I guarantee a lot of Dems voted in the GOP primary, which would’ve been enough to put Lamar! over 50%. Regardless, it’s a subpar victory for him when you consider how much he outspent Carr, how much more resources and endorsements he had.
Re: TN-1, I don’t care if Roe votes like Jesse Helms, his initial victory rode the wave of Democrat crossover fraud over what was the best voting member from TN. He will never get my endorsement.
Re: TN-3, probably one of the examples of Dems voting in our primary. Wamp Junior has nothing but daddy’s name to his resume.
Re: TN-4. I’ve stuck with DesJarlais regardless and decided to forgive him. What he did over a dozen years ago was terrible, but he has sought to move on from that and distinguish himself in Congress. Despite virtually no support from the TN GOP, he has become the best-voting member from the state. Tracy is just another blow-dried establishment politician (and even as the votes were yet to be finished counting, arrogantly declared victory about 20 or so minutes ago).
Even if Tracy narrowly wins, it is a subpar performance for him and he expected a resounding landslide given that he, like Lamar!, well outspent Dr. D. and had vastly more resources (in his speech, he said his people went to 75,000 households in the district). That he’s virtually tied with DesJarlais at this moment is quite telling. It’s also possible Dems voting in this district went for Dr. D. on the assumption the Democrat might have a chance in November.
Joe Carr’s House seat was won (with a plurality) by the most left-leaning “R” candidate currently running for the State legislature. Three candidates (2 Conservatives) split over 60%+ of the vote.
We also lost the great State Sen. Stacey Campfield in Knoxville to a rich liberal RINO who doesn’t even live in that district (which is illegal, btw).
This is yet an endless example of what I said in post #37. These primaries must be closed and runoffs instituted.
All in all, I’d say that regardless of the closeness of the races, it was a fiasco in TN tonight.
Damn right. Hopefully Chuck F hangs on, that's important. I agree to dis on DesJaralis.
I was disgusted to see that Ricky Santorum endorsed Wamp.
We also lost the great State Sen. Stacey Campfield in Knoxville to a rich liberal RINO who doesn’t even live in that district (which is illegal, btw).
Will this be gotten around or could the rats sue and get the dude off the ballot?
We also lost Rep Tony Shipley, a good conservative. Who is this Bud Hulsey who beat him?