DCCC is focusing on suburban IN 5th over #populist MN 8th

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Targeting Susan Brooks, this is dumber than spending money on Jennifer Wexton to help her win reelection

MN-08 is gone for the Democrats, and reg GOP would be advised to not spend too much he4 and focus on narrowing the House majority

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Just pointing out that in my early 2017 analysis, IN-05 was one of 47 "prime" districts for pickup opportunities. IMO, IN-2 & IN-9 should also get some attention (though high turnout elections make it difficult to win in them).

With that being said, maybe with somebody like the Booty Judge at the top of the ticket it'd be worth it...but it's realistically a steep climb. I'm not sure as to the caliber of the Democratic candidate in 2018, but from a cursory glance, I'm guessing the performance was more of a baseline than an overperformance.

Also, I doubt that a gay millennial liberal from South Bend is not going to win over racist and homophobic Trump voters in Indiana, if someone like Delaney is the nominee, then maybe Dems have a chance in a open IN-05 (Brooks is a very strong incumbent), Trump will win IN by double digits and Buttigieg will not help to win back racist and homophobic Trump voters