Posted on 05/09/2018 3:27:07 AM PDT by SMGFan
.Pastor Mark Harris has upset Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-N.C.) in his Tuesday primary, toppling the incumbent congressman after nearly him in a primary two years ago.
Pittenger conceded the race late Tuesday night, telling his supporters he had called Harris.
The victory sets Harris up for a tough general election fight that could draw outsized attention.
Harris mounted one of the toughest primary challenges to any incumbent congressman against Pittenger in 2016, where he fell just short of beating him. But this time, Harris was able to clear the bar after blasting Pittenger for departing from conservative orthodoxy on issues like the national debt and attacking Pittenger as a stalwart supporter of GOP leadership.
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Probably another race where the dems can have a massive fundraising advantage and still lose.
Gotta thank all the rich lefty californians for stimulating the economy with political ad spending
Dems are running veterans this year.
Nonsense. The conservative, Trump-proud, candidate won.
But notice the Hill’s headline touts the DEFEAT of the RINO incompetent (er, incumbent), NOT the victory of the Trump-supporter candidate.
“.Pittinger”
“.Pastor”
Is putting a period in front of a sentence a thing now?
Or is “.P” a new letter?
I don’t get all the memos any more.
I voted for Pittenger. He’s a little bit squirmy, but reliably conservative. In a mid-term election it’s about holding seats and an incumbent would have a better chance especially if the Dems are running vets. Overall McCready received more votes than the 3 gop candidates combined, I’m not sure what that means in a primary with low turnout. Let’s just hope Harris doesn’t say anything stupid along the way, that won’t help.
Difference from GOP victories 2010 and 2014 cannot just be anti BHO?
But does GOP have a message?
Claim is Democrats will be more enthusiastic to vote than GOP voters.
I helped vote him out. If anything, Harris will win this.
NC’s US Senators and many of its Congressmen are solidly GOPe. Good riddance to any and all of them.
Don’t be dotty.
Any time a RINO is killed off politically it’s a good thing. Anytime, anywhere.
I can’t find Harris’s position on trade. Do you know what it?
No, none of his campaign flyers I have say anything about it. No tears shed for Pittenger, I hope Harris can pull it off, lots of outside money going to flow to his opponent
This must be a period piece.
Technically, John Kerry is a “veteran”.
Will depend soley on the district make up....
Simple calculus... IF GOP Midterm turnout numbers in the past, are not higher than DEM presidential year turnouts.... odds are in Dems favor.
However, since this guy is an outsider, he may indeed be able to attract and get support from non traditional MAGA/TRUMP voters, so may win.
That should be your general view of any congressional seat this fall... The GOP refuses to learn the lessons of 2016, and keeps campaigning as though it never happened... Dems are going to show up in full force, and GOP has not given those non traditional voters a reason to care or show up.
Its not a claim, its fact... Dems have a huge enthusiasm advantage... and the GOP has not given anyone other than their reliable base a reason to show up this fall so far.
Look at the AZ special election for example... Dems turned out at nearly the level they do for PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, while the GOP candidate got around Midterm level support... only reason dems didn’t win, was because the district was flat out overwhelmingly red.
If the GOP doesn’t realize it NEEDS those non traditional MAGA voters, and start to actually give them a reason to care and show up, you are going to see a LOT of purple and pink districts fall in the mid terms.
Sure in deep red districts high D turnout wont matter... .. but pink and purple districts it will turn those districts. Not all of them, but more than enough for republicans to lose the house... which they are well no their way to do presently.
The GOP is categorically INCOMPETENT... they have no idea who the electorate is, or how to even talk to them. Trump showed them how to win for a generation or two in 2016, and they are flat out refusing to listen. At present I fully expect 10 or more Congressional districts to flip D in the upper midwest alone.
Yes, the Republican seats listed as Toss ups , Tilt, lean are not merely misrepresentation as some claim. They are potential based on open seats, cash raised, HRC districts etc.
Trump needs to be the life of the party ( or something like that)
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