Dems Flip KY House Seat In District Trump Won By Huge Margin

Manchester, NH, 11/07/16, Republican candidate for President Donald Trump at the SNHU Arena. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff)
MANCHESTER, NH - NOVEMBER 7: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally at SNHU Arena in Manchester, NH, on Nov. 7, 2016, the night before election day. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Glob... MANCHESTER, NH - NOVEMBER 7: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally at SNHU Arena in Manchester, NH, on Nov. 7, 2016, the night before election day. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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A Democrat and former public school teacher flipped a Republican-held seat in the Kentucky state House Tuesday in a district where President Donald Trump won by a 72 percent to 23 percent majority.

The Democrat, Linda Belcher, beat GOP challenger Rebecca Johnson, who is the widow of former Rep. Dan Johnson, who took his own life last year after denying molestation allegations made by a 17-year-old girl from a church where he served as pastor.

Belcher easily defeated Rebecca Johnson by a 68 percent to 32 percent margin, according to the Louisville Courier Journal.

Belcher had previously served as the representative for Kentucky’s 49th District for two terms, from 2009 to 2012 and from 2014 to 2017, until Dan Johnson won in 2016, The Huffington Post reported. Belcher first ran for the seat in 2009 as a widow, as well, after her husband Rep. Larry Belcher (D) died in a car crash in 2008.

Belcher’s Tuesday victory marks the 37th state legislative seat that Democrats have picked up since Trump was elected.

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  1. GET OUT AND VOTE!!! We can make this happen!

  2. Fantastic news. To borrow a phrase - yes we can.

  3. Watch out Goopers. we’re coming for you…

    ETA: OT, but the Gates/van der Zwaan type of flippiing going on in Israel right now. One of Netananyahu’s closest aides will testify against him… Tweets from Oval Office incoming in 3…2…1…

  4. Jengo politics!

    RUN FOR OFFICE!!

  5. Hey TPM:
    I hate to pick nits, but shouldn’t this article have a picture of the candidate?
    I mean, the article is about Linda Belcher…NOT DJT. Just sayin’…

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