My inner doomer insists they are just waiting to be swallowed up by the inky red sea of monolithic Republican rural political culture. The same force that has consumed the surrounding regions here in Ohio, as well as most of the rural and small town upper midwest.
He doesn't seem to be a great fit for the area, so probably not as well as Generic D. But don't take it from me.
Fun fact: Douglas was actually Barnes's worst county in the primary. He only got 61%. Despite dropping out, Godlewski got 17%, and Nelson and Lasry each got 7%.
