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April 28: President Donald Trump, reflecting on a first 100 days in office that has featured no major legislative wins and low approval ratings, said Thursday he thought the job would be easier.

"I loved my previous life, I loved my previous life. I had so many things going," Trump said in an interview with Reuters. "I actually, this is more work than my previous life. I thought it would be easier."

He later added, "I do miss my old life. This -- I like to work. But this is actually more work."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/28/politics/donald-trump-president-easier/index.html

August 4: Many Americans may know New Hampshire as the Granite State or the “Live Free or Die” state. President Donald Trump apparently knows it as “a drug-infested den.”
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/3/16089836/trump-new-hampshire-drug-infested-den

August 4: According to a transcript [leaked about Trump phone calls] published Thursday by The Washington Post, President Donald Trump boasted about his election victory, pressured his Mexican counterpart to remain quiet about a border wall and called New Hampshire a "drug-infested den" in a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/politics/leaking-donald-trump-democrats/index.html

November 8: The only two governors’ races in the U.S. this year ended in victory for Democrats, as voters turned away from Republicans aligned with President Donald Trump and set up a fight for his party’s hold on Congress in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2017-11-08/democrats-win-key-election-day-races

November 7: Democrats have won key races in Virginia and New Jersey, CNN projects, their first major election victories during President Donald Trump's tenure in office.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/07/politics/election-2017-latest/index.html

November 7: This was an off-year election, where the energy was focused in a grab bag of state and local races.

Much of that attention centered on the marquee gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as New York City's mayoral race, where incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to receive a second term.

But Tuesday also marked major decisions for voters in cities around the country with fiercely fought mayoral races.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/07/politics/election-2017-latest/?lf-content=224762552:lb-post-f2a0e39ab924b0fbd6c93c095ef659d6@livefyre.com&hubRefSrc=permalink

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November 7: Voters in Virginia and New Jersey gave Democratic gubernatorial candidates resounding victories Tuesday and sent a clear message of rebuke to Republican President Trump.

‘‘The days of division are over. We will move forward" ...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/11/07/voters-decide-virginia-governor-after-election-cycle-filled-with-attack-ads/QegfSgG0ArqGOal2cTC4QL/story.html

November 8: The only two governors’ races in the U.S. this year ended in victory for Democrats, as voters turned away from Republicans aligned with President Donald Trump and set up a fight for his party’s hold on Congress in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2017-11-08/democrats-win-key-election-day-races

November 8: Philip D. Murphy [Democrat], who grew up “middle class on a good day” in the Boston suburbs but found fortune on Wall Street before turning to politics, defeated Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno on Tuesday night to succeed Chris Christie as the next governor of New Jersey.

“Tonight we declare the days of division are over. We will move forward together. This is exactly who we are in New Jersey. We have each other’s backs. To believe in each of us is to believe in all of us,” Murphy said after jumping his way onto the stage to address supporters in Asbury Park's Convention Center.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/08/new-jersey-begins-new-chapter-after-8-years-chris-christie/843058001/

November 7: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio easily won a second term on Tuesday, the Associated Press has projected, capitalizing on economic growth, low crime and a weakened Republican Party in a race he turned into a referendum on progressive government.

The incumbent Democrat handily defeated Republican Nicole Malliotakis, a member of the state assembly, and a smattering of independent and third-party candidates. With 90 percent of precincts reporting, de Blasio had won 65.3 percent of the vote to 28.9 percent for Malliotakis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/de-blasio-wins-second-term-as-new-york-mayor/2017/11/07/0179a284-c3e8-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html?utm_term=.d217e6b45788

November 7: Democrat Danica Roem, a former journalist, defeated incumbent Republican candidate Del. Bob Marshall Tuesday to become the first openly transgender elected official in Virginia.

Roem, 33, is now also set to make history as the first openly transgender person to be elected and seated in a state legislature. 

Marshall, 73, is a staunch social conservative who has served in Virginia's House of Delegates since 1992. He once referred to himself as the state's "chief homophobe" and introduced a "bathroom bill" earlier this year that would have required people to use the restroom that matches the gender listed on their birth certificate. The bill never made it out of a Republican-led committee. 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/11/07/virginia-elects-its-first-openly-transgender-delegate-state-house/842585001/

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November 7: DNC Chair Tom Perez said Tuesday night's election results in Virginia were a "referendum on American values."

"This is referendum on whether we're a nation that values healthcare for all, or whether we’re a nation that says that healthcare is only a privilege for a few. This is a nation where we celebrate our diversity, we feel it is our nation’s greatest strength. When you have people like Donald Trump and Ed Gillespie and Chris Christie and others who are constantly dividing us, the American people are fed up with it."

"They want an America that we can be proud of," Perez said ...

The Democratic Party, he proclaimed, would be bringing those values "to every zip code across North America."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/07/politics/election-2017-latest/?lf-content=224762552:lb-post-f2a0e39ab924b0fbd6c93c095ef659d6@livefyre.com&hubRefSrc=permalink

November 8: Former President Barack Obama was among the Democrats celebrating their party's electoral wins Tuesday night, congratulating Ralph Northam and Phil Murphy

This is what happens when the people vote. Congrats @RalphNortham and @PhilMurphyNJ . And congratulations to all the victors in state legislative, county and mayors' races. Every office in a democracy counts!" Obama tweeted.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/barack-obama-democrat-us-election-wins-virginia-people-vote-donald-trump-republicans-a8046496.html

November 8: Former Vice President Joe Biden also tweeted congratulations, writing, "A resounding defeat tonight for President Trump. Voters around the country rejected the ugly politics we have seen this past year. Instead, they chose candidates who unite and inspire us."
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/nov/08/obama-what-happens-when-people-vote/

November 17: Democrats Are Taking Advantage of Mounting Women’s Anger ... They fueled Democratic victories in governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia. They defined the terms of debate in contests to the bottom of local governments.

The wave of women voters in New Jersey and Virginia is preview of what’s to come in 2018.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/11/17/democrats-are-taking-advantage-of-mounting-womens-anger/

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December 20: The balance of power in Virginia’s legislature turned on a single vote in a recount Tuesday that flipped a seat in the House of Delegates from Republican to Democratic, leaving control of the lower chamber evenly split.

Of the 23,215 votes cast in the district on Election Day, Yancey held a lead of just 10 votes going into Tuesday’s recount.

But five hours later, after a painstaking counting overseen by local elections officials and the clerk of court, Yancey’s lead narrowed — and then reversed.

The final tally: 11,608 for Simonds to 11,607 for Yancey.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democrat-wins-va-house-seat-in-recount-by-single-vote-creating-50-50-tie-in-legislature/2017/12/19/3ff227ae-e43e-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?utm_term=.08c6e9111e3d

December 20: A three-judge panel declined to certify the recount of a key House race today, saying that a questionable ballot should be counted in favor of the Republican and tying a race that Democrats had thought they had won by a single vote.

“The court declares there is no winner in this election,” said Newport News Circuit Court Judge Bryant Sugg, after the judges deliberated for more than two hours.

In the case of a tie in a House race, state law says the winner is chosen by lot – essentially, a coin toss.

But it doesn’t end there. If the loser of the coin toss is unhappy with that result, he or she can seek a second recount.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/20/virginia-court-tosses-out-one-vote-victory-in-recount/

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December 26: A lottery drawing to settle a tied Virginia legislative race that could shift the statehouse balance of power has been indefinitely postponed, state election officials said on Tuesday, after the Democratic candidate mounted a legal fight.

The chairman of the Virginia Board of Elections, James Alcorn, said in a statement that while holding a lottery would be in keeping with state law, such a move should be considered “an action of last resort.” He added: “Any substantive concerns regarding the election or recount should be resolved before a random drawing is conducted.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-virginia-election/virginia-officials-postpone-lottery-drawing-to-decide-tied-statehouse-election-idUSKBN1EL005

December 28: The Alabama secretary of state said Thursday he will certify Democrat Doug Jones as the winner of a Senate race despite an 11th-hour lawsuit filed by Republican Roy Moore claiming that election fraud affected the “outcome of the election.”

Jones defeated Moore ... by 22,000 votes in the Dec. 12 special election.
https://nypost.com/2017/12/28/doug-jones-to-be-certified-as-winner-despite-moores-lawsuit/

December 28: Alabama Secretary of State John ... Merrill stressed that any citizen can come forward to bring up allegations of voter fraud that they've seen and that his office would adjudicate them.

"Any citizen has the opportunity to submit an allegation of voter fraud that they've witnessed," Merrill said. "We'll investigate those."

Merrill said his office had received more than 100 reports of voter fraud and had adjudicated more than 60. Merrill said one complaint claimed to be about a town that doesn't exist, a report he dubbed "a flat-out lie."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/28/politics/john-merrill-roy-moore-doug-jones-alabama-cnntv/index.html

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