Democrats flipped a Missouri state House seat Tuesday, marking the 35th seat that has changed from red to blue since Donald Trump became president. Mike Revis, 27, defeated his Republican opponent in a special election Tuesday by 3 percentage points. The 97th District in Jefferson County went for Trump in the presidential election by 28 points. In other words, the district has swung 31 percentage points toward Democrats since Trump won last year. He ran against Republican David Linton, 59, who stressed his opposition to abortion rights and his support for the Second Amendment.

Source: Huffington Post February 07, 2018 03:37 UTC