kwabbit
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« on: December 01, 2022, 09:41:43 AM » |
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I think you’re not giving enough credit to Garcia and Valadao. They won their districts more than the Democrats lost them. They are still beatable in 2024, but I don’t think anyone would’ve beaten them this year. On the flip side, you can’t just say every Republican has run a disastrous campaign against Golden. It’s way more Golden being strong. Poliquin is weak, but again I don’t think any Republican would have beaten Golden.
Gillen was just a victim of the wave. She would’ve won easily if Hochul won the seat by a typical Dem margin.
Campaigns that stand out as terrible to me are Majewski, Bo Hines, Joe Kent. In those races it’s more clear that running a better campaign would have made a difference. On the Democratic side, I think only maybe SPM can be held responsible. Zeldin won his seat easily, but if he wasn’t caught sleeping he would’ve won. Maybe McLeod Skinner in Oregon. Shrader might’ve won, but not clear. It’s just hard to recast yourself and be appealing to swing voters after challenging an incumbent to his left.
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