Sestak

[Mr. Smith]

He probably would've won. Looks like the wrong horse really was backed!

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Great job spending 7 digits in the primary to fulfill a 6 year old vendetta, DSCC.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

McGinty was the Kay Hagen of this election cycle

[TheElectoralBoobyPrize]

Yeah because a rematch worked so well for Feingold.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Lets face it, PA and OH and WI got 1 D and 1 R Casey and Toomey and Brown and Portman are entrenched senators.

[Mr. Smith]

Yeah because a rematch worked so well for Feingold.

Except Feingold was somewhat damaged and appeared hypocritical regarding his positions on campaigns, and in 2010 he had a really bad campaign.

Sestak lacked ALL of that type of baggage.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Yep, I'm 100% confident he would have won. In that alternate reality, Republicans could be held to a "Collins Majority" via the LA runoff.

[henster]

He had a voting record unlike McGinty and they would've hit him on OCare hard but I do agree he would've won. Military background is HUGE in this day and age look at how close Kander came and Bel Edwards in LA, Ernst in IA etc.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

I caved on McGinty but was certainly not happy about it. Sestak would have wrecked. McGinty couldn't even keep pace with Clinton in my neck of the city!

[swf541]

I caved on McGinty was certainly not happy about it. Sestak would have wrecked. McGinty couldn't even keep pace with Clinton in my neck of the city!

[DavidB.]

He probably would've won.

He really wouldn't. He would have been dragged down by Hillary's performance in PA too. Trump saved Toomey.

[Orser67]

I don't see why people think he would have run ahead of Clinton.

[swf541]

I don't see why people think he would have run ahead of Clinton.

He had more of an appeal to trump voters imo

[Maxwell]

Sestak sounded like a lunatic at every debate. Dude had some spark in 2010, and he lost it by 2016. Sestak would've been embarrassed Ted Strickland-style.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

My predictions for the alternate races:

Fetterman +4
Sestak +2

100% confident of both victories.

[publicunofficial]

God I hate this forum.

This election proved one thing: If your Presidential candidate loses your state, you aren't winning the Senate seat. Governor races can be focused on local issues, and who the hell knows how Midterms are going to work going forward, but this is certain. Blue states elect blue senators, red states elect red senators. And this cycle, Pennsylvania was a red state.

Sestak does no better than McGinty. No better than Feingold. No better than Bayh.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

God I hate this forum.

This election proved one thing: If your Presidential candidate loses your state, you aren't winning the Senate seat. Governor races can be focused on local issues, and who the hell knows how Midterms are going to work going forward, but this is certain. Blue states elect blue senators, red states elect red senators. And this cycle, Pennsylvania was a red state.

Sestak does no better than McGinty. No better than Feingold. No better than Bayh.

One election does not a trend make. Remember that 2012 elected Dem Senators in Montana, North Dakota, Missouri, Indiana, and West Virginia, and an R senator in Nevada. Yes, 2 of those were due to gaffes, but the other four were not.

[Fight for Trump]

He was the better candidate, but there is no guarantee he would have won.

[The Arizonan]

God I hate this forum.

This election proved one thing: If your Presidential candidate loses your state, you aren't winning the Senate seat. Governor races can be focused on local issues, and who the hell knows how Midterms are going to work going forward, but this is certain. Blue states elect blue senators, red states elect red senators. And this cycle, Pennsylvania was a red state.

Sestak does no better than McGinty. No better than Feingold. No better than Bayh.

Remember that Dean Heller won in Nevada despite it being won by President Obama.

[Xing]

Honestly, it probably would've turned out the same. There wasn't much ticket-splitting at all in several of the swing states. We thought Trump was going to doom Toomey. He actually saved him.