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Post by timmullen1 on Dec 6, 2019 1:05:14 GMT
Georgia businesswoman Kelly Loeffler will be appointed by Governor Brian Kemp to fill the soon to be vacant Senate seat of Johnny Isakson; Trump had urged Kemp to appoint Rep Doug Collins who has been playing a leading role for the defence during the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings.
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Post by timmullen1 on Dec 6, 2019 22:55:38 GMT
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Post by timmullen1 on Dec 11, 2019 1:20:35 GMT
There’s also George P, son of Jeb, who’s in his second term as Texas Land Commissioner (he’s apparently rebuilt the Alamo, whether as part of Trump’s border wall is unclear). It seems the position has been a stepping stone for promotion to at least the House of Representatives. And in other Texas news, candidate filing for next year closed today without Beto filing for anything.
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Post by timmullen1 on Feb 7, 2020 16:41:07 GMT
She doesn’t mention converting to Mormonism which is something of a prerequisite in Utah politics.
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Post by tiberius on Feb 11, 2020 11:16:33 GMT
She doesn’t mention converting to Mormonism which is something of a prerequisite in Utah politics. Laura Ingraham would be lucky to come close to Romney provided she does run in 2024. Mitt's got considerable retail politics appeal in the Beehive State. Even if his seat was up in 2020 he'd still be favored to win both primary AND general, he's that popular.
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Post by tiberius on Feb 11, 2020 11:20:16 GMT
I wouldn't bet on this challenge succeeding. Delaware likes its moderate, work-across-the-aisle politicians, and to the best of my knowledge only 1 primary challenge of a sitting D senator over the past 25 years has succeeded (Arlen Specter, 2010).
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Post by nelson on Feb 11, 2020 11:30:52 GMT
I wouldn't bet on this challenge succeeding. Delaware likes its moderate, work-across-the -isle politicians, and to the best of my knowledge only 1 primary challenge of a sitting D senator over the past 25 years has succeeded (Arlen Specter, 2010). Anyone who can work his way across a whole island certainly deserves respect (unless it's a very small island ofc).
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Post by tiberius on Feb 11, 2020 11:32:27 GMT
I wouldn't bet on this challenge succeeding. Delaware likes its moderate, work-across-the -isle politicians, and to the best of my knowledge only 1 primary challenge of a sitting D senator over the past 25 years has succeeded (Arlen Specter, 2010). Anyone who can work his way across a whole island certainly deserves respect (unless it's a very small island ofc). You know what they say, no man is an island.
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Post by curiousliberal on Feb 11, 2020 17:58:26 GMT
I wouldn't bet on this challenge succeeding. Delaware likes its moderate, work-across-the-aisle politicians, and to the best of my knowledge only 1 primary challenge of a sitting D senator over the past 25 years has succeeded (Arlen Specter, 2010). Probably not given the bid has been launched this late in the game by someone so little-known, but the Democratic Party has changed a lot since circa 2012, and college-educated white Democrats have probably (on average) experienced the firmest leftward shift. Data for Progress did some polling and although they are rather biased (they hail from the Sanders/Warren wing), their track record isn't terrible. They recorded a "more liberal female Democrat" only 4% behind Coons' 36% in a primary, albeit with 33% of voters undecided (for standard voting intention).
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Post by timmullen1 on Feb 12, 2020 0:24:39 GMT
I wouldn't bet on this challenge succeeding. Delaware likes its moderate, work-across-the-aisle politicians, and to the best of my knowledge only 1 primary challenge of a sitting D senator over the past 25 years has succeeded (Arlen Specter, 2010). Probably not given the bid has been launched this late in the game by someone so little-known, but the Democratic Party has changed a lot since circa 2012, and college-educated white Democrats have probably (on average) experienced the firmest leftward shift. Data for Progress did some polling and although they are rather biased (they hail from the Sanders/Warren wing), their track record isn't terrible. They recorded a "more liberal female Democrat" only 4% behind Coons' 36% in a primary, albeit with 33% of voters undecided (for standard voting intention). Coons has always had this issue of looking vulnerable on paper but not at the ballot box, as much as anything else because he’s very quietly spoken, not given to flowery rhetoric, and doesn’t give the impression of standing out in a crowd. I suspect the “more liberal female democrat” would apply to Lisa Blunt Rochester, who’s not on the AOC wing of the Party, but probably is slightly further to the left than Coons (although those differences are often just the different nature of the two Chambers).
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Post by curiousliberal on Feb 12, 2020 0:28:20 GMT
Probably not given the bid has been launched this late in the game by someone so little-known, but the Democratic Party has changed a lot since circa 2012, and college-educated white Democrats have probably (on average) experienced the firmest leftward shift. Data for Progress did some polling and although they are rather biased (they hail from the Sanders/Warren wing), their track record isn't terrible. They recorded a "more liberal female Democrat" only 4% behind Coons' 36% in a primary, albeit with 33% of voters undecided (for standard voting intention). Coons has always had this issue of looking vulnerable on paper but not at the ballot box, as much as anything else because he’s very quietly spoken, not given to flowery rhetoric, and doesn’t give the impression of standing out in a crowd. I suspect the “more liberal female democrat” would apply to Lisa Blunt Rochester, who’s not on the AOC wing of the Party, but probably is slightly further to the left than Coons (although those differences are often just the different nature of the two Chambers). She was also polled as an opponent and did about the same as the generic "more liberal female Democrat" - 31% to Coon's 35% with 34% undecided.
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Post by Richard Allen on Feb 12, 2020 0:33:43 GMT
I wouldn't bet on this challenge succeeding. Delaware likes its moderate, work-across-the-aisle politicians, and to the best of my knowledge only 1 primary challenge of a sitting D senator over the past 25 years has succeeded (Arlen Specter, 2010). Probably not given the bid has been launched this late in the game. Delaware's congressional primaries are not until mid September, with a mid July filing deadline, so it isn't exactly late in the game. I do however agree that Coons is the prohibitive favourite.
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Post by curiousliberal on Feb 12, 2020 0:36:02 GMT
Probably not given the bid has been launched this late in the game. Delaware's congressional primaries are not until mid September, with a mid July filing deadline, so it isn't exactly late in the game. I do however agree that Coons is the prohibitive favourite. This presidential race will be dominating pretty much all coverage by then, I'd expect. Not good at all for a 34-year-old outsider starved of name ID and (presumably) underfunded.
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Post by nelson on Feb 19, 2020 19:43:47 GMT
Not looking good for McSally. Mark Kelly is pulling away.
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Post by neilm on Feb 29, 2020 19:14:52 GMT
I wouldn't bet on this challenge succeeding. Delaware likes its moderate, work-across-the-aisle politicians, and to the best of my knowledge only 1 primary challenge of a sitting D senator over the past 25 years has succeeded (Arlen Specter, 2010). Joe Lieberman? Lost the primary and then won the general.
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Post by timmullen1 on Feb 29, 2020 19:58:28 GMT
I wouldn't bet on this challenge succeeding. Delaware likes its moderate, work-across-the-aisle politicians, and to the best of my knowledge only 1 primary challenge of a sitting D senator over the past 25 years has succeeded (Arlen Specter, 2010). Joe Lieberman? Lost the primary and then won the general. Lost the primary to the current Governor of Connecticut, Ned Lamont, IIRC.
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