UPDATE. Dear Democrats, Please don't make a mountain out of a molehill with your fundraising jubilation appeals

Sources:  Ballotpedia, RI Future

It would have been a YUGE upset had she lost.

Original 8/9/2017 post, "Fundraising jubilation aside, this is a race that was already leaning Democrat" starts here.

Not including his 2016 election, when he ran unopposed, Dem. Curt Hanson won his 3 previous elections by an average margin of 10 percentage points.  In yesterday's special election, the Democrat Phil Miller defeated Republican Travis Harris by 10 percentage points.

Source:  Ballotpedia

Democrat Phil Miller wins Iowa House District 82 special election.  (Des Moines Register, 8/8/2017)

Welcome to hyperbole.

Subject line:  Massive DEFEAT for Trump!

And in a southeastern Iowa district that didn't field a GOP candidate last fall!!

Source:   Iowa Legislative Services Agency