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Which Republicans lost seats that they could have easily won and why?
Katie Arrington in South Carolina District 1. A very very red district. She lost to Joe Cunningham.
She is an unpleasant person who was running on a ticket of anything Trump. In the primary against Mark Sanford she chastised Sanford for publicly stating his policies -- even those that didn't support Trump. She also went all in on offshore drilling.
We are on the coast.
Republican Mayors, fisherman, swimmers, beach lovers do not want off shore drilling. She changed her tune but it was too late. She had set her agenda.
Joe Cunningham had way more charisma and is a very moderate Democrat. Anti-Pelosi, controlled immigration, a guy with a CWP. He is all about term limits.
In her concession speech the bitter Republican loser blame Sanford for her loss because he wasn't conservative enough.
If y'all can figure out that logic -- you deserve her - -lol.
I don't think this guy will ruffle feathers or put on a show...but I think he will know his roots and that he serves his voters not the President.
I don't expect he will fight the Republicans on everything...I hope not. I hope he has a sensible approach. Time will tell.
This district had not been blue since the 80's.
I think Mark Sanford would have won.
Yes Trump endorsed her and in fact worked to get Sanford out. Kind of ironic.
My House seat switched from R to D. Its the first time the seat has been D since 1980 or a similar date. The problem was a hard right Trump acolyte beat the incumbent R in the primary and was half a step out of sync with the district. She also was bit smarmy/combative, got into an argument with a local mayor on tape and tried to claim she was against offshore drilling after voting for it in the statehouse and claiming to be for it early in the campaign. The whole brouhaha showed a rather prickly side of her personality. She lost by about 4 thousand votes after losing Charleston County by about 18,000 votes. I think the problem was that she was just unlikeable.
The incumbent would have won in a walk. The big questions now are if the D can hold the seat (the district is taking baby steps towards being more D friendly), if Sanford (the deposed incumbent) runs for the seat again and if Arrington tries again in 2020. Her concession speech has been roundly panned and did her no favors so I am nit sure a 2020 run will be fruitful. Another R would probably be favored in the general.
ETA- it looks like Moneill and I posted simultaneously about the same seat. I think she gave a fair assessment of how people viewed Cunningham.
I'll also add that Oklahoma seat that went D- WTH does a Republican lose in Oklahoma?
My House seat switched from R to D. Its the first time the seat has been D since 1980 or a similar date. The problem was a hard right Trump acolyte beat the incumbent R in the primary and was half a step out of sync with the district. She also was bit smarmy/combative, got into an argument with a local mayor on tape and tried to claim she was against offshore drilling after voting for it in the statehouse and claiming to be for it early in the campaign. The whole brouhaha showed a rather prickly side of her personality. She lost by about 4 thousand votes after losing Charleston County by about 18,000 votes. I think the problem was that she was just unlikeable.
The incumbent would have won in a walk. The big questions now are if the D can hold the seat (the district is taking baby steps towards being more D friendly), if Sanford (the deposed incumbent) runs for the seat again and if Arrington tries again in 2020. Her concession speech has been roundly panned and did her no favors so I am nit sure a 2020 run will be fruitful. Another R would probably be favored in the general.
ETA- it looks like Moneill and I posted simultaneously about the same seat. I think she gave a fair assessment of how people viewed Cunningham.
I'll also add that Oklahoma seat that went D- WTH does a Republican lose in Oklahoma?
My House seat switched from R to D. Its the first time the seat has been D since 1980 or a similar date. The problem was a hard right Trump acolyte beat the incumbent R in the primary and was half a step out of sync with the district. She also was bit smarmy/combative, got into an argument with a local mayor on tape and tried to claim she was against offshore drilling after voting for it in the statehouse and claiming to be for it early in the campaign. The whole brouhaha showed a rather prickly side of her personality. She lost by about 4 thousand votes after losing Charleston County by about 18,000 votes. I think the problem was that she was just unlikeable.
The incumbent would have won in a walk. The big questions now are if the D can hold the seat (the district is taking baby steps towards being more D friendly), if Sanford (the deposed incumbent) runs for the seat again and if Arrington tries again in 2020. Her concession speech has been roundly panned and did her no favors so I am nit sure a 2020 run will be fruitful. Another R would probably be favored in the general.
ETA- it looks like Moneill and I posted simultaneously about the same seat. I think she gave a fair assessment of how people viewed Cunningham.
I'll also add that Oklahoma seat that went D- WTH does a Republican lose in Oklahoma?
A similar thing happened here in the primaries, but was slightly different.
One of our Representatives from one of two districts here thought he would run for Governor, but he completely mis-judged the more moderate conservatism of the second district, which is both larger and much more moderate than the district he won his Congressional seat from.
While he was the best-known of them all in a crowded primary field, in the end, a long-time state official beat him handily, and an unknown progressive Republican came in a distant second. The Representative came in 3rd behind the unknown.
I think that's what happens when a politician goes to Washington and forgets his ties to the folks back home who sent him. You can be a big cheese in the Capitol, but only for as long as the voters want to keep you there.
Choosing to run for Governor was the worst political mistake he ever made.
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