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Chris Rock says George Bush gave us Obama. Maybe Trump will give us Jesus. I hope you Trump people are prepared for the consequences of your actions.
Most Republican county in Ohio just flipped nine seats blue
Most Republican county in Ohio just flipped nine seats blue
One of the most telling signs of growing Democratic strength is the results of elections in Ohio’s Warren County.
There are no more reliably red counties in the state than Warren County. Except for 1964, its residents have voted GOP in every presidential election since the party was founded, and went for Trump by 32 points. Democrats are so unpopular there that last year, a man was arrested for dumping huge quantities of manure outside the Democrats’ county headquarters in the city of Lebanon.
Democrats have had no meaningful presence in county or local offices since the 1980s, and rarely even bother running candidates at all.
But on Tuesday, Warren County elected 9 new Democrats to local offices, and re-elected all 4 incumbents. Democrats now have multiple school board members, township trustees, a municipal court judge in Franklin, and a seat on the Educational Services Center. For good measure, they helped a moderate Republican defeat a far-right candidate for trustee in Deerfield Township.