Twitter Chews Over Election Results: "Thoughts and Prayers to all the Republican Politicians Who Lost Their Seats Today"

Thoughts and prayers to all the Republican politicians who lost their seats today. We won't do anything to prevent it from happening again.

— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) November 8, 2017

Exit polls show top 2 issues for #Northam voters tonight were health care and guns. Say it again. Health care and GUNS.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) November 8, 2017

A trans woman beat the guy who introduced the bathroom bill. A gun victim's boyfriend beat a delegate with an "A" grade from the NRA. A civil rights lawyer who sued the police department just became the top prosecutor in Philadelphia.

Something's happening here, folks.

— Charlotte Alter (@CharlotteAlter) November 8, 2017

After white supremacists declared their comeback, Virginia has an African American lieutenant governor, Charlotte has its 1st black mayor, & the Va. House of Delegates has a transgender member.

— Jonathan Weisman (@jonathanweisman) November 8, 2017

The face of change in #Virginia: These four women beat four white, male Republicans, including three incumbents, in their House of Delegates races. pic.twitter.com/MTKbexezm2

— Will Drabold (@WillDrabold) November 8, 2017

Voters today chose
-2 new Democratic governors
-2 black lieutenant governors
-2 transgender officials
-A Black Lives Matter lawyer as DA in Philly
-A Sikh mayor in Hoboken
-A socialist in Virginia
-To oust GOP mayor in Atlantic City
-And to expand Medicaid in Maine#280characters

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) November 8, 2017

BREAKING: Civil rights lawyer Larry Krasner, who wants to combat justice system inequalities, is elected Philly's top prosecutor.

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 8, 2017

One year after Trump's victory, Virginia elected:

First transgender delegate in the country
First out-lesbian delegate in the state
First Asian American woman delegate in the state
First two Latina delegates in the state
First Democratic Socialist candidate in the state https://t.co/htEsfm1cX5

— Ned Oliver (@nedoliver) November 8, 2017

Democrat Vi Lyles easily defeats Smith to win Charlotte mayor’s race https://t.co/7X5wyF009U

— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) November 8, 2017

38 year old Melvin Carter just became the first Black Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/rreMZAfBNa

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 8, 2017

Democrat Wilmot Collins wins the Helena, MT mayoral race, becomes the first black mayor in the history of Montana. https://t.co/LCFxO40fvy

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 8, 2017

Jenny Durkan was just elected Seattle’s first lesbian mayor. She is also Seattle’s first woman mayor since the 1920s. https://t.co/UZ52y22MGW

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 8, 2017

Hoboken, New Jersey just elected the first turbaned Sikh mayor in American history.

Well done, Ravi Singh Bhalla! And well done, America! pic.twitter.com/Gqc65o4obE

— Simran Jeet Singh (@SikhProf) November 8, 2017

America’s First Openly Transgender State Legislator Elected In Virginia https://t.co/2AOvwjb0Qy via @TPM

— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) November 8, 2017

The man who wrote the anti-trans bathroom bill just lost the election to a trans woman. Let that sink in. https://t.co/KFEZXSYvMy

— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) November 8, 2017

Lots going on tonight but don't overlook Maine, where voters embraced Obamacare, rejected their Republican governor and expanded Medicaid to 70,000 low-income people https://t.co/gaGS97g01W

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 8, 2017

Dear @NRA: Governor-elect Northam has an "F" rating from you. Virginia voters just elected him in a bigly way. Have a good evening.

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) November 8, 2017

Donald Trump’s candidates crashed and burned—sad! https://t.co/mUSbpjYiOX

— The Nation (@thenation) November 8, 2017

Ed Gillespie’s loss in Virginia shows Trump has made Trumpism toxic: https://t.co/4a4vmm6CKr

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) November 8, 2017

By electing Ralph Northam, the people of Virginia completely rejected Donald J. Trump. Thank you, from all of us.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) November 8, 2017

P.S. Re: Jonathan Weisman's tweet, note that Vi Lyles is not Charlotte's first African-American mayor, but its first African-American female mayor, somethng he himself notes in the thread following the tweet above. This is what he meant to type, he has stated.