I don't live there but recently visited. Long time residents told me that Sussex County had many new residents over the last few years that tended to be GOP. I wonder how the vote broke down.

Lots of NJ, PA, and NY retirees moving here in a rapidly changing area of eastern Sussex County. Used to be almost entirely rural but now swarming with new developments since it's just a step from the beach. Few D reps in Sussex so this is good!

Turning into something like the Lakewood/Toms River/Brick area of New Jersey?

I think that's a fair comparison yeah. But an even older average age as the developments are mostly 55+ communities.

Parts of that corner of Jersey are fossil beds - think Leisure World and two Leisure Villages. I shudder to think what the demographics in Lakewood look like without the Orthodox.

Just read this and it was a bit of a comfort re Delaware: bsky.app/profile/302c...

Voter registration 8394 D; 7657 R; 7077 I, this was going to be tight all the way.

Thanks -- I find this comforting. So far Dems in special elections are doing well.

AUDIT

Candidate decent? I'm completely uninformed on the east coast.

Not surprising, RI republicans see the writing on the wall and have given up. In MD the racists showed up because they hate Wes More.

Ok maybe not…here’s the 2024 results. Looks like she performed exactly on par:

They love Joe, but hate all the other Democrats in that district.

Traditionally a gop district, and the GOP candidate is a teacher that campaigned on funding schools, infrastructure and smart growth vs sprawl.

A unicorn then.

Ok, I was right the first time. Still, +56 & -8 = +48 avg between the two which is still pretty damned good. bsky.app/profile/the-...

+24 average (gotta divide by 2).

D’oh!! Embarrassing. Thanks.

This seat’s naturally swing. AND had frequent phonebanking this time. (yes I got in on it)

It’s an underperformance from the top of the ticket in ‘24 but seems on par with the same office as in ‘24. Sort of hard to judge b/c of the local factor as mentioned above.

Apparently the gop candidate is a well known local who emphasized bipartisanship a lot

Shame that fell-for-it-again awards are currently massively backordered, because it sounds like that district needs at least a moderate supply of them

And this wasn't a safe blue seat... it was one that the GOP was eyeing on so we had to work hard to keep that seat blue. We did, but not by much.

Audit!

Are we pretty pissed off in RI? Why yes, we are.

Weirdly it’s the exact same margin as the last general. Could it be a weakness in the state party operation?

The district she will represent includes some MAGA territory, so I'm not at all surprised at how close it is

This district is in very rural Southern DE.

Sick though. Voting Republican when the Republican Party is now the Nazi party.

I wonder if a check for statistical deviation from previous trends would turn anything up like it did in Rockland, New York. I'm waiting for the detailed information and analysis SMART Legislation is bringing to court.

Interesting behavior from DE voters, but maybe Biden has pull other Dems don't in the state

Slower lower Delaware is more rural/red