Well Johnson lost which I didn't see coming. I got a nasty sense about a week before Election Day (that she was in trouble) but I had seen this happen before with her and I still felt confident that she would win.
Simmons also lost by 167 votes. A recount will be held and I think I heard it has to be completed by next Wedesday.
As far as the Connecticut Legislature, before this election, the Republicans in the Connecticut State House held 52 seats out of 151 and we held 12 out of 36 seats in the State Senate.
We lost eight seats in the House, four incumbents and four of our five open seats (but knocked off one incumbent for a net loss of seven) and a Senate seat. The Democrats now have veto-proof majorities in both chambers.
The guy who I helped get elected in 2004 (when he only won by 48 votes, the closest race in the state) was reelected this year but only by 226 votes. All of the other races I was working on lost and lost big. It was a pretty shitty night.
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