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aggiesal

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30. Your arithmatic is what I used ...
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 12:54 PM
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Currently GQP has 218.
Losing Dunn makes it 217

(D)'s still have 214.

1 GQP vote defects the score becomes (Q) 216 - (D) 215
A 2nd vote defects the score flips that result to (D) 216 - (Q) 215

Little Mikie doesn't have power he thinks he has.

I hope Dunn doesn't quit until it's too late to have a special election by the Primaries this spring/summer.

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The slim majority not explained well in many articles bucolic_frolic Wednesday #1
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Thnx, helpful explanation reACTIONary Wednesday #9
Actually, it wasn't Polybius Wednesday #18
I haven't done the math, but... reACTIONary Wednesday #22
Your arithmatic is what I used ... aggiesal Yesterday #30
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"an exit that would drag the House Republican majority out the door with him" BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #27
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"ongoing complications from Covid" Bluetus Yesterday #29
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