Republican Mike Pompeo last won that district in 2016 by 30 points.Yikes. That's a 23-point diminution of fortune.
Republican Ron Estes won it Tuesday night by 7.
Some people good at math applied that sudden reversal to all the House races of a few months ago, which would have given us a Democratic majority in the U.S. Congress. If the trend continues into 2018, and if Trump remains a pinball caroming off every electric bumper, then his mid-term congressional elections could be the whirlwind that rips the sheet.
We will know better if it's a trend after next Tuesday's special election in Georgia.
I am a little confused here. When one wins a congressional seat by 7 percentage points, does he still get to go to congress? Does his vote count less than the other Republican congressmen?
ReplyDeleteOf course, given the fact that Democrats have lost somewhere around 1,000 seats in congress and state legislative elections since Obama was first elected, I can understand why you might want to celebrate losing by smaller margins than you usually lose by.
Don't count your Congressmen until they're bought....
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