Today’s results repudiate MAGA and the Republican Party. The high-propensity voters for an odd-year election pushed future governors Abigail Spanberger (VA) and Mikie Sherrill (NJ) to double-digit wins. Prop 50 may win by 30 points. Zohran Mamdani is on track for just over 50%: he would have won even under a ranked-choice system. I do hope he appoints Republican loser Curtis Sliwa to run the city’s zoos: the man has six cats and can’t be all bad. We won the Georgia Public Utilities Commission seats by about 25 points. We won the Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention elections by almost 50, notwithstanding the desperate pleas for totally-unnecessary contributions some group demanded this morning.

Our work for the Virginia House of Delegates paid off. Entering tonight we held a 51–49 majority. We flipped 13 seats, including 6 of the 14 labeled “Lean Republican”. Michael Feggans won by double digits. Jessica Anderson (we sent postcards) and May Nivar (we sent money) were two of the flips, defeating Republican incumbents.

It wasn’t all good news, though. Republicans flipped the mayor of Berlin, New Hampshire, population 9248, by thirteen votes, pending a recount.

We still have terrible problems, both structurally and tactically. But tonight we punched MAGA in the face. Champagne will be served at the next IE meeting.