Marilyn Lands flipped an Alabama state House seat to Democrats after running her campaign on reproductive rights and the state's IVF decision.
Democrat Marilyn Lands defeated Republican Teddy Powell on Tuesday in a 62-37 landslide, easily prevailing in a nationally watched special election for a GOP-held seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. Lands outperformed the 10th District's normal lean by wide margins: Donald Trump carried the district by a 49-48 spread in 2020, according to Dave's Redistricting App, while voters favored Republican David Cole over Lands 52-45 two years later. While Republicans will still retain their...
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An Alabama Democrat won a special election for a state House seat on Tuesday, flipping the Republican-controlled district where Trump won by one point in 2020. The Democrat, Marilyn Lands, campaigned heavily on the state’s total abortion ban as well as the recent crisis around IVF access—in February, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are “children” and eligible for wrongful death lawsuits, leading multiple fertility clinics to pause their IVF services. "Today, Alabama women and...
A candidate backed by Florida's Republican Party won the mayoral race on Tuesday in a district that Democratic President Joe Biden won by nearly 30 points in 2020.Tom Carney, 70, was elected as mayor of Delray Beach, Florida, after defeating challengers Ryan Boylston and Shirley Johnson, according to election results reported by local station WPBF.Carney received roughly 51 percent of the vote, while Boylston had about 38 percent and Johnson picked up around 10 percent, according to results as...
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Marilyn Lands, a Democrat who made reproductive rights a centerpiece of her campaign in deep red Alabama, has won a special election to the Alabama Legislature.