginia's Republican governor promised an abortion ban if voters turned the third branch of state gov red, voters said no. Virginia Senate stays blue.

[pdq]

Also, Beshear wins in KY, R’s fall short in VA, and Ohio voters legalized cannabis.

Another…umm….surprisingly (?) good night for Dems.

(tu)

[jonny]

Republicans' only option to recover... move further to the right!!

[$tevie]

pdq wrote:
Also, Beshear wins in KY, R’s fall short in VA, and Ohio voters legalized cannabis.

Another…umm….surprisingly (?) good night for Dems.

(tu)

I think (hope)(pray) that we have reached the turning point for the GQP. They are attempting to destroy everything that people born after 1970 had assumed was the norm. Add to that the folks who are older but not stupid, and you have a movement to put the time machine back to forward.

[Acer]

Sorry, the GOP legislature, governor and courts know what's best for Ohio better than Ohio does.

[RgrF]

Meanwhile over in Virginia:

SCOTUS justice Antonin Scalia's daughter Meg Scalia Bryce ran for school board in Albrmarle, VA, on a campaign opposing trans-issues and "CRT." She lost.

and over in Iowa:

Three current school board members are connected to "Moms for Liberty" and the right-wing organization only needed to win one seat tonight to gain full control of the school board. They lost all four seats, setting up a progressive majority instead.

[cbelt3]

We expect the state house to immediately try to overturn it.

[RgrF]

cbelt3 wrote:
We expect the state house to immediately try to overturn it.

If you cant win their hearts and minds - move the goalposts?

[Lux Interior]

Acer wrote:
Sorry, the GOP legislature, governor and courts know what's best for Ohio better than Ohio does.

RgrF wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
We expect the state house to immediately try to overturn it.

If you cant win their hearts and minds - move the goalposts?

jonny wrote:
Republicans' only option to recover... move further to the right!!

"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy."

[AllGold]

RgrF wrote:
and over in Iowa:

Three current school board members are connected to "Moms for Liberty" and the right-wing organization only needed to win one seat tonight to gain full control of the school board. They lost all four seats, setting up a progressive majority instead.

I hadn't heard that. Excellent news. I was beginning to lose all faith in the people of my home state, but this helps.