Would Max Cleland still be in the senate today if he won re-election in 2002
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« on: June 06, 2021, 02:27:21 PM »
I think he definitely wins re-election in 2008 as well but the question is does he survive 2014
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« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2021, 02:29:22 PM »
He doesn’t win in 2014. He’d be lucky to lose by 5 points. Michelle Nunn ran a solid campaign, and no one on the Georgia Democratic ticket except for Carter really came close to doing as well as her 8 point loss that year.
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« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2021, 02:30:58 PM »
He absolutely would have lost in 2014.

I wouldn’t even rule out him losing in 2008. Especially if he went to a runoff.
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« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2021, 02:31:29 PM »
Yes. He loses in 2014, but takes his seat back from Perdue in 2020.
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« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2021, 02:33:52 PM »
No, there's no chance he would have survived 2014. I'm not even sure he would have pulled it off in 2008.

Definitely wouldn't have run in 2020 after losing 2014.
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« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2021, 03:17:57 PM »
As others have said, he definitely would’ve lost in 2014.
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« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2021, 03:33:41 PM »
He loses in 2014.

Only Harkin and Baucus stood a chance of the retirees that year.
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« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2021, 07:45:30 PM »
He’d have lost in 2008
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« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2021, 08:10:42 PM »
No. I think Cleland would have been carried over the finish line by the Democratic wave of 2008 and would have lost in 2014.
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« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2021, 02:36:56 AM »
He probably retires after losing in 2014.
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« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2021, 10:50:56 PM »
I agree with the general consensus in that he may have been in the senate until 2015.
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« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2021, 08:12:00 PM »

Why would he have lost in 2008 when Landrieu won?
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« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2021, 08:17:20 PM »

Yeah, Obama only lost the state by 5 points. Also Hagan outperformed his margin by over 8 despite being a challenger, so Cleland, being an incumbent, would definitely be able to do so.

Though as other people have said, he goes down in 2014.
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« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2021, 08:18:10 PM »
Max Cleland I have narrowly winning against Jack Kingston in 2008 (maybe by only a few hundred votes), but losing to David Perdue in 2014.
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« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2021, 11:02:45 AM »
Quote from: Roll Roons on June 09, 2021, 08:17:20 PM

Yeah, Obama only lost the state by 5 points. Also Hagan outperformed his margin by over 8 despite being a challenger, so Cleland, being an incumbent, would definitely be able to do so.

Though as other people have said, he goes down in 2014.
2008 was a pretty good election cycle for Senate Democrats. Probably the best for them in this entire century to date.
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« Reply #15 on: July 12, 2021, 01:03:36 PM »
Probably not.

2008 would be a tossup; 2014 would be Safe R. There's been some noise about Cleland then retaking his seat from Perdue, but I'm somewhat skeptical of that. Even if he did advance to a runoff, I don't think he'd be able to replicate Ossoff's success...Ossoff was a good candidate for the Atlanta area; Cleland may not be as good and turnout may be a bit lower, which is why if Cleland ran it's possible Perdue actually held his seat.
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