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« on: March 30, 2019, 07:19:09 PM »
Its a very close call.

Both lost in every-County landslides by 2 on 1 level margins in states that were quite favorable to their party, and in years where their party was making most of the gains at that level.

I guess I would say Jim Keet because he also cost him party control of BOTH chambers of the state legislature in the process of his landslide loss that never should have even been a loss to begin with, while Jay Gonzales did not cost his party control of either chamber of the state legislature.
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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2019, 07:46:59 PM »
Neither because both of those races were safe for the incumbent
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« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2019, 08:01:42 PM »
Quote from: Neoliberalbusters on March 30, 2019, 07:46:59 PM
Neither because both of those races were safe for the incumbent
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« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2019, 01:02:27 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2019, 02:24:56 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2019, 09:56:47 AM »
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« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2019, 10:44:07 AM »
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« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2019, 03:53:50 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2019, 09:03:41 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2019, 09:22:58 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2019, 09:40:53 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2019, 10:18:05 PM »
Losing the WI SC race was far more embarrassing.
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« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2019, 10:33:50 PM »
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Losing the WI SC race was far more embarrassing.

How is losing an R-trending swing state by <1% in a special election embarrassing?
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« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2019, 11:29:14 PM »

This, but I'd also say WI: LA-GOV 2015
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« Reply #16 on: April 02, 2019, 11:36:32 PM »
Quote from: NV less likely to flip than FL on April 02, 2019, 11:29:14 PM

This, but I'd also say WI: LA-GOV 2015

If we're going for WI: It wasn't a landslide, but MD-GOV 2014. What a pleasant surprise.
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« Reply #17 on: April 03, 2019, 10:27:59 AM »
Quote from: IceSpear on April 02, 2019, 10:33:50 PM
Quote from: X-Filed Away on April 02, 2019, 10:18:05 PM
Losing the WI SC race was far more embarrassing.

How is losing an R-trending swing state by <1% in a special election embarrassing?
Democrats were consistently over performing greatly in specials in other states?

Even on the same night, the Dems flipped PA-SD-37 and easily flipped Green Bay mayor.
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« Reply #18 on: April 05, 2019, 04:37:24 PM »
Quote from: IceSpear on April 02, 2019, 10:33:50 PM
Quote from: X-Filed Away on April 02, 2019, 10:18:05 PM
Losing the WI SC race was far more embarrassing.

How is losing an R-trending swing state by <1% in a special election embarrassing?

Because of how horrible a candidate Hagedorn was; we really had no business losing that election.
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« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2019, 01:39:17 PM »
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« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2019, 07:42:19 PM »
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« Reply #21 on: April 08, 2019, 12:26:35 AM »
Quote from: Esteemed Speaker Jimmy7812 on April 07, 2019, 07:42:19 PM
Quote from: LabourJersey on April 07, 2019, 01:39:17 PM
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« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2019, 12:55:58 PM »
Quote from: Gravelanche on April 08, 2019, 12:26:35 AM
Quote from: Esteemed Speaker Jimmy7812 on April 07, 2019, 07:42:19 PM
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« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2019, 10:07:02 PM »
Massachusetts is Massachusetts — it will always elected Republican governors to serve as a defense mechanism against the worst instincts of its overwhelmingly Democratic legislature, especially when they’re as popular and non-controversial as Baker.

There is no way a state as right-wing as Arkansas should’ve been sending a Democrat to the Senate (which is more partisan than the governor’s mansion) in 2010.
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« Reply #24 on: April 08, 2019, 10:12:28 PM »
Quote from: NV less likely to flip than FL/WI on April 02, 2019, 11:29:14 PM

This, but I'd also say WI: LA-GOV 2015


Vitter was a terrible candidate, abandoned by prominent Republicans, like Jay Dardenne, but his margin was embarassing and probably played a factor in him not running for re-election in 2016
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