We don't hear much about the outlier elections that reflect how fed up voters are. Our example is this state rep district in OH. It's a weirdly shaped district, aimed at collecting the small mostly white towns south and east of Cleveland. At last count, the district was 2% black and 3% Hispanic. It's a "give me" for whomever the Republican establishment chooses. Their choice lost to a black candidate who ran an intelligent, underfinanced, respectful campaign. The establishment candidate was backed by glossy campaign materials from PACs. (last thing Columbus needs is more bought and paid for pols, now even at that lowly level)
AOC is that kind of surprise. The establishment (both parties) keeps pretending they don't get the message, just keep fighting back harder to suppress all of us.
You mean this district ?
https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerDetail.html?ContainerID=13854
The problem here is that while it was held by the GOP, it was a suburban Hillary-voting district. That’s where the GOP performed the worst both at the state and federal levels across the country in 2018. It was a serious embarrassment that the prior holder of this district couldn’t keep it as an open seat.