Blue Wave Coming? Democrat Upsets Trump District In HISTORIC Swing
"Early Tuesday evening, Democrat Linda Belcher was pronounced the winner of the special election in Kentucky's House District 49, a seat that Donald Trump carried by a 72-23 margin in 2016 and that went 66-33 for Mitt Romney in 2012.
Her 68-32 victory represents a ridiculous 45-point improvement on Hillary Clinton's performance. In fuller context, it's a little less ridiculous than that. Belcher had previously represented this district in the state legislature, lost a very narrow 50.4-49.6 race in 2016; then the man who defeated her, Dan Johnson, killed himself while under a cloud of sexual assault allegations. The GOP nominated Johnson's widow and Belcher reclaimed her old seat.