I sincerely hope this is the beginning of the end for the insane, pervasive anti-trans hysteria that has been sweeping the country for the last three years. It has been disgraceful. Anti-trans politics are a loser strategy - besides being hurtful and an assault on human rights.
Absolutely AMAZING results! As we all know, when you stand with us you win, when you stand against us you lose. The general public is tired of hearing them vilifying one of the most vulnerable demographics in the world with no evidence of wrongdoing. Between that and stopping SEGM in their tracks at WSU I am one happy girl
FYI: Results are provisional, but Democrat Erica Deuso, a transgender woman, appears to have won the mayoral race in Downingtown, PA, despite horrific anti-trans ads and posts by her Republican opponent. Erica stayed focused and campaigned relentlessly on the real issues affecting her community instead of responding to those attacks.
Thank you Erin. These past 9 months I barely dare to skim through your articles because it’s so much terrible news…. But this time I read the ENTIRE post and took a deep breath of relief for a change. You really are awesome at your craft 🌹🌹🌹
I believe Trump‘s original test bed for anti-trans attacks was developed in VA based on misreported events here in the Loudoun County school system. Youngkin used the hysteria to win office four years ago. Trump used it a year ago. This rejection by the voters of Loudoun County and the state of Virginia is a signal to the country that the power is with the people.
This is a time when I stay in the moment and enjoy, celebrate and breath the success. I will not let the fear of tomorrow destroy my happiness tonight.
Must resist urge to rub swing voters' noses in how easy it would've been for them to do this last year. Must resist urge to rub swing voters' noses in how easy it would've been for them to do this last year. 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘣 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴' 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳.
You know, trans people took the largest and most massive hit for Spanberger in Virginia, but unlike Mamdani, she never even addressed that or mentioned the people who took the blows. I checked her history on trans people and the most I got was that she wants the local communities decide for themselves if trans kids can play sports or if trans people can even go to the bathroom. I'm not impressed. In fact I'm angry that she is so mishmashy on the subject. And this after the massive hits trans people TOOK FOR HER from her opponent and she says NOTHING.
If you’re from Virginia, let her know your feelings on her “mishmashy” position on the subject by calling her office and leaving her your message.
If you aren’t from Virginia, write a letter and tell her how you feel.
Yours and others opinions may let her know it’s ok to support the LGBTQ+ community in Virginia and that you expect to hear some positive statements soon!
This is the result of the general American public FINALLY realizing this evil regime is not only targeting the most vulnerable demographics but literally the ENTIRE population.
Kitchen table issues are what matter. Tonight showed it clearly but I really hope the scapegoating stops. It's beyond insane that fossil fuel companies have been funneling money into these anti-trans distraction. Thank you to any and all of our allies that stood up tonight.
Over the years (my first vote was for George McGovern), I've become quite familiar with losing elections (see previous parenthesis). I don't know if I've ever had as good a night as tonight.
Not all the cases were impacted by questions of trans rights, but the good news from Bucks County to Maine to NYC to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Virginia to Georgia to Mississippi to California kept coming.
It's a night for cake and ice cream. Then come January, I start pushing Sherrill to get Murphy's gubernatorial order protecting trans rights, protections which would have vanished with a Ciattarelli win, enshrined in law.
Erin, your analysis of the election results could be quoted verbatim by every Democrat running for office between now and 11/2/2026.
I sincerely hope the Repubs have lead feet on the issue of LGBTQA+ and just cannot pivot quickly enough to lying about how much they’ve always supported the community.
It's interesting to compare the Spanberger victory to the Sherrill victory. Both from the same generation. Both women, both White and blonde. Ironically, they were once even roommates. And now they have both been elected governor by nearly identical margins. Their states are politically similar: Kamala won both Virginia and New Jersey by almost identical margins in 2024.
What distinguishes them is Spanberger's march to the middle and her abandonment of support for trans people. Spanberger refused to answer questions about positions on trans issues, except to call them local issues and to put our people at the mercy of local governments. Sherrill, on the other hand, is on record as opposing a trans athletic ban, and she's unapologetic about it. She didn't make that the focus of her campaign, nor should she have, but she didn't treat it as an aspect of her political history she had to live down.
So, what did Spanberger's march to the right and abandonment of trans people gain her? NOTHING. She likely alienated a lot of Virginia's LGBTQ community and picked up some of the GOP racist vote that could NEVER, EVER support a Black woman. If anything, Spanberger was running against an easier candidate to defeat - a Black Republican woman with a 60-grit personality, vs. a more generic White Republican man.
So, throwing trans people under the bus achieves ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. NOTHING AT ALL - BY THE NUMBERS!
I sincerely hope this is the beginning of the end for the insane, pervasive anti-trans hysteria that has been sweeping the country for the last three years. It has been disgraceful. Anti-trans politics are a loser strategy - besides being hurtful and an assault on human rights.
Absolutely AMAZING results! As we all know, when you stand with us you win, when you stand against us you lose. The general public is tired of hearing them vilifying one of the most vulnerable demographics in the world with no evidence of wrongdoing. Between that and stopping SEGM in their tracks at WSU I am one happy girl
FYI: Results are provisional, but Democrat Erica Deuso, a transgender woman, appears to have won the mayoral race in Downingtown, PA, despite horrific anti-trans ads and posts by her Republican opponent. Erica stayed focused and campaigned relentlessly on the real issues affecting her community instead of responding to those attacks.
Thank you Erin. These past 9 months I barely dare to skim through your articles because it’s so much terrible news…. But this time I read the ENTIRE post and took a deep breath of relief for a change. You really are awesome at your craft 🌹🌹🌹
I believe Trump‘s original test bed for anti-trans attacks was developed in VA based on misreported events here in the Loudoun County school system. Youngkin used the hysteria to win office four years ago. Trump used it a year ago. This rejection by the voters of Loudoun County and the state of Virginia is a signal to the country that the power is with the people.
This is a time when I stay in the moment and enjoy, celebrate and breath the success. I will not let the fear of tomorrow destroy my happiness tonight.
Must resist urge to rub swing voters' noses in how easy it would've been for them to do this last year. Must resist urge to rub swing voters' noses in how easy it would've been for them to do this last year. 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘣 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴' 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳.
𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘩...
TFG!
The Rethugs lost because all they had to offer was hate. Which warms their cold bitter hearts but does little for anybody else.
Oh, also, the Political Consultant Class can go suck it, you only win against bullies when you fight back.
You know, trans people took the largest and most massive hit for Spanberger in Virginia, but unlike Mamdani, she never even addressed that or mentioned the people who took the blows. I checked her history on trans people and the most I got was that she wants the local communities decide for themselves if trans kids can play sports or if trans people can even go to the bathroom. I'm not impressed. In fact I'm angry that she is so mishmashy on the subject. And this after the massive hits trans people TOOK FOR HER from her opponent and she says NOTHING.
If you’re from Virginia, let her know your feelings on her “mishmashy” position on the subject by calling her office and leaving her your message.
If you aren’t from Virginia, write a letter and tell her how you feel.
Yours and others opinions may let her know it’s ok to support the LGBTQ+ community in Virginia and that you expect to hear some positive statements soon!
This is the result of the general American public FINALLY realizing this evil regime is not only targeting the most vulnerable demographics but literally the ENTIRE population.
Kitchen table issues are what matter. Tonight showed it clearly but I really hope the scapegoating stops. It's beyond insane that fossil fuel companies have been funneling money into these anti-trans distraction. Thank you to any and all of our allies that stood up tonight.
Over the years (my first vote was for George McGovern), I've become quite familiar with losing elections (see previous parenthesis). I don't know if I've ever had as good a night as tonight.
Not all the cases were impacted by questions of trans rights, but the good news from Bucks County to Maine to NYC to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Virginia to Georgia to Mississippi to California kept coming.
It's a night for cake and ice cream. Then come January, I start pushing Sherrill to get Murphy's gubernatorial order protecting trans rights, protections which would have vanished with a Ciattarelli win, enshrined in law.
Outstandingly good news on many fronts!
Erin, your analysis of the election results could be quoted verbatim by every Democrat running for office between now and 11/2/2026.
I sincerely hope the Repubs have lead feet on the issue of LGBTQA+ and just cannot pivot quickly enough to lying about how much they’ve always supported the community.
Hell yeah! I am pleasantly surprised by this. This has been a hell of a year for us, but I am grateful to still be here to witness these victories 🙏
Thank you voters 💕
It's interesting to compare the Spanberger victory to the Sherrill victory. Both from the same generation. Both women, both White and blonde. Ironically, they were once even roommates. And now they have both been elected governor by nearly identical margins. Their states are politically similar: Kamala won both Virginia and New Jersey by almost identical margins in 2024.
What distinguishes them is Spanberger's march to the middle and her abandonment of support for trans people. Spanberger refused to answer questions about positions on trans issues, except to call them local issues and to put our people at the mercy of local governments. Sherrill, on the other hand, is on record as opposing a trans athletic ban, and she's unapologetic about it. She didn't make that the focus of her campaign, nor should she have, but she didn't treat it as an aspect of her political history she had to live down.
So, what did Spanberger's march to the right and abandonment of trans people gain her? NOTHING. She likely alienated a lot of Virginia's LGBTQ community and picked up some of the GOP racist vote that could NEVER, EVER support a Black woman. If anything, Spanberger was running against an easier candidate to defeat - a Black Republican woman with a 60-grit personality, vs. a more generic White Republican man.
So, throwing trans people under the bus achieves ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. NOTHING AT ALL - BY THE NUMBERS!