2019 United States Elections (An Alternate America)

Background
The 2019 United States Elections took place on November 5, 2019. These elections would decide the governors of Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The most important issues were taxation, infrastructure, and education.

2019 United States Gubernatorial Elections
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Brief Summary
In Kentucky, incumbent Republican Governor Abdullah Sade managed to cling on to his seat and defeat Democratic Chiropractor Zameer Faheem by a comfortable margin. This was the first election in Kentucky that both major candidates were of Arab descent.

Republican Primary
Incumbent Governor Abdullah Sade won the primary unopposed.

Democratic Primary
Chiropractor Zameer Faheem won the primary unopposed.

General Election
In the general election, Sade was known as both a fiscally and socially conservative governor who resonated well with the conservative wing of the GOP. The moderate wing of the GOP attempted to nominate someone to the left of him, but this failed. Sade ran a conservative campaign emphasizing the reduction of taxes, as well as his work as governor, which was generally popular amongst Kentucky's populace. Democratic Chiropractor Zameer Faheem, whom before had not had any prior political experience, was the only candidate interested in running for the Democratic nomination. He was both fiscally and socially progressive. The moderate wing of the Democratic Primary attempted to nominate someone to the right of him, but this failed, as there was a lack of interest in running for the seat from Democrats, due to the state's heavy Republican partisan lean. Faheem ran a progressive campaign emphasizing increasing teacher's salaries, as well as increasing the gas tax to help improve infrastructure. Sade, throughout the entire campaign, led in polling. Thus, political analysts expected him to easily cling on to his seat. Sure enough, this is what he managed to do.

Background
In Mississippi, Democratic State Senator Alfred DeAngelis managed to flip Mississippi into the Democratic column, beating Republican President of Mississippi State University Chandler Childers by a narrow margin. This was the first governor election in the state since 1999 that a Democrat won. This was also the closest gubernatorial election since 1999.

Republican Primary
Nominee:

- Mississippi State University President Chandler Childers

Eliminated in primary:

- State Senator Brock McClure

Democratic Primary
State Senator Alfred DeAngelis ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.

General Election
In the beginning, Childers had some name recognition due to his role as the president of the Mississippi State University. He was known for political conflicts with the left-leaning Mississippi State University Student Board. On the other hand, DeAngelis was a state senator with little name recognition. His status as the Democrats' presumptive nominee helped him to spend his time increasing his name recognition through fundraising. This allowed to him to gain a fundraising advantage against Childers, who was busy fighting off his primary opponent. Furthermore, throughout the campaign, DeAngelis led in most of the polling, albeit narrowly. Many political analysts pre-election didn't think that this race would become competitive, until it did. Throughout the campaign, Childers made a series of conspiracy theories that appealed to the hard right, but lost moderate and some conservative appeal. He claimed that the government is being ran by "Satan-worshipping pedophiles" in what seemed to mock QAnon, which started as an online conspiracy theory movement. DeAngelis made sure to use this as ammunition for his campaign. In the end, DeAngelis won very narrowly. Childers, however, refused to concede the election, and even tried to contest the results of the election in court. The courts ruled that Childers had no evidence to prove that the results were rigged in favor of DeAngelis. All of this would cause Childers to lose his job at the Mississippi State University.