Toni Hellon's loss in the LD26 primary was perhaps one of the biggest and most painful shockers, even for us Democrats. Toni oozes integrity and her defeat by absolutely regressive conservative Al Melvin in her Republican primary was just nauseating.

That makes tonight's win by Democrat Charlene Pesquiera all the more sweet.

The same can be said for the House race, where Pete Hershberger, another moderate Republican with a ton of integrity, will be joined by newly-elected Democratic Representative Lena Seradnik. I was sad to see my friend Lisa Lovallo lose to David Jorgenson in the Republican primary, but this result makes up for that.