The Hill By Steve Israel 11/14/2018
Time for a pop quiz after the 2018 midterm elections. What is the most important upcoming recount that may determine the fate of the nation?
A) The Florida governor and Senate races, where once again, the people who manage elections just cannot seem to manage their elections.
B) The Georgia governor race, which could go to a runoff, despite the best efforts of now former Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp to influence the election for Republican candidate Brian Kemp.
C) The Mississippi Senate race, where incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde Smith spoke of sitting in the “front row of a public hanging†in a state with a shameful history of public lynchings of African Americans.
D) The Georgia secretary of state race, featuring an ad by candidate John Barrow noting, “Yeah I’m a Democrat. But I won’t bite you.â€
The answer, political junkies, is D.
Just when you thought it was safe to transition from a frenzied midterm campaign to a marathon presidential race, you should pay attention to the December 4 runoff election for secretary of state in Georgia, pitting Barrow against Republican State Representative Brad Raffensperger.
Georgia secretary of state. Now there is a House midterm victory buzzkill. But it matters. First, Democrats need to learn from the period between our 2006 and 2008 victory afterglow to our 2010 crash and burn that state and local elections matter. Democrats lost 63 seats in House, 6 seats in the Senate, but nearly 1,000 local races in 2010. With that, we lost control of redistricting and voter protection. Sure, a race for secretary of state may not have the panache of a presidential race or, say, a primary in the 10th district of Virginia, but we ignore it at our own peril.
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