I'll be called a hack but Pinson only winning by 10 is a good result IMO for Barrow/Dems.
Nothing was spent on this race - Barrow barely spent over $1M. People say they got mailers for Pinson but nothing from Barrow. Yes, Barrow pushed abortion rights, but it seems that only the most tuned in folks actually saw that. Almost everyone else was either swayed by name rec (Barrows old district) or incumbency on the ballot, with an incumbent who doesn't seem to have any scandals.
The fact that Barrow was able to still get 45% of the vote despite all of that actually tells me that his message was able to break through to some folks. I imagine 80% of voters did not know the details of this race or who was who, and just went with incumbent. But the fact that Barrow still got through to 45% of voters while spending $1M against a normal incumbent in a nonpartisan race is not bad at all imo.
yes you are a hack and I can clearly smell your fear for November. how can you call it a good result for a state that is clearly trending left and losing it by 10?
anyway, the real reason probably why Barrow lost is that he is a one trick pony, just like Mark Udall in 2014 CO-Sen.
