What Went Down During The 2021 Elections

I think the whole commonwealth thing is kind of pretentious, Geoffrey! It’s not the “United States and Commonwealths of America.”

It looks like Democrat Ken Welch has defeated Republican Robert Blackmon in the race for mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida. Welch will be the city’s first Black mayor.

To Leah’s point, if Youngkin wins, I don’t think the takeaway for many Republicans will be, “We should run candidates that have the profile and resources to distance themselves from Trump.” I think it will more likely be, “2022 is open season on Democrats.” We know Trump will claim full credit for a GOP win tonight, and I’m not sure Republican candidates will want to say anything otherwise, for fear of getting on his bad side.