Will this go down as the year of the epic fail state parties?

[Lunar]

The most recent Democratic governor of Massachusetts before Patrick, elected in a Democratic wave year in 2006, was Dukakis.

Don't blame the Democratic wave. Patrick would have won his 2006 race in any environment. Mitt Romney was just too toxic; Kerry Murphy Healey was just too weak.

Ah, but still.  It's not like MA typically has Democratic governors or anything

[Deldem]

The Texas GOP took Rick Perry over Kay Bailey Hutchion. Sure, they'll still probably win, but Hutchison would've made it a lock for them, as opposed to the competitive race Perry is having.

[Lunar]

The Texas GOP took Rick Perry over Kay Bailey Hutchion. Sure, they'll still probably win, but Hutchison would've made it a lock for them, as opposed to the competitive race Perry is having.

Hutchison's primary campaign didn't exactly inspire confidence.

If KBH composed herself as a decent candidate, and Perry a poor one, Bill White wouldn't even be in the governor's race.

[Eraserhead]

Wouldn't a teabagger have jumped in or something if Hutchinson had won the nomination?

[minionofmidas]

Sometimes I think that everyone in elected office in my state is an epic fail, and there is a law, that only folks who are epic fails can be nominated.

Passed by popular initiative if I recall correctly.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The CAGOP could have nominated Tom Campbell to run for Senate. Instead, they nominated Carly Fiorina.

[Lunar]

     The CAGOP could have nominated Tom Campbell to run for Senate. Instead, they nominated Carly Fiorina.

Yeah, but if they were both going to lose anyway, hypothetically, Carlyfornia saved the losing campaign 10 million dollars, so that factors into the equation.

And really, how much can you blame the CA GOP in this situation?  It's not like Campbell would have been certain to win the primary if Carlyfornia wasn't in the picture.  Carlyfornia & Devore split the conservative vote, after all.                                                   

[DS0816]

Will this go down as the year of the epic fail state parties?


Alphabetically, according to the states and beginning with the Senate:

Arkansas DEM Senatorial

Florida GOP Senatorial

Indiana DEM Senatorial

Nevada GOP Senatorial



Colorado GOP Gubernatorial

[JoeyJoeJoe]

I disagree on Indiana and Nevada.  Indiana Dems have the best candidate they have (other than Bayh himself) running.  The national trend is hurting Ellsworth, not the state party.  In Nevada, if Harry Reid hadn't gotten Jon Porter defeated for reelection and the LG not been hit with the corruption charges, Nevada would look like Arkansas right now.

[Yelnoc]

Well, the Republican GOP has nominated a candidate for Governor with a graveyard full of skeletons.

[Bo]

Well, the Republican GOP has nominated a candidate for Governor with a graveyard full of skeletons.

Would Handel have been a better pick, in your opinion? I'm not too familiar with GA politics, so I don't know all the details. Do you think Deal or Barnes will win the general election?

[Хahar 🤔]

Well, the Republican GOP has nominated a candidate for Governor with a graveyard full of skeletons.

As opposed to the other GOP?

[Bo]

Will this go down as the year of the epic fail state parties?


Alphabetically, according to the states and beginning with the Senate:

Arkansas DEM Senatorial

Florida GOP Senatorial

Indiana DEM Senatorial

Nevada GOP Senatorial



Colorado GOP Gubernatorial

Both Lincoln and Halter would have lost in AR, so I don't see a big fail there. In IN, the Dems nominated their best potential candidate, so that isn't a fail either. The FL GOP Senate nominee wasn't really a fail. The GOP just screwed up in how they handled it by encouraging Crist to run when they had a perfectly decent and electable candidate in Rubio. I agree with your other choices.

[ajc0918]

FL GOP failed in finding solid candidates in FL-08 (grayson) and FL-24 (kosmas),
dirty gubernatorial primary (something they desperately didn't want to happen), they're struggling financially, and Greer was arrested for money laundering. They also lost Crist, obviously...

and I guess the Senate aswell to an extent. They turned what could have been a pretty easy win into a race that millions will have to be spent on.