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Colorado Springs is a military town. Says a lot for a progressive to win. #AdorableFamily

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Election Day this week was not bad for Dems. ✌🏼

For me, the best news came from Pennsylvania where there were two special elections for the Pennsylvania legislature. Democrats needed to win one of the two seats to retain control of the PA House of Representatives – and they indeed won in District 163. 

Pennsylvania Dems retain their House majority!

Control of state legislatures has become crucial as Republicans around the country have weaponized their control of such bodies in red states to push through their extremist anti-abortion, pro-assault weapons, and homophobic agenda.

Take a minute to check on who represents you in your state legislature.

Jacksonville, Florida is was the largest US city controlled by Republicans.  Democrat Donna Deegan was elected mayor – beating Ron DeSantis-endorsed Republican Daniel Davis.

CNN projects Democrat Donna Deegan will become Jacksonville’s first female mayor

This can’t be good news for DeSantis who is expected to declare his candidacy for president in a few weeks.

Colorado Springs, Colorado’s second most populous city, is sometimes called the “Evangelical Vatican” for the large number of Evangelical institutions headquartered there. Since the city adopted its current form of government in the late 1970s, every mayor has been a Republican. That changed with the election of unaffiliated Nigerian immigrant Yemi Mobolade.

Yemi Mobolade makes Colorado Springs history, becoming city's first elected Black mayor

While technically unaffiliated, Mobolade had the near unanimous support of local Democrats. His election means that it is probably more accurate to call Colorado Springs purple rather than red.

There were more elections on Tuesday, mostly primaries, but these will have close to immediate effect. 

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HUGE POLITICAL NEWS

Colorado Springs- a traditionally conservative city just elected Yemi Mobolade- according to Axios Denver- it's the first time in at least 45 years the city elected a chief executive who wasn't affiliated with the GOP, Colorado Newsline reports. The Nigerian immigrant is also the city's first elected Black mayor.

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Apparently the mayor of Colorado Springs is above the law

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U.S. Air Force officer and F-16 pilot is crowned Miss America in 2024

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 01/16/2024 - 08:27 in Military

Madison Marsh of Colorado defeated 50 other Miss America competitors representing the 50 states and the District of Columbia on Sunday, thus taking the crown. The 22-year-old, second-teent of the U.S. Air Force, is the first active military to win the competition.

Before his decisive victory, Marsh, a native of Arkansas, said that the pomp "really relates a lot to the military because you are serving, but in a different way".

“When I wear my uniform, I serve and represent our country,” Marsh said. "When I put on the crown and the band, I'm serving, representing my community."

The USAF quickly congratulated her, noting that "Marsh is currently pursuing her master's degree in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School through the Civil Institution Program of the Air Force Institute of Technology, which falls under Air University".

The Air Force added the hashtag "AimHigh".

Marsh is attending Harvard Kennedy School with a Harry S. scholarship. Truman. She credits the Air Force Academy, where she graduated in physics, with the help to turn her into a leading candidate.

“I don't think I would have entered Harvard if I hadn't gone to the Air Force Academy,” Marsh told Crimson. "I think I would never have become Miss Colorado without the Air Force Academy, because they trained me and improved my leadership."

Earlier this month, the Air Force Academy shared photos of Marsh, who obtained his pilot license at the age of 16, next to a glider, with the caption: "From the flight line to the spotlight". During the talent part of the finals of the competition on Sunday, Marsh recalled the joy and suspense of his first solo flight.

Before studying at Harvard Kennedy School, Marsh worked as an intern at Harvard Medical School, looking for ways to use artificial intelligence to detect pancreatic cancer, and as an intern at NASA, researching gamma-ray explosions, according to Miss Colorado.

In addition to his studies, Marsh is also a black belt in taekwondo.

After his victory, Marsh wrote in an Instagram post: "My mother - this is all for you".

Marsh founded the Whitney Marsh Foundation after his mother succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 2018. As president of the foundation, she raised more than $250,000 for cancer research.

Marsh, previously crowned Miss Colorado in 2023, indicated that she intends to apply her knowledge to cancer research and apply it to her political diploma, “trying to translate them to ensure that we are enacting policies that are equitable for all patients.”

The crown comes with a $60,000 scholarship and an opportunity to travel through the U.S. as a Miss America ambassador.

The mayor of Colorado Springs, Yemi Mobolade, noted in the X: "Madison, @CityofCOS wishes you great success. You inspired countless girls to dream big and reach the stars. Congratulations!"

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Yemi Mobolade becomes Colorado Springs’ first Black and non-Republican mayor | The Hill

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4010745-yemi-mobolade-becomes-colorado-springs-first-black-and-non-republican-mayor/

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Congratulations to

@yemiformayor

for winning the mayoral race in Colorado Springs!! Yemi Mobolade will be a terrific mayor!

Also, Democrats will flip the House next year and it will not be close.

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Join My Black City in Celebrating and Supporting Blessing ‘Yemi’ Mobolade | The wild Goose Meeting House. We Shine Brighter Together. #MyBlackCity https://myblackcity.org/blessing-yemi-mobolade-the-wild-goose-meeting-house/?feed_id=1452 >> >>

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Collaboration Brings Shalom with Yemi Mobolade

For Full Interview: go to episode 48 "I want to see shalom in my city!" - Yemi Mobolade 

Check out this episode!

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Noah Berlatsky at Public Notice: 

Last week, Democrat Donna Deegan won an upset mayoral election victory in Jacksonville, Florida — up to then the largest city in the country governed by a Republican mayor. Democrats also scored a shocking win in Colorado Springs, where independent, Democrat-aligned Yemi Mobolade won the mayorship. Colorado Springs has had Republican mayors since residents began directly electing the office in 1979. Currently, Republicans hold the mayor’s office in only two of the thirty most populated cities in America.

Why do Republicans have such trouble winning mayoral races? The answer is fairly obvious — Republicans hate cities. More, the party is increasingly defined by its hatred of cities. That anti-urban animus hasn’t torched the party’s national electoral fortunes yet. But if you’re a Republican, there are worrying signs.

“New York values”

The GOP is a white, Christian identity party built on demonization of marginalized people, including immigrants, queer people, Black people, Jews, and single women. Cities are centers of diverse, multiracial democracy. Republicans oppose diverse, multiracial democracy. Bashing cities is a natural outgrowth of Republican prejudice, as well as a convenient dogwhistle.

So it’s no surprise that Republican politicians have long and gleefully attacked certain iconic urban areas. During the 2016 Republican primary, for example, Ted Cruz sneered that candidate (and eventual victor) Donald Trump embodied “New York values.” Just in case anyone missed the point, Cruz explained that, “Everybody understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal and pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage, and focus on money and the media.”

In other words, for Cruz, Trump, by dint of being a New Yorker, is associated with queer people, Jewish people (“money and the media”), and feminism.

Trump himself has enthusiastically bashed cities — though (like many a New Yorker) he prefers to target Chicago. In 2019, for example, on a visit to Chicago, he called the city “a haven for criminals” which was “embarrassing to us as a nation.” In 2020 Trump reacted to a weekend of gun violence in the city by comparing it to Afghanistan. The subtext, as usual with Trump, isn’t subtle; he presents Chicago — a majority non-white city with many Black elected officials — as chaotic, crime-ridden, and un-American.

Cities don’t matter, right?

There’s a clear double standard here. When Democrats cast even a shadow of an aspersion on rural or white voters, the political press reacts as if the party has made a huge strategic and moral error. In 2008, while running for the Democratic nomination, Obama said that after small town midwestern voters experienced major job losses, “They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them.”  

This was obviously an effort (however clumsy) to express empathy, not a smear along the lines of Cruz’s “New York values.” But Obama’s Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, said the remarks were “demeaning” and showed that Obama was an “elitist.”

Along those lines, there’s a steady drumbeat of articles in the press about how Democrats need to do better in appealing to rural voters. And it’s certainly true that Democrats could do better on many rural issues. At the same time, no national Democrat officeholder in my lifetime has ever said anything about “rural Iowa values,” or called rural Texas, or North Dakota, or rural anywhere a “hellhole” or an embarrassment to the nation. Democratic rhetoric on rural areas is virtually always focused on how to do better with voters in those places. Meanwhile, Republicans talk as if they’d like to light cities, and all their inhabitants, on fire. Why aren’t political pundits, and just everyone in general, scolding them for that?

Part of the reason is practical. Rural voters are treated as more important electorally because they are in fact more important electorally. In the Senate, large empty states like North Dakota and Wyoming have vastly disproportionate influence — which effectively means that rural voters have vastly disproportionate influence on electoral policy. To a smaller extent, that’s true in the Electoral College which determines presidential elections as well.

Even in the House and in local elections, urban voting power tends to be diluted. Cities are, by definition, dense; people are clustered close together. That makes it relatively easy for Republican-controlled legislatures to gerrymander them, looping voters into just a few majority urban electoral districts, so relatively sparse rural districts can outvote them statewide.

In addition, the press, pundits, and politicians downplay city voters out of prejudice. Again, city voters tend to be characterized as Black, Hispanic, Jewish, gay, and feminized; rural voters are characterized as white, Christian, straight, and male. These are stereotypes, not truths. But they dovetail with prejudices against marginalized people. That makes it easy to frame rural voters as the normal heartland Americans, and city voters as disreputable out-of-touch outsiders. When Democrats don’t win rural voters, they are losing REAL AMERICA. When Republicans insult cities, they’re just alienating a supposedly unrepresentative faction.

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The GOP in short has declared outright war on cities. To what extent it will pay political dividends for the party remains an open question; cities have a lot of disadvantages, and the GOP has few restraints. Still, losses in places like Jacksonville and Colorado Springs show people in cities fighting back. And journalists could help them by acknowledging the extent to which urban areas are under attack by the national GOP.

People in American cities are in fact people and Americans. Their representatives should treat them with respect. The fact that the GOP does not is yet another dangerous sign for this country and its democracy.

The GOP mayoral losses in Jacksonville and Colorado Springs-- the former to a a Democrat and the latter to a centrist independent-- are a sign that the Republican war on cities is hurting their chances of big city success. The anti-cities campaign (anti-Chicago more specifically) didn’t help Darren Bailey (R) any when he got flattened by incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker (D) last November in Illinois. 

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48: Get Involved, Create & Make A Difference with Yemi Mobolade

If you're looking to get involved in making a difference, create, and you want to be involved in something great, than today's interview (and Colorado Springs) is right for you. Yemi Mobolade is VP of Business Retention and Expansion for the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation. A multi-faceted entrepreneur, Yemi enjoys doing creative projects at home.. Blessed with a beautiful family, Yemi enjoys being outdoors, running and hiking. https://www.yemimobolade.com/

Check out this episode!

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Andrea Chalfin, Bente Birkeland, Jess Hazel, and Stephanie Rivera at Colorado Public Radio:

In what can only be described as a stunning turn of events, political veteran and former Secretary of State Wayne Williams conceded the Colorado Springs mayoral runoff to political newcomer and businessman Yemi Mobolade not long after the polls closed Tuesday night.

The concession came shortly after the first results were posted. That stood in stark contrast to the spring general election, where it took days to discern the top two vote-getters.

“Wow,” said Mobolade as he took the stage with his family at the COS City Hub community center where his watch party was held. “This is our win. We are Colorado Springs. It’s a new day in our beloved city.”

As of 9:40 p.m., when the final vote count of the evening was released, unofficial results showed Mobolade leading in the race for Colorado Springs mayor with 57.5 percent of the vote to Williams' 42.5 percent. Counting is expected to resume Wednesday morning.

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Mobolade, who is a naturalized citizen and identifies as a political independent, is the co-founder of two local coffee shops and has also founded a church.

In the public sector, Mobolade has been an advocate for small businesses with the city. He has worked with the Colorado Springs Chamber and Economic Development Corp. Mobolade said he sees his new role as an opportunity to "restore public trust in local government."

Mobolade called his preparation for the runoff his “longest job interview” to prove to the community that he is the leader for the job.

In a survey sent out by KRCC, Mobolade said he would prioritize safety, growth, and the economy.

While Williams gained the endorsement of John Suthers, the outgoing mayor, as well as more than half the current council, Mobolade was able to secure the endorsement of third-place finisher Sallie Clark.

In the general election last month, Mobolade garnered the most votes among the dozen candidates, separating himself from Williams by more than 11,000 votes.

Independent Yemi Mobolade won the Colorado Springs mayoral runoff election, defeating the Republican candidate Wayne Williams. This victory is a sign that the GOP’s once-ironclad grip on the city is eroding fast.