Special Election megathread (4/30: NY-26)

[Donerail]

Turner will absolutely be competitive and should probably be considered the frontrunner for the seat. This election is going to draw every serious candidate in Cleveland (and Akron). It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make the jump to Congress, and it's a special, so none of them will have to give up their current seats to run. Turner has a committed ideological base and will raise an unimaginable amount of money — and if you only need 25% of the vote to win the primary...

Outside of the Twitterverse Nina Turner is not actually a popular or very well known politician. She drove Our Revolution into the ground and while she was never going to win in 2014, it remains only her foray into actually competitive politics and she failed miserably.

So what? She'll still raise a ton of money, and she's running in an election where you might not have to be popular or well-known to win.

[KaiserDave]

Turner will absolutely be competitive and should probably be considered the frontrunner for the seat. This election is going to draw every serious candidate in Cleveland (and Akron). It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make the jump to Congress, and it's a special, so none of them will have to give up their current seats to run. Turner has a committed ideological base and will raise an unimaginable amount of money — and if you only need 25% of the vote to win the primary...

Outside of the Twitterverse Nina Turner is not actually a popular or very well known politician. She drove Our Revolution into the ground and while she was never going to win in 2014, it remains only her foray into actually competitive politics and she failed miserably.

So what? She'll still raise a ton of money, and she's running in an election where you might not have to be popular or well-known to win.

Senators-elect McGrath and Harrison, and President-elect Bloomberg agree that money is all you need.

It's more likely that a well known local politician who actually spends time in the district wins.

[Bootes Void]

Nina Turner's podcast is sponsored by Goldman Sachs. That's really progressive.

If that's true then her followers are giant idiots

[Oregon Eagle Politics]

Not unexpected, she is expected to be Redistricted out in 2022

No, Cleveland won't be cracked into a republican district, it's illegal

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Turner will absolutely be competitive and should probably be considered the frontrunner for the seat. This election is going to draw every serious candidate in Cleveland (and Akron). It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make the jump to Congress, and it's a special, so none of them will have to give up their current seats to run. Turner has a committed ideological base and will raise an unimaginable amount of money — and if you only need 25% of the vote to win the primary...

Outside of the Twitterverse Nina Turner is not actually a popular or very well known politician. She drove Our Revolution into the ground and while she was never going to win in 2014, it remains only her foray into actually competitive politics and she failed miserably.

So what? She'll still raise a ton of money, and she's running in an election where you might not have to be popular or well-known to win.

Yeah, but she’s pretty unpopular and it’s to the point where folks will rally around whoever has the best shot of beating her in the unlikely event that she looks like one of the frontrunners.  It’s not an ideological thing, she’s just spent the past years burning every bridge in sight and now it’s gonna come back to bite her.  You might be able to get a Justice Dem elected by finding some Cori Bush-type pastor or community activist and then running a stealth campaign, but Turner doesn’t really have serious chance of winning.

[Gass3268]

Cuyahoga County Councilwoman and Chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party

https://twitter.com/CATargetBot/status/1336772968500719616?s=20

Already a better a choice than Nina Turner.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Why would anyone even want this seat, it is 100% going to be redistricting into oblivion.
If the OH-GOP is smart they would break this and the Youngstown seat up while making a Cincinnati Dem pack. The map would look very nice (won’t prompt backlash) and would still be a pretty safe way to net a seat.

LOL what? You don't think there will be a single dem seat in the cleveland area? Are you insane?

[TrumpBritt24]

Nina Turner is in.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/529558-nina-turner-files-paperwork-for-congressional-run

[It’s so Joever]

Why would anyone even want this seat, it is 100% going to be redistricting into oblivion.
If the OH-GOP is smart they would break this and the Youngstown seat up while making a Cincinnati Dem pack. The map would look very nice (won’t prompt backlash) and would still be a pretty safe way to net a seat.

LOL what? You don't think there will be a single dem seat in the cleveland area? Are you insane?

I mixed it up with the Toledo district.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Nina Turner is in.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/529558-nina-turner-files-paperwork-for-congressional-run

Let the grifting begin

[KaiserDave]

Nina Turner is in.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/529558-nina-turner-files-paperwork-for-congressional-run

Let the grifting begin

At least we can enjoy the reactions when she only gets 10% and the twitter accounts lose it.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

People are acting like Turner is a total joke. She was an Ohio Senate Minority Whip.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

People are acting like Turner is a total joke. She was an Ohio Senate Minority Whip.

At this point, she is a total joke  And she was Senate Minority Whip once upon a time and would’ve been a top-tier serious contender if this were 2015, but that was before she spent four years burning every bridge under the sun.  Again, this isn’t even an ideological thing.

[Roll Roons]

People are acting like Turner is a total joke. She was an Ohio Senate Minority Whip.

And? Ohio Democrats are a joke whose only success in the past decade has been Sherrod's reelection victories. Their incompetence rivals Florida Dems.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

People are acting like Turner is a total joke. She was an Ohio Senate Minority Whip.

At this point, she is a total joke  And she was Senate Minority Whip once upon a time and would’ve been a top-tier serious contender if this were 2015, but that was before she spent four years burning every bridge under the sun.  Again, this isn’t even an ideological thing.

Naw, it's pretty clear that some don't like her because she endorsed Bernie and isn't a mindless neoliberal drone.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

People are acting like Turner is a total joke. She was an Ohio Senate Minority Whip.

At this point, she is a total joke  And she was Senate Minority Whip once upon a time and would’ve been a top-tier serious contender if this were 2015, but that was before she spent four years burning every bridge under the sun.  Again, this isn’t even an ideological thing.

Naw, it's pretty clear that some don't like her because she endorsed Bernie and isn't a mindless neoliberal drone.

Denial isn't a river in Africa

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

https://twitter.com/SenhorRaposa/status/1336440200592023554

Biden won't get any Cabinet picks unless the Democrats win both Georgia runoffs.

Grassley definitely sounds like an Aye on Vilsack, and him plus Murk is enough.

[free my dawg]

And here we go. Like I said, Nina Turner would be great.

Unfortunately, this isn't likely to happen, because Nina Turner is also running in the Democratic primary, not the People's Party primary. "Woman speaks at nascent third-party's convention" tends to not play well with Democratic voters.

[MillennialModerate]

To take two Dems out of the house was absolutely foolish by Biden

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

#NeverTurner

[Oregon Eagle Politics]

#NeverTurner

#AlwaysTurner

[Crane]

#NeverTurner

You should try posting non-cringe sometime.

[Dipper Josh]

Is this another "I'm Mr. Smart Atlas Man this district is filled with Moderate Heros FF, Jessica Cisneros wont even be competitive"

I want to trust you Atlas but I've been burned before. I think it's pretty ludicrous to right off the bat assume she's going to get 4th or 5th when she's likely to have a fair bit of national backing and I'd reckon a good amount of money flowing in too.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

#NeverTurner

You should try posting non-cringe sometime.

You should probably wait six months for everyone to forget that extended period where you had a hate group as your username to talk about other people posting "cringe".

[BuckeyeNut]

This will be a VERY low turn-out election. Turner will be the front runner in a fractured field, and the establishment lane sure looks like it will be crowded.