Sunday Brunch

 

 

Jen Wiles & family

 

We wrote about Democrat Jen Wiles challenging seven-term Republican State Rep Donny Lambeth (HD 75, Forsyth), and characterized the contest as "Working Class v. Aristocrat," impressed as I was by the energetic campaign Wiles was running in spite of being a working mom with two small children and a demanding job (nurse practitioner), running in an impossible district for Dems. After Wiles surprised a bunch of prognosticators and beat Lambeth last Tuesday, Lambeth confessed to Edwardo Medina of the NYTimes that "the Republican House caucus had repeatedly told him that he was in a 'safe' district and that he did not need to spend 'any money' but rather give as much as he could to the caucus .... Unfortunately, I took their advice,” Lambeth said. “Mistake on my part.” He lost by about eight percentage points in a district he had won by nearly 14 points in 2024.

 

Footnote to Lost Glory:

"The most successful congressional stock trader of 2025 was Rep. Tim Moore, R-North Carolina, whose portfolio gained 52% that year, according to Quiver Quantitative." (USA Today)
 

Not Quite Gone Department (and he suddenly has opinions on a bunch of stuff): 

About to be ex-Sen. Thom Tillis, who all of a sudden can't keep his mouth shut, told Jake Tapper that the promotion of Stephen Miller to DJT's chief of staff was "the worst possible choice! ... It is a colossal mistake, and the last thing we need 72 hours after the a-whooping we got on Tuesday.