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Democrat Alex Holladay won the special election to represent Arkansas’s House District 70, beating Republican Bo Renshaw. Holladay won with 57% of the vote flipping the seat previous held by Republican Carlton Wing.

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin touted Holladay’s “exceptional” campaign and said in a statement Wednesday that his win “is a sign that voters are ready to put their trust in Democrats, even in districts where Republicans have held office for years.”

Danvers Democrats convened on Thursday, February 26 at the Delegate Caucus to elect 14 delegates and 4 alternates to represent Danvers at the State Convention in Worcester on May 29 and May 30. The delegation consists of 9 men and 9 women. In addition to our 18 delegates, we will also have 4 ex-officio delegates that are invited to the convention due to their office. This includes our State Rep, State Committee members and the DTC Chair.

More than 80 Democrats attended the caucus in person or virtually to nominate and cast their ballot for Democrats in our community,

State officials Senator Markey, Congressman Moulton, Attorney General Campbell and Auditor DiZoglio addressed the caucus on line. Governor Healey and Kim Driscoll provided a video message.

Candidates running for Congress 6th District Jamie Belsito, Daniel Koh and Mariah Lancaster appeared in person and spoke to the caucus. Senator Joan Lovely spoke to the caucus virtually and then came to join us staying until late in the evening. We missed State Rep Sally Kerans and candidate Tram Nguyen who had planned to attend but the State House was in session voting on the important Energy Bill late into the evening. Spokespeople for candidate John Beccia, Mariah Lancaster and Tram Nguyen addressed the caucus.

Thank you to everyone for attended and participated in our democracy. The caucus process is slow and deliberate and I appreciate everyones understanding and patience in what was a very successful caucus resulting in a great group of experienced and first time delegates.

Democrat Jennifer Mazzocco cruises to victory in Pennsylvania special election for State House 42 district. In a district that has voted 2-to-1 for Democrats in recent years, Jennifer Mazzocco won with 81.7% of the vote.

Ana Tiburcio defeated Republican former school board member Robert E. Smith Jr. in the 22nd Legislative District election. She won more than 67% of the vote.

These victories help maintain the Democrats’ slim 102 -98 majority in the state House.

Louisiana’s state legislative special election was supposed to be a very different kind of contest. A Democratic state representative gave up his seat to become commissioner of the state Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, and Republicans saw this as a unique opportunity to do something the party hasn’t done in a while: flip a seat from blue to red.

That didn’t happen. 

Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez won Saturday’s special election for State House District 60, defeating Republican Brad Daigle.

Martinez, a member of the Iberville Parish Council, earned 62% of the vote against Daigle, a small-business owner and member of the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission.

At first blush, this might not seem especially notable, since a Democratic candidate won a special election to replace a former Democratic legislator.

But the details matter. Trump carried this district by 13 points in the 2024 cycle, fueling GOP hopes about flipping the state House seat.

Instead, the Democratic nominee prevailed — by 24 points.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a deep red Republican State Senate district in Fort Worth Texas by 14 points in Saturday’s special election.  Republicans have held this seat for decades and Trump carried it by 17 points in 2024.  This 30 point swing has continued our string of winning virtually every special election since March.

The DanversDems hosted our annual MLK Jr. Day of Service.  This year we hosted a food drive for our Danvers People to People Food Pantry.

Thank you to Liz and the Blue Crew for hosting a most successful Food Drive for the Danvers People to People Food Pantry. Despite the weather, DanversDems and the people of Danvers turned out to help their neighbors.

When we left the Food Pantry at 2:00 PM, we already knew that we had collected far more food and toiletries than in previous years. Later when Liz tallied the financial donations from the donation box along with online donations, we found that an additional $885 had been raised. An extraordinary day.

Thank you to all the DanversDems and the Danvers residents who donated in celebration of MLK Jr Day of Service.

We also extend our sincere thanks to our local elected officials and candidates who stopped by, donated and spent time with members. Thanks to Congressman Seth Moulton, candidates for the Congress 6th District: Dan Koh with Theodora, Rick Jakious, Jamie Belsito and to our always supportive State Representative Sally Kerans and Senator Joan Lovely.

Well Done!

For more information, please contact Liz@danversdemocrats.org