🚨WE HAVE A FLIP TO REPORT🚨 Democrat James Malone has FLIPPED Pennsylvania State Senate District 36! This is a seat that voted for Donald Trump by *15* points just 5 months ago. A political earthquake for Pennsylvania and a huge warning for the entire GOP, Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Let’s goooo! - ThreadSky

trumpstaxes.com • 13 days ago

🚨WE HAVE A FLIP TO REPORT🚨

Democrat James Malone has FLIPPED Pennsylvania State Senate District 36!

This is a seat that voted for Donald Trump by *15* points just 5 months ago.

A political earthquake for Pennsylvania and a huge warning for the entire GOP, Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Let’s goooo!

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nicocoer.bsky.social•13 days ago

Holy shit. That’s Amish country, I’ve done events there. Holy shit.

rks55.bsky.social•13 days ago

Also... Democrat Dan Goughnour won special election yesterday in PA 35 by landslide to keep slim one-member Dem majority in PA state house.

citizen-sharon.bsky.social•13 days ago

Really? I just looked and it does seem to be called yet.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/25/us/elections/results-pennsylvania-special-elections.html

trumpstaxes.com•13 days ago

No they haven't, but lots of election analysts have, as has the DLCC, so it's pretty much official.

citizen-sharon.bsky.social•13 days ago

🤞

ashleypdub.bsky.social•13 days ago

I hope this is just the beginning & the April special elections go this way as well. We need to take back control of congress. I truly feel that is the best way to keep tRump & Muskrat under at least a bit more control. If the judicial branch keeps doing their job, democracy may barely survive.

cvan98.bsky.social•13 days ago

I just don't know if it's gonna be the same thing in Wisconsin. I'm kinda nervous. Its gonna be a close race. The rest of America might not care, but it would be an incredibly sad day because that means Musk would be a kingmaker. We would lose our democracy.

mellongraig.bsky.social•13 days ago

Well, after this result, let's think positive... and we all thought the Wisconsin Supreme Court race back in 2023 was going to be close. It turned out not to be the case.

The best thing we can do - reach out to Wisconsinites that haven't voted yet to make a plan to vote for Susan Crawford.

spewspewitt.bsky.social•13 days ago

Oh wow. By less than 500 votes with over 50,000 cast??

spewspewitt.bsky.social•13 days ago

You are the best BlueSky account! …with the most random name. But yay!! A flip!! 💙

trumpstaxes.com•13 days ago

Lol thanks!

Btw I used the name to start a parody account on Twitter waaaay back in 2016, thinking Trump would lose. When he won, I turned it into an activist account, and then migrated over here after the Elon-ification of the other place.

jestastrophy.bsky.social•13 days ago

LFG!!!!!!!!!!

notonthemoon.com•13 days ago

YOOO LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO!!!

@ariellaelm.bsky.social huge upset dem win!!!!

michellian.bsky.social•13 days ago

Let's Roll

joyrcoat.bsky.social•13 days ago

👍

gdkalmbach.bsky.social•13 days ago

Notably, Parsons failed to attend a candidate forum. You can't win if you don't show up, and Democrats need to show that they take the concerns of voters seriously.

atom-nyc.bsky.social•13 days ago

Can I call the people still voting for Republicans deplorables? Or, don’t they get the news from our sources?

sallydeal4.bsky.social•13 days ago

I love me some pancakes. We all need these flickers of hope for the future, too.

EVERY ELECTION MATTERS, but guess what folks, many people have no idea these special elections are even happening. That's where postcards, phone-banks, & talking to neighbors/friends IN REAL LIFE, comes in!

mikestivers.bsky.social•13 days ago

april 1st, come soon. 3 seats! we need to survive.

seasideseawitch.bsky.social•13 days ago

#wearetheflood

mkassof.bsky.social•13 days ago

🤫

debbie156.bsky.social•13 days ago

Excellent!

buildcommunity.bsky.social•13 days ago

Great work everyone! This 482 vote win really shows that every vote matters. Every hour we dedicate to making calls counts. Now let's take this momentum and elect Gay Valimont and Josh Weil next Tuesday!

https://www.mobilize.us/gayforcongress/event/757779/

larryfischel.bsky.social•13 days ago

WOW WOW WOW WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

trumpstaxes.com•13 days ago

HOLY MOLY!

Democrat James Malone won by 482 votes in the final tally (not counting any potential provisionals).

The Libertarian candidate got 480 votes.

This was a nail-biter, and EVERY VOTE counted.

ajdiii.bsky.social•13 days ago

Obviously the fact that he won is important. On a bigger scale, this should start scaring Republicans everywhere. This is a ruby red district which means it wasn’t just usual Democratic voters that caused the flip.

trumpstaxes.com•13 days ago

Here's the official FLIP post from the DLCC!

https://bsky.app/profile/thedlcc.bsky.social/post/3llaptqwias2x

trumpstaxes.com•13 days ago

Not to toot any horns, but I and others who pay close attention to elections have been posting about this Special Election A LOT in the last few weeks.

All of the signs were there:

*Dem enthusiasm/anger and over-performances
*Good candidate
*Libertarian candidate

https://bsky.app/profile/trumpstaxes.com/post/3lkrgb3hmi22m

marllake.bsky.social•13 days ago

🥂

ellesun.bsky.social•13 days ago

So close! 😮‍💨 👍🏼

Do you know if that margin is likely to trigger a recount?

marajade1.bsky.social•13 days ago

My exact question!

trumpstaxes.com•13 days ago

They still have to count provisionals first, which usually add to the Dem count. I highly doubt they'll go through with a recount if the margin is several hundred votes.

ellesun.bsky.social•13 days ago

Ballotpedia says margin <=0.5% in state election triggers a recount in PA (I haven’t looked for other sources)

https://ballotpedia.org/Recount_laws_in_Pennsylvania

trumpstaxes.com•13 days ago

Currently just under 1%, and that will likely grow.

dutchguydownunder.bsky.social•13 days ago

As long as we keep Doge out of the voting machine's!

trudygonzales.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yes

ericacoffey.bsky.social•13 days ago

hinebd.bsky.social•13 days ago

And now I'm hungry for breakfast.

mellongraig.bsky.social•13 days ago

Holy cow - wow! And the GOP majority in the Senate shrinks from 28-22 to 27-23 just like that.

That now means Dems can retain their House majority by at least breaking even, and flipping the Senate outright with a net gain of three in 2026, barring any other special elections that may come.

silencedewgood.bsky.social•13 days ago

Delicious!

hopeactually.bsky.social•13 days ago

Ok, but democrats over performed in every special election after Dobbs in 2022 and 2023, but Trump still won every swing state?

2024 election doesn’t add up to me.

All eyes on WI and FL next.

mojochefjeff.bsky.social•13 days ago

Oh Yeahhhhh

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