Waiting on HD144, but so far Dems are outperforming the 2016 Presidential Election in Missouri’s special elections tonight #MOSEN
https://twitter.com/mcimaps/status/961076106387513346
Office/Candidate Name Party Votes % of Votes
State Representative - District 144 - unexpired 44 of 44 Precincts Reported
Chris Dinkins Republican 2,998 52.624%
Jim Scaggs Democratic 2,699 47.376%
Total Votes: 5,697
I am so sick of Twitter trash trying to compare 2016 to special elections.
There were more than 13000 votes in HD 97 in 2016. There were 3400 in the entire district tonight. The Libertarian challenger in the race got more votes in 2016 than were cast in the special.