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shinra-bansho

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Oct 25, 2017
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Maybe I'm going crazy... But I think WaPo briefly called the Special for the GOP in a breaking news banner. Lol.

It's gone now so maybe I hallucinated.

Oh there are two, pardon my confusion?
 

Kaitos

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Oct 25, 2017
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My guess is Bishop is going to win this by a thread, but I'd love to be wrong. He's slightly overperforming in the EDay vote comparatively and I think it's going to make up a larger % of the vote than it did in 2018.
 

cameron

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Kevin Miller @KevinMillerPPH

Long-shot GOP challenger to @SenatorCollins says he is quitting the race after relentless pressure from former Gov. LePage and other Republican leaders, @SteveCollinsSJ reports: https://www.centralmaine.com/2019/09/09/sole-gop-challenger-to-susan-collins-quits-amid-party-presssue/ … #mepolitics

6:10 PM - Sep 9, 2019


Katherine Lee@katherine_lee1

#Maine Sen. Susan Collins has never faced a primary challenge since she won her seat in 1996.
She apparently won't face one this time either, after former Gov. LePage told her sole challenger he'd 'come after' him if he didn't drop out. #MEpoliticshttps://www.pressherald.com/2019/09/09/sole-gop-challenger-to-susan-collins-quits-amid-party-pressure/ …

10:20 AM - Sep 10, 2019


 

Arkeband

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Nov 8, 2017
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Never underestimate irredeemable racists. The McGreedy commercials absolutely blanketed every television over the past few weeks.

It's the stupidest attack ad, but sometimes those are the most effective. Between that and Trump's dumbass rally, they're all fired up.
 

Aaron

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Oct 25, 2017
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Never underestimate irredeemable racists. The McGreedy commercials absolutely blanketed every television over the past few weeks.

It's the stupidest attack ad, but sometimes those are the most effective. Between that and Trump's dumbass rally, they're all fired up.
Keep in mind that even if Bishop wins by a small margin, that's still terrible - Trump won the district by eleven points.
 

Kaitos

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Never underestimate irredeemable racists. The McGreedy commercials absolutely blanketed every television over the past few weeks.

It's the stupidest attack ad, but sometimes those are the most effective. Between that and Trump's dumbass rally, they're all fired up.
I mean... Romney won this district by 10. Trump won it by 12. It's not friendly turf. The fact that it's even this close is something.
 

Autodidact

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Oct 25, 2017
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And last year we either lost it (depending on how much the fraud affected things) or would've only narrowly won it in a D+8.6 environment.
 

MizerMan

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Oct 25, 2017
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The fact that Republicans had to spend so much money on a district that's reliable to them just to win in a nail-biter does not bode well for them.
 

Teggy

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Oct 25, 2017
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Democrats really suck at getting out the vote in specials, it seems. Just like the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
 

adam387

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And the vote is looking pretty close to even right now.....like people who always get upset about GOTV, by and large, really fail to grasp how complex an effective GOTV operation really is.
 

Autodidact

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The vote was close to even in 2018, we know the voters are there. GOTV should have made sure those people got out again.
And again, we either lost in 2018 or would've narrowly won if not for fraud - in a D+8.6 environment.

It's not a friendly district, and even a close loss portends horrible things for the GOP next year.

We had these discussions all throughout 2017 and 2018. I was told I was complacent, LOL Hillary, LOL polls are wrong. PANIC.

And then we won 40 seats.
 

Joe

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Oct 25, 2017
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Election PoliEra is the best PoliEra. So much more pleasant to read than snipes and barbs and .gifs in favor of/in opposition to Bernie Sanders.
 

Kaitos

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Oct 25, 2017
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Kind of thinking he's done. Bishop's state senate district is literally the part of Mecklenburg that's in this district.
 

Stinkles

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Oct 25, 2017
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I wanted bishop to lose in part so I could hear how Trump threw him under the bus after saying what an amazing guy he was yesterday.

:-(
 

Hopfrog

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Oct 27, 2017
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Headlines tomorrow, probably in the Times:

"Bishop victorious with President's support - is Trump back to his winning ways?"
 

jtb

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Oct 25, 2017
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Do these districts get tossed for 2020 anyways? Maybe Dan's up for a third election in two years.
 
Oct 26, 2017
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Why is everyone doom and gloom here? On Maddow the voter ticker is at 50.4% Mcgready with over 50% in. Did all the DEM areas report in already?
 
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