{"id":1947381,"date":"2023-06-14T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-wins-special-election-flipping-district-democrats-won-just-months-ago\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T17:05:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:05:55","slug":"republican-wins-special-election-flipping-district-democrats-won-just-months-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-wins-special-election-flipping-district-democrats-won-just-months-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Wins Special Election, Flipping Recently Democratic District"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-wins-special-election-flipping-district-democrats-won-just-months-ago%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947381&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Republican Victory in Maine&#8217;s House of Representatives<\/h2>\n<p>A Maine Republican candidate achieved a remarkable victory in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-poll-majority-of-americans-want-republican-party-to-control-the-senate-sean-hannity\/\" title=\"LATEST POLL: Majority of Americans Want Republican Party to Control the Senate | Sean Hannity\">special election<\/a> on Tuesday, successfully flipping a seat that had been won by a Democrat in the previous November election.<\/p>\n<p>Abden Simmons, a former state representative, emerged as the winner with an impressive 52 percent of the vote, surpassing Democrat Wendy Pieh&#8217;s 48 percent, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscentermaine.com\/article\/news\/politics\/republicans-flip-maine-house-seat-in-midcoast-special-election-politics-district-45-abden-simmons\/97-800e298f-b4b2-4553-a4e9-12ccb10bd69e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News Center Maine<\/a>. It is worth noting that Pieh is also a former state representative.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons will now take over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-quietly-removes-law-that-prioritized-immigrants-who-were-less-likely-to-need-welfare\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Quietly Removes Law That Prioritized Immigrants Who Were Less Likely To Need Welfare\">role previously held<\/a> by Democrat Clinton Collamore, representing Bremen, Friendship, Louds Island Township, Waldoboro, and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Collamore resigned in February after being indicted on charges of violating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlsons-maine-neighbors-rally-around-fox-ousting-share-really-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maine<\/a> Clean Elections Act and forging signatures to collect $14,000 in public campaign funds, according to News Center Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Although Collamore pleaded not guilty to the charges, he pledged to return the campaign funds and his legislative salary, as reported by the news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons, who works as a clammer and elver fisherman, also serves as a Waldoboro selectman, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2023\/06\/13\/politics\/midcoast-tuesday-special-election-abden-simmons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bangor Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>A Boost for the Minority Party<\/h3>\n<p>While the election outcome may not significantly alter the balance of power in Maine&#8217;s State House, with Democrats still outnumbering House Republicans 81-68, along with two additional &#8220;liberal-leaning independents,&#8221; as reported by the Daily News, it does provide a shot of momentum for the minority party.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily News acknowledged that the election result is a positive development for a minority party that had hoped to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republicans-score-historic-victory-flipping-house-seat-close-call-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flip the House<\/a> in the previous year&#8217;s election but was effectively stalemated by Democrats.<\/p>\n<h3>Congratulations and Acknowledgments<\/h3>\n<p>Maine Republican Party Chairman Joel Stetkis took to social media to congratulate Simmons on his victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is massive news for Maine,&#8221; Stetkis exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>He further praised Simmons for his deep community roots and unwavering advocacy for the district&#8217;s way of life, which clearly resonated with voters.<\/p>\n<p>Stetkis also expressed gratitude towards the volunteers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-wins-special-election-flipping-district-democrats-won-just-months-ago\/\" title=\"GOP Wins Special Election, Flipping Recently Democratic District\">local party chairs<\/a>, emphasizing that this victory exemplifies the reinvigorated, bottom-up, grassroots team effort of Maine Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Stetkis extended his thanks not only to Simmons and the Republican team but also to the ultra-liberal Democrats, including President Joe Biden and top state legislators, for making the decision an easy one for voters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Abden and the Republican team were great, but I&#8217;ll also point out that Joe Biden, Janet Mills, Troy Jackson, and Rachel Talbot Ross have consistently proposed and supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aocs-spending-rant-jfk-rolling-grave-highlights-far-dems-fallen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far, far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rich-biden-supporter-gets-taste-of-her-own-socialist-medicine-yall-asking-for-handouts\/\" title=\"Rich Biden Supporter Gets Taste of Her Own Socialist Medicine: \u2018Y\u2019all Asking for Handouts\u2019\">left-wing policies<\/a><\/a>,&#8221; Stetkis remarked.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;Mainers in this battleground district today said ENOUGH. Enough of the spending increases, enough of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-bill-to-mandate-electronic-voting-records-supported-by-soros-backed-secretary-of-state\/\" title=\"Colorado Bill To Mandate Electronic Voting Records Supported By Soros-Backed Secretary of State\">extreme left-wing agenda<\/a> in Augusta, enough of the broken promises. And they picked Abden Simmons to deliver this message.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republican-wins-special-election-flipping-district-democrats-won-just-months-ago\/\">Republican Wins Special Election, Flipping District Democrats Won Just Months Ago<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican candidate in Maine won a House of Representatives seat in a special election, overturning the previous Democrat&#8217;s victory. Abden Simmons, a former state representative, secured 52% of the vote, defeating Democrat Wendy Pieh who received 48%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2022,"featured_media":1947382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[4009,4810,3728,13713,6203,7262,5745],"class_list":["post-1947381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-democratic","tag-district","tag-election","tag-flipping","tag-gop","tag-special","tag-wins"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}