#chedrick greene

[saywhat-politics]

Democrats keep control of Michigan state Senate after special election win

NBC News projects Democrat Chedrick Green defeated Republican Jason Tunney in a state Senate district Kamala Harris narrowly carried in 2024

Greene, a Marine veteran and firefighter, defeated Republican Jason Tunney, a former prosecutor, in the special election to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, who resigned from the state Senate after she was elected to Congress in 2024.

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Democrats retain control of Michigan senate with ‘overperformance’ in special election

Chedrick Greene will have to defend his new perch in midterms, as Republican challenger vows to run again

[tomorrowusa]

Democrats see Greene winning margin as encouraging; spending, opposition to Trump also factors • Michigan Advance

Former party chairs see Greene’s margin of victory in special election a positive sign for Democrats

There was a special election on Tuesday for a vacant seat in the Michigan legislature. It was more consequential than most such elections because the outcome would determine control of the Michigan State Senate.

The Democrat in Michigan Senate District 35, Chedrick Greene, cruised to victory and kept the Michigan Senate in Democratic control. And as with other special elections since Trump's return to office, the Democrat overperformed. 😁

In the wake of a key victory for Democrats in the Michigan Senate special election Tuesday night and an overperformance by now-Sen.-elect Chedrick Greene, who won the seat by nearly 20 points over Republican Jason Tunney, officials and pundits on both sides of the aisle are attempting to make sense of what this means for the state going forward. Prior to the election, many had considered the race to be a potential bellwether for the November midterms, both in Michigan and nationwide. Greene, in his victory speech, repeatedly called the district “deep purple,” with Kamala Harris winning the district by less than a single percentage point in 2024. As for whether or not parties should actually use Tuesday night’s results as such, political consultant and former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party Jeff Timmer said, “if they don’t, they’re foolish.”

Kamala Harris won this district by less than 1% in 2024. Democrat Chedrick Greene won it by 19.5% on Tuesday.

Sen.-Elect Greene won it because people actually turned out to vote for him. Elections are not difficult to understand; you win if more people vote for you than your opponent(s).

To win nationwide this autumn, we need to get people to turn out in massive numbers. This starts with us individually talking to other people – and not just the ones who agree 100% with us. The only way to successfully get around broligarch media and GOP billionaires is person to person talk. People will appreciate that you are not AI or a bot. It worked for Zohran Mamdani in NYC and for Péter Magyar in Hungary.