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How the 31 Democrats in Trump districts voted on impeachment | TheHill

posted onDecember 19, 2019
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Article snippet: All but a few of the 31 House Democrats representing crossover districts where MORE is popular voted to impeach him on Wednesday after trying to avoid taking such a tough vote for most of this year. Only Reps. MORE (Minn.) voted against both articles of impeachment accusing Trump of abuse of power and obstructing Congress. Freshman Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) was the only Democrat to split his votes in favor of one article but not the other. He voted to impeach Trump for abuse of power, but not obstruction of Congress. Not a single House Republican, meanwhile, voted in favor of impeachment. Rep. MORE (Mich.), an independent who left the GOP in July over his support for impeachment, was the only self-described conservative to vote with Democrats.  Here are how all of the Democrats in districts that Trump carried in 2016 voted on the articles of impeachment. The list is organized in alphabetic order by state. Tom O'Halleran (Ariz.)  The second-term lawmaker won reelection by nearly eight points last year, but Trump carried his district by just over 1 point. O’Halleran said in a statement announcing his support for the impeachment articles that “I will vote to impeach the president because this bribery and abuse of power violated the constitution and put our national security and our international relationships at risk.” MORE (Ga.)  McBath previously voted to advance the two articles last week as a member of the House Judiciary Committee. She narrowly unseated a GOP i... Link to the full article to read more

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