We won some big things tonight. We don’t know if we lost Georgia, but Stacey Abrams overperformed compared to past Dem gubernatorial candidates since 2002. She needs to stay in this fight. Gillum also overperformed across Florida for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate. He needs to stay in this fight, too. Not our dream day here but we both have given the Southern GOP a run for their money tonight. 

I want to see if we break one or two GOP supermajorities in Atlanta tonight. #TeamValerie didn’t win tonight but we’re already planning for 2020. The Eagle’s Landing secession failed. And CD-06 and CD-07 look insanely close. 

But progressive victories abound all across the nation, and I’m not talking about the U.S. House. My favorite ballot initiatives right now – Amendment A in Colorado, Amendment 4 in Florida, Amendment 2 and Prop B in Missouri, Question 3 in Massachusetts – all won. Nonpartisan redistricting initiatives are winning in four states, Medicaid expansion is winning, marijuana is winning, automatic and same-day voter registration are winning, minimum wage increases are winning. And most of the North Carolina GOP’s ballot question power grabs went down in defeat. 

We also flipped several governorships tonight, giving us a somewhat stronger state-executive hand in redistricting for 2020. 

So tonight, we’ve made several progressive changes which will impact the future of the country in the longer term.