MA-08: Brianna Wu running against Lynch in 2018 Democratic primary

[Figueira]

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Doesn't say which district, but she specified that she isn't running against Katherine Clark.

[publicunofficial]

lol

[Bigby]

Well, you only need to live in the state, not the congressional district. (I always assumed this was because of redistricting. Am I right on that?) If she somehow won a Democratic primary, that may actually cause the GOP to pick up an MA seat. That's a big if in itself, though.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Well, you only need to live in the state, not the congressional district. (I always assumed this was because of redistricting. Am I right on that?) If she somehow won a Democratic primary, that may actually cause the GOP to pick up an MA seat. That's a big if in itself, though.

Only if it happened in the sixth or ninth districts.

[Figueira]

Well, you only need to live in the state, not the congressional district. (I always assumed this was because of redistricting. Am I right on that?) If she somehow won a Democratic primary, that may actually cause the GOP to pick up an MA seat. That's a big if in itself, though.

Only if it happened in the sixth or ninth districts.

This, and even those are pretty unlikely unless Wu is more toxic than I'm aware.

[Figueira]

I guess the main problem for her is I don't know that any Reps are retiring in MA.

[Chief Justice Keef]

Nononononono

[Heisenberg]

I guess the main problem for her is I don't know that any Reps are retiring in MA.

I see her as likely to primary Seth Moulton. Isn't he considered the least liberal of Massachusetts's 9 Representatives?

[Figueira]

I guess the main problem for her is I don't know that any Reps are retiring in MA.

I see her as likely to primary Seth Moulton. Isn't he considered the least liberal of Massachusetts's 9 Representatives?

Nah, that would be Lynch. Moulton got in by primarying someone using a moderate hero campaign, but he's really a generic Democrat.

[Figueira]

I guess the main problem for her is I don't know that any Reps are retiring in MA.

I see her as likely to primary Seth Moulton. Isn't he considered the least liberal of Massachusetts's 9 Representatives?

Nah, that would be Lynch. Moulton got in by primarying someone using a moderate hero campaign, but he's really a generic Democrat.

Wouldn't Lynch's seat (MA-08) be the most likely to flip with a proud SJW Dem candidate?  It's full of blue collar union types in Southie and probably swung significantly toward Trump. 

Nope, it swung heavily towards Clinton like most of the Boston metro. Per Daily Kos, Obama won it by 17 points in 2012, and Clinton won it by 26 points. I don't see it flipping any time soon regardless of who is nominated.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Who?

[Lief 🗽]

Who?

Feminist blogger who is mostly famous for being the target of death threats from angry virgins.

[DPKdebator]

It doesn't look like a landslide Democrat district (55-42 in 2010), so it wouldn't take much for a Republican to beat a feminist gamer and blogger.

[Vosem]

Lynch's district isn't actually much like Lynch at all. Brianna Wu (or any other generic liberal Democrat) would not have much of a problem in the general election, though I question whether she is prominent enough to knock off a non-controversial incumbent in a primary. It would be very revealing about the future of the Democratic Party if Lynch were able to be defeated from an ideological standpoint, though.

[Figueira]

It doesn't look like a landslide Democrat district (55-42 in 2010), so it wouldn't take much for a Republican to beat a feminist gamer and blogger.

Redistricting has occurred since 2010.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I thought Brianna Wu was a City Councilwoman in Boston? I swear to God I remember hearing about a woman of Asian descent with the last name of Wu being in municipal politics and being touted as a future leader.

[Figueira]

I thought Brianna Wu was a City Councilwoman in Boston? I swear to God I remember hearing about a woman of Asian descent with the last name of Wu being in municipal politics and being touted as a future leader.

That's Michelle Wu.

[publicunofficial]

In all seriousness, if she tries to primary anyone I hope it's Lynch.

[Figueira]

In all seriousness, if she tries to primary anyone I hope it's Lynch.

You got your wish!

[Figueira]

Anyway, if she's exactly the same as Lynch except on abortion, I'll support Wu, but if she's running as a sociallyliberalbutfiscallyconservative, no thanks. I don't live in the district though. Then again, who knows where I'll be in 2018?

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definitely supporting Lynch

[Classic Conservative]

I'll campaign for Lynch as long as this moonbat doesn't get in there.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Interestingly enough, Stephen Lynch got a 100% rating (perfect pro-choice record) from NARAL for 2015.

[Beet]

I will be supporting her. This district is too safe for a hawkish socon, especially with Dems in the minority. Besides, we need new, younger, faces. I don't expect her to win, though.

[RogueBeaver]

Gamergate Queen in Southie? *Grabs popcorn factory* Needless to say I support Lynch.