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Good night
I spent most of today busy at work and managing not to think about the fact that today was Election Day. Then I got home, around 6pm, and decided I had the courage to check Twitter. Where I was treated with almost uniformly good news.
Not just good news. Great news. WONDERFUL news.
Two Democratic governors. A massive blue wave into the Virginia state legislature -- control is still not yet determined, because five races are too close to call, but no matter what the Republican supermajority has been utterly washed away. The Washington state senate looking to come under Democratic control after a special election, which would mean that every single West Coast state is completely governed by Democrats. Medicaid expanded in Maine. At least two out transgender women elected to office, Danica Roem in VA and Andrea Jenkins to the Minneapolis City Council. So many diverse women running for office and winning.
I had been dreading the big one-year anniversary coming up tomorrow, but I think it will be easier to face now. We are fighting back, and we are winning. This is only a first step, of course -- all of these results are good news for the midterms, but that doesn't mean we can relax and assume it's all in the bag. It took a lot of work to get here, and it'll take even more work to get the rest of the way. But we can still take a moment to breathe, and celebrate, and allow ourselves some hope.
Hope. It's nice to feel that feeling again.
Not just good news. Great news. WONDERFUL news.
Two Democratic governors. A massive blue wave into the Virginia state legislature -- control is still not yet determined, because five races are too close to call, but no matter what the Republican supermajority has been utterly washed away. The Washington state senate looking to come under Democratic control after a special election, which would mean that every single West Coast state is completely governed by Democrats. Medicaid expanded in Maine. At least two out transgender women elected to office, Danica Roem in VA and Andrea Jenkins to the Minneapolis City Council. So many diverse women running for office and winning.
I had been dreading the big one-year anniversary coming up tomorrow, but I think it will be easier to face now. We are fighting back, and we are winning. This is only a first step, of course -- all of these results are good news for the midterms, but that doesn't mean we can relax and assume it's all in the bag. It took a lot of work to get here, and it'll take even more work to get the rest of the way. But we can still take a moment to breathe, and celebrate, and allow ourselves some hope.
Hope. It's nice to feel that feeling again.
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