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Beau says:
Former Speaker McCarthy leaving Congress, special election dates set; Democratic Party has a chance to impact legislative outcomes.
Voters, political activists.
Importance of voter turnout in special elections.
#SpecialElections #LegislativeOutcomes #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #VoterTurnout
Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Bo again.
So today we are going to talk about California in New York
and McCarthy and Santos and dates,
the dates for the special elections to replace them.
And we're gonna talk about what's actually up for grabs
and what it means.
Okay, so if you missed it,
former Speaker of the House McCarthy,
he's leaving, he's done with Congress.
Governor Gavin Newsom has set the special election dates.
The primary will be March 19th and the actual general election will be May 21st.
That's for California's 20th district.
Now on the other side of the country, we have the special election for Santos coming up
to replace Santos.
That is February 13th.
So realistically, the McCarthy one, that's going to be another Republican.
It's not impossible for a Democratic candidate to win, but it seems unlikely.
With the Santos seat, with that one, the Democratic party can win that.
And if they do, it helps shrink the Republican majority in the House.
Right now, one of the problems the Democratic Party is facing is a very dysfunctional House
of Representatives.
The Republican Party can't agree on anything.
They don't have any policy to really get behind.
There's a lot of talking points, a lot of infighting, and it is derailing, well, everything.
Not by the normal way Republicans derail stuff, which is by obstructing any Democratic Party
initiative.
It's even derailing their own priorities.
They just can't get anything done.
There's not enough here to shift the majority really.
But when it comes to party-line votes, any seat helps shrink the amount of votes the
Republican Party can lose.
Right now, they can only lose two votes.
So the Santos special election, the special election to replace Santos, is probably the
most important.
the one that's going to matter and might actually shape things. It might lead to
things being passed that normally wouldn't. The McCarthy one, it would be a
huge political win for the Democratic Party to flip that, but that is really
unlikely. That is a very red area. Again, not impossible depends on voter turnout
and it is a special election, but it's unlikely. But those are the dates and
they'll come up pretty quick. Not going to be a lot of campaigning for this
and we'll just have to wait and see how it plays out and how it impacts the
rest of the legislative session for Congress. Anyway, it's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
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