Was Blake Masters the weakest candidate in any competitive 2022 race?
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« on: January 03, 2025, 07:16:58 PM »
Masters did double digits worse than Trump 2024, and somehow made even Lake (who everyone now thinks is a very weak candidate) look like a super strong candidate. Arguably, his performance is even worse than Mastriano's, because his 10.4% underperformance over Trump 2024 wasn't that much lower than Mastriano's 13.1%, and Masters was in a federal race while Mastriano was in a gubernational race, and federal races are a lot more polarized than gubernational races.
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« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2025, 07:21:06 PM »
I'm pretty sure Majewski underperformed by even more.
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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2025, 05:15:28 PM »
I would argue that ‘honor’ goes to Dr. Oz
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2025, 05:30:13 PM »
Finchem was pretty bad as well.

But that wasn't a congressional race.
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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2025, 06:30:29 PM »
Quote from: Roll Roons on January 03, 2025, 07:21:06 PM
I'm pretty sure Majewski underperformed by even more.

Yeah, tbf that was an area with more downballot lag + a strong D incumbent...but still, he lost by 13 points in a district that broke for Trump by 3 in 2020 and 7 in 2024, aka an undperformance of around 20 points if comparing to 2024! (Fwiw, Kaptur's 2024 opponent brought it down to a wire, 48.1-47.8%.)
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« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2025, 09:59:47 PM »
Quote from: CentristRepublican on January 04, 2025, 06:30:29 PM
Quote from: Roll Roons on January 03, 2025, 07:21:06 PM
I'm pretty sure Majewski underperformed by even more.

Yeah, tbf that was an area with more downballot lag + a strong D incumbent...but still, he lost by 13 points in a district that broke for Trump by 3 in 2020 and 7 in 2024, aka an undperformance of around 20 points if comparing to 2024! (Fwiw, Kaptur's 2024 opponent brought it down to a wire, 48.1-47.8%.)

I mean he would have lost even without Toledo. By far the worst competitive national race of the year.
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« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2025, 12:08:21 AM »
Quote from: 100% pro-choice no matter what on January 04, 2025, 09:59:47 PM
Quote from: CentristRepublican on January 04, 2025, 06:30:29 PM
Quote from: Roll Roons on January 03, 2025, 07:21:06 PM
I'm pretty sure Majewski underperformed by even more.

Yeah, tbf that was an area with more downballot lag + a strong D incumbent...but still, he lost by 13 points in a district that broke for Trump by 3 in 2020 and 7 in 2024, aka an undperformance of around 20 points if comparing to 2024! (Fwiw, Kaptur's 2024 opponent brought it down to a wire, 48.1-47.8%.)

I mean he would have lost even without Toledo. By far the worst competitive national race of the year.

Just Toledo proper, or do you mean the entirety of Lucas County?
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« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2025, 10:44:00 AM »
Nan Whaley?
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« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2025, 11:33:15 AM »
Quote from: Zenobiyl on January 04, 2025, 05:15:28 PM
I would argue that ‘honor’ goes to Dr. Oz
Oz at least looks like an electoral titan compared to Mastriano.
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« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2025, 11:37:33 AM »
Quote from: riverwalk7 on January 05, 2025, 11:33:15 AM
Quote from: Zenobiyl on January 04, 2025, 05:15:28 PM
I would argue that ‘honor’ goes to Dr. Oz
Oz at least looks like an electoral titan compared to Mastriano.
True, but he also had a much easier opponent than Masters did.
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« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2025, 01:22:54 PM »
Palin and Begich don’t get any mention? Pretty sure they take the cake.
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« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2025, 01:53:15 PM »

That race was always viewed as Safe R. Dewine was very popular.
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« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2025, 03:16:45 PM »
Oz.
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