Democrats flipped an Alabama House seat on Tuesday in a special election after Democrat Marilyn Lands’s campaign centered on in vitro fertilization protections.
Lands flipped a longtime Republican district in Alabama after running her campaign on IVF protections in the state following a controversial state Supreme Court opinion that threatened the procedure. She beat Republican Teddy Powell by a wide margin of 25 percentage points. The district is politically centrist but has had a Republican representative for years. Trump won by only 1 percentage point in 2020.
“Today, Alabama women and families sent a clear message that will be heard in Montgomery and across the nation,” Lands said in a statement following her win. “Our legislature must repeal Alabama’s no-exceptions abortion ban, fully restore access to IVF, and protect the right to contraception.”
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