Nov 06 2013
What This Year’s Elections Mean for National Politics
Off-year elections took place in several states around the nation yesterday with no big surprises.
New Jersey’s Republican governor Chris Christie easily retained his seat, while Democrat Terry McAuliffe beat Tea-Party backed Ken Cuccinelli in Virginia.
New York elected its first Democratic mayor in nearly a quarter century with the liberal Bill DeBlasio winning a landslide victory. And, Boston’s mayoral race between two Democrats resulted in victory for state representative Marty Walsh, seen as a strong ally of labor unions.
In Alabama, a closely watched runoff race for a state House seat resulted in a defeat for the Tea Party’s Dean Young against the establishment-backed Republican Bradley Byrne.
What does all this mean for the national political landscape, in particular next year’s mid-term elections?
GUEST: Joshua Holland, Senior Digital Producer at BillMoyers.com, and host of Politics and Reality Radio. He’s the author of The 15 Biggest Lies About the Economy. He also writes regularly for Alternet
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