For an open seat, is this such an improvement?
Well, he also ran an exceptionally strong campaign in 2002. Holding a popular Republican Governor to 56 percent in an ultra-Republican state is no mean feat.
This year wasn't much better for Brady, opposition-wise. "Butch" Otter is very popular, and he's a fixture in Idaho politics. No other Democrat could have gotten 44 percent against him, and we should recognize what an accomplishment this was.
Jerry Brady was a fantastic candidate in the wrong state.
