November: Remember, Remember the 3rd of November

President-elect Joseph R. Biden achieved a decisive victory over President Donald J. Trump in the 2020 presidential election with 306-232 electoral votes.  Record setting early voting and mail in ballots, on top of unfounded claims of fraud from the Trump campaign, led to delayed election results. No matter your political views, one very positive thing to come out of this election – a record number of young voters, including members of the Lakeland community who voted for the first time. 

Democrats unexpectedly lost seats in the House of Representatives but maintained a slim majority.  Despite record donations and Democratic hopes, only two Senate Republican seats have changed parties to date, leaving Republicans with a 50-48 majority.  The country has turned in both attention and donations to the razor thin senate runoff elections underway in Georgia.  Two Democratic victories will give Democrats control of both houses of Congress and the White House.  Stay tuned for more – January 2021.