Because he's a douche who only won in the first place by stealing the election, which was only close because of a third party candidate, plus it was a very anti-GOP year. He's a joke, not a master politician, against a top tier candidate he'd be dead meat this year. Congressman Paulsen would have been the best choice.
Against the second-tier candidates that actually ran, he's favored, but he can lose.
I was was for Ortman (who ended up placing third and bowing out of the convention, too bad, she was certainly superior to this Dahlberg guy that became McFadden's main competition), but looking on the bright side, McFadden looks like a competent enough candidate who will have enough resources to compete. I'd put this race behind New Hampshire and ahead of Oregon and Virginia on the 2nd tier targets list.
McFadden is our candidate? Ugh. Yeah, you can count that one as lost. McFadden is a dyed in the wool liberal.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3052703/posts
He’ll lose by ten points even against the clown. Voter fraud is epidemic in the state.