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Alexander B. Howard retweeted
Before last night, there had only been three Black governors ever elected. Now, five Black governors will serve at the same time washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Good morning from DC, where the state of our union is in flux.☀️
☕️🫡 🇺🇸 to all the state & local poll workers & election officials who just pulled off one of the most important free & fair elections in our nation’s history, & all Americans who ensured the People’s right to vote.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
Welcome to the beginning of the post-Trump era. President Trump has another 2 years in office but his party—which he has browbeaten and reshaped —has been repudiated in areas that used to be essential to his base. The President failed on what mattered most to most Americans, regardless of Party.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
Please remember all the anti-democratic dogs that did not bark today.
ICE did not intimidate or arrest voters at polling stations.
Trump's attempt to disenfranchise voters in California failed miserably.
Trump's planned shenanigans in Alaska no longer matter. Dems already won the Senate.
And we dont have to wait anxiously to see what the House clerk will do on January 3rd regarding the seating of newly elected members. This blowout makes that anti-democratic tactic completely untenable now.
Democrats won big tonight.
But so too did democracy.
Those who predicted democracy's death in America were mistaken.
🗳️🇺🇸 @ElonMusk spent more than $160 million on a Senate race in Texas, + whatever abusing his megaphone on @X is worth, but found that in a republic of the people, in the great state of Texas, voters still collectively have more power than a trillionaire. on.wsj.com/3X4kzS0
In Texas, @JamesTalarico was elected to the U.S. Senate with a huge margin of victory. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
Texans sized up the candidates & made up their own minds, despite the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by the world’s richest man.
Money can’t buy everything?
Today, @DebHaalandNM of the Laguna Pueblo, a 32nd generation New Mexican, former Congresswoman @SecDebHaaland, was elected as the 108th governor of New Mexico by her fellow citizens.
Image: @NatGeo
nationalgeographic.com/envir…
In Texas, @GovAbbottPress just conceded to @GinaHinojosaTX, in one of the most important democratic acts of his 12 years in office: honoring the will of the people, instead of lies & crying fraud. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
She will be the Lone Star State’s first Hispanic governor.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
Brazil. Serbia. Israel (perhaps). America. The self correcting resilience of democracy. It takes time, true. But testimony that ordinary voters defend democracy (no 2 issue in the US exit poll). And protected by the courts, elections matter. A reality check for authoritarian leaders.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
1/ CDC scientists wrote an urgent alert to warn doctors about measles in pregnancy. New reporting shows the Trump administration blocked it. In Pennsylvania alone, 77 pregnant women have had measles this year and at least six newborns had it at birth.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
The voters have spoken, and I want to extend my congratulations to James Talarico on his election to the U.S. Senate. I look forward to meeting him and offering my assistance with his transition as he prepares to serve Texans in the U.S. Senate.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
This is an election-day reminder that election denial is a form of corruption and specifically an act of fraud. It means that individuals loyal to the leader have agreed to tell a lie to the American people about who won an election. They propagate that lie to their constituents, congregations, consumers, and their children until it becomes not just a party line but a credo.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
NEW: For over a century, Virginia has banned anyone convicted of any felony of their right to vote ***for life.***
Voters just abolished this Jim Crow-era policy.
A huge result from Virginia—our just-out story:
boltsmag.org/virginia-passes…
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
Congratulations to our next Senator @RoyCooperNC. I look forward to working with him during the transition. Representing the Old North State in the world’s most deliberative body is an honor of a lifetime and Susan and I wish Roy and Kristin the very best in the years ahead.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
Other winners: @aparnafordc in Ward 1, Matt Frumin in Ward 3, @ZacharyforWard5, @charlesallen, @ChmnMendelson and @DCAttorneyGen.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
NEWS: Initial results are in, and they show @Janeese4DC with 84% of the vote in the D.C. mayoral race. @RobertWhite_DC is at 87% for D.C. delegate. @repoyedc and @tweetelissa are ahead in the At-Large race. As for Initiative 86, it's at 73% to approve (ban foie gras).
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
The Fox News Decision Desk can project that Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will become the next Governor of Georgia, defeating Republican businessman Rick Jackson.
The former Atlanta mayor will be the first Black woman governor in U.S. history and the first Democrat elected governor in Georgia in decades.
She succeeds Governor Brian Kemp.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Georgia governor's race, the AP said. She is the first Black woman to be elected governor in U.S. history. on.wsj.com/4sGG4UH
