HOLY COW! We just won a seat that went for Trump by 20 points and Romney by 17!!! Incredible. Congratulations Conor Lamb, we know you’ll be a great representative for the people of PA-18! The anti-Trump resistance is racking up win after win after win and Republicans are freaking out. So much so that WI governor Scott Walker is refusing to hold special elections for fear of losing seats. We are winning all over the country from Oklahoma to Washington to Alabama to New Hampshire. The #BlueWave2018 is coming and it is massive, let’s all get involved and make it into as big as we can to wipe out every Republican at every level of government. Our country is at stake, we must not fail.
November is a long ways away, but there’s a ton of opportunities before then to flip seats in special elections. These seats are key to providing the bench for our future congresspeople, governors and Senators, so they are very important. With Washington gridlocked they also create policy for the vast majority of Americans and if we want Democratic priorities enacted we must elect people in state legislatures to do so!
So how can you get involved? Lots of easy and fun ways to help even if you’ve never participated before, now is a perfect time to start! You can send some cash (if you can afford to), spread the word on social media, write postcards and volunteer to make phone calls or knock doors. Every single action big or small makes a huge difference! It's up to us to make the dream of a blue country from coast to coast a reality. Let’s help elect these great Democrats!
As usual, the special elections calendar includes races for both houses of Congress and all state legislative chambers. For convenience, it includes mayoral (or equivalent) elections for major cities and also includes one Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
This calendar will be updated as new information arrives, so be sure to check back! If you've got news, suggestions, etc., please let us know! The calendar was created by Glenn Magus Harvey, Mattrek, and 1WestCoastLiberal. This list does not include races that don’t have Democrats running or have them running unopposed. For a list of every state race, including the ones with all Democratic or no Democratic candidates, check out our Comprehensive Special Elections List!
Underlined races are races that have important significance above just flipping a seat, so we want to draw more attention to them.
* = Flip opportunity
MARCH
March 27: *AL-HD21
*AL-HD21: Last election (2014) 32.6% D 67.3% R.
Hazel Green (part), Meridianville, Moores Mill, Huntsville (part). Incumbent Jim Patterson (R) passed away.
Hazel Green High School history teacher and coach (and 2014 nominee) C. Terry Jones (D) is our nominee.