Hey, Democrats: Contest, contest, contest!

You never know which Republican will implode next

Time to fight!
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While Donald Trump's trainwreck presidency crashes along, Democrats have continued to flip state legislative seats. The most recent happened earlier this week in Kentucky, where Democrat Linda Belcher achieved a whopping 68 percent of the vote — besting her total from the 2016 election by 19 percentage points and Hillary Clinton's margin in the district by 86 points. It's the 37th state legislative seat flipped since the 2016 election.

It's a good indicator of why Democrats should contest every political office in the land, especially at this particular moment. A great many Republicans are very likely one unlucky comment or media discovery from being run out of town on a rail.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.