{"id":2209453,"date":"2024-03-29T20:43:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T00:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-victory-in-alabama-is-a-sign-of-things-to-come-says-winner-marilyn-lands\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T20:43:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T00:43:33","slug":"democrats-victory-in-alabama-is-a-sign-of-things-to-come-says-winner-marilyn-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-victory-in-alabama-is-a-sign-of-things-to-come-says-winner-marilyn-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Marilyn Lands, the winner, believes that the Democrat&#8217;s triumph in Alabama heralds future successes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fdemocrats-victory-in-alabama-is-a-sign-of-things-to-come-says-winner-marilyn-lands%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=2209453&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--><p>Alabama&#8217;s \u200bnewly elected State \u200cRep., Marilyn Lands, perceives her recent special election win as a precursor to future successes in the state&#8217;s upcoming \u200celections. Lands, a Democrat championing in vitro\u2064 fertilization protections and\u200d abortion rights, aims to diminish the Republican majority in the state legislature and hopes for further victories in\u2062 2026. \u2063Alabama&#8217;s newest State Representative, Marilyn Lands, views her recent win \u2064in a special election as \u200da stepping\u2063 stone to\u2062 future \u200ctriumphs in the state&#8217;s upcoming elections. As a Democrat advocating for \u2062in vitro fertilization protections and abortion rights, Lands seeks to reduce the Republican\u2062 dominance\u200d in \u200dthe state\u200c legislature and looks forward to additional wins \u200din 2026.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Newly elected <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alabama<\/a> state Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2940681\/democrat-marilyn-lands-flips-deep-red-seat-alabama-running-campaign-ivf-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marilyn Lands<\/a> claimed that her recent victory in a special election on Tuesday is a harbinger of things to come <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>in her state in future elections.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lands, a Democrat who ran her campaign on <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ivf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>in vitro fertilization protections<\/a> and openly talked about <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>having an abortion<\/a>, said she hopes her victory is a starting point to break the Republican majority in the state legislature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives me a lot of hope for this state in 2026,\u201d Lands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/marilyn-lands-who-ran-on-ivf-and-abortion-issue-hopeful-after-alabama-win?ref=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>Daily Beast<\/em>. \u201cI hope that this will be the start of us winning some more seats in 2026 and really beginning to break that [Republican] super majority.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Marilyn Lands, a Democrat who ran a campaign centered on reproductive rights, is photographed on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. ( Marilyn Lands via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lands\u2019s historic victory flipped a seat in the deep red state after a special election was triggered when former state Rep. David Cole pleaded guilty to felony voter fraud in August. Lands won by 25 percentage points over Republican Teddy Powell.<\/p>\n<p>The newly elected state lawmaker said she thinks that her victory will bring the discussion of IVF protections to the national stage. It comes after the Alabama Supreme Court declared that cryogenically frozen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>embryos<\/a> are \u201cextrauterine children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think our state has made this about national politics,\u201d Lands said. \u201cWhen Alabama implemented the [abortion] trigger law here, we saw that spread to other states very fast. I am now afraid that other things we\u2019ve done here \u2014 the IVF ruling, contraception \u2026 I don\u2019t want this to be Alabama\u2019s legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lands\u2019s unexpected victory occurred in a district that has been leaning more to the left in recent elections. Former <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Donald Trump<\/a> only won the district by 1 percentage point in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Other Democratic leaders said they hope the election is a wake-up call for the state, and nationwide, regarding reproductive rights and protection. <\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> campaign said the election showed that Alabama voters understand who is \u201cto blame\u201d for restricting their right to grow their family however they choose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abortion has been a deeply polarizing topic for the country, especially following the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn the historic ruling in <em>Roe v. Wade. <\/em>Republicans in particular have had a hard time with swing voters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like this [race] has been a real victory for women [and] families,\u201d Lands said. \u201cWe have sent a message that the people are ready for change. And I am ready to get down to Montgomery and be the start of some positive change for this state.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama&#8217;s newly elected State Rep., Marilyn Lands, sees her recent special election win as a precursor to future successes in the state&#8217;s upcoming elections. A Democrat advocating for in vitro fertilization protections and openly discussing abortion, Lands aims to pave the way for progressive change in Alabama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2643,"featured_media":2209454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24087568591058-1024x595.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24087568591058-1024x595.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209453","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\/2643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}