Die Demokratin Chasity Verret Martinez gewinnt den Sitz im Distrikt 60 und ersetzt Chad Brown

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The Republicans are losing fucking *Louisiana*. Let that sink in.

>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.
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While Martinez took a nearly 2-to-1 victory, District 60 is a somewhat purple area, which voted for Donald Trump in each of his three elections, but also swung back to vote for Gov. John Bel Edwards in the Democrat’s 2019 reelection.

*Do not wait for the midterms*.

**There are 44 elections in February alone** [according to Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Elections_calendar) that are spanning: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington, New Jersey, Louisiana, Texas, Minnesota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Georgia, Iowa, Wisconsin, Delaware, Maine, and Pennsylvania.

Change *does not* start at the midterms or presidential elections; those elections only reinforce. Change *starts* at the numerous state, county, judicial, sheriff, mayor, city council, and education board election that happens between *now* and the midterms.

*Every* seat Democrats win at *any* level makes rigging the midterms that much harder for Trump. So *do not wait* until the midterms. Exercise every ounce of your right to vote *before* Trump moves to end them.

*Do not wait for the midterms.*

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**2026:**

Jan 6 – [Democrats Jones, Schmidt win Richmond-area General Assembly seats](https://www.vpm.org/elections/2026-01-06/mike-jones-charlie-schmidt-general-assembly-special-elections-sd15-hd77)

Jan 13

– [Democrats win 2 special Virginia state House elections](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5687444-democrats-win-virginia-special-elections/)

– [Democrat Pemberton Jr. wins special election for 139th CT House seat](https://www.wtnh.com/news/elections/democrat-pemberton-jr-wins-special-election-for-139th-ct-house-seat/)

– [Chris Dzadovsky wins Fort Pierce commission seat by 31 votes, flips control to Democrats](https://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/fort-pierce/chris-dzadovsky-wins-fort-pierce-commission-seat-by-31-votes-flips-control-to-democrats)

Jan 20 – [Democrat McGuire wins Virginia House District 17 special election](https://virginiamercury.com/2026/01/20/democrat-mcguire-wins-virginia-house-district-17-special-election/)

Jan 27 – [Democrats win two Minnesota special elections, bringing state House back to a tie](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5708065-democrats-win-minnesota-house-seats/)

Jan 31

– [Democrats flip Texas state Senate seat in shock upset](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5716988-democrats-score-upset-texas/amp/)

– [Democrat Christian Menefee Wins Election For U.S. House, Narrowing GOP’s Slim Majority](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrat-christian-menefee-wins-election-for-us-house-narrowing-gops-slim-majority_n_697ed0a1e4b0c862d1f51138/amp)

Feb 4

– [NYC special election results: Democrats dominate state legislature seats](https://pix11.com/news/local-news/nyc-special-election-results-democrats-dominate-state-legislature-seats/)

– [Democrats Erik Bottcher and Keith Powers easily win special elections for state Senate, Assembly seats in Manhattan](https://www.amny.com/politics/democrats-erik-bottcher-keith-powers-special-elections/)

**Feb 7** – [Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins District 60 seat, replacing Chad Brown](https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/chasity-verret-martinez-wins-election/article_4215bf58-3e04-4797-bdf5-067053533090.html)

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* [Supreme Court, with no dissents, rejects GOP challenge to California’s new election map](https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-02-04/supreme-court-rejects-gop-challenge-to-californias-new-election-map?sfnsn=mo)

* [Local officials push back on Trump’s threats to ’nationalize‘ elections in targeted cities](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/local-officials-push-back-trumps-threats-nationalize-elections-targete-rcna257583)

* [Hakeem Jeffries Takes Aim At Trump Over Call To Nationalize Election: ‚Get Lost‘ — „We will never let that happen,“ Jeffries added](https://www.latintimes.com/hakeem-jeffries-takes-aim-trump-over-call-nationalize-election-get-lost-594251)

* [Inside Dems’ Plans to Beat Back Trump’s Attacks on the Midterms — The party is taking concrete actions now to preempt the election meddling they know is coming.](https://www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-democrat-plans-to-beat-back-trump-election-meddling-attacks-midterms-2026)

* [Trump Could Interfere With the Midterm Elections. You Can Help Defend Them.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/opinion/trump-midterms-election-security.html)

Please don’t get to excited over this race. I’ve lived in this district for 44 years and have known Chasity since we were babies. She’s very well known in the district and her family are very well known. I’m a republican and I voted for her vbecause I know her and I know she’s about as far to the other side of the modern democrats as you can get.

Keep track of her voting record once she’s in the house if you don’t believe me. Guarantee she votes with the Republicans 99% of the time.

Appears to be solid blue district in a state where democrats didn’t bother to vote in 2024

With a news cycle that just seems to be one bad thing after another, this kind of good news is a nice reprieve from it all

More Dems taking former Trump won districts is always nice to see

Assuming the midterms aren’t just *entirely* compromised and rigged fully for Republicans already, Dems are going to flip Congress for Democrats almost for sure, because it is just so clear the people are tired of Trumpism and how its only made their lives worse and they want something else

Democrats are not perfect by any means, but they are certainly a better choice and I look forward to seeing this trend of Dems wins to continue into November so at least the last part of the Vance presidency won’t be quite *so* bad and hopefully 2028 will get us a nice Dem President as a result

Another win for the good guys. +37% swing from 2024. The GOP is still locked in their own echo chamber of bullshit and appear oblivious to the immense popular outrage.

Which leaves us with one important question. How can the DEMs fuck this up?