[JCEccles]

then has to run again in the regular election this November.

Nothing wrong with that. He will have the advantage of incumbency, which is not an insubstantial advantage.

It gets much tougher for the Democrats to win in District 50 after tonight.

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Nothing wrong with that. He will have the advantage of incumbency, which is not an insubstantial advantage

I agree. I only pointed it out because there seemed to be some confusion on this thread because Bilbray and Busby are on the ballot twice, once for the special election and once for their respective parties in the general election.

Some people were looking at the general election results and saying Bilbray was losing, which wasn't true.

I'll also say that the special election doesn't appear to be as close as the pundits predicted.

[Mike Darancette]

It gets much tougher for the Democrats to win in District 50 after tonight.

And since Bilbray and Busby are winning their prospective primaries there will be the same match up in November.