You need to put her win into the context there was only a 5% turnout to vote in her district. Not that impressive.
More like 13%.
Crowley was so confident of winning, he convinced the party regulars to stay home. Not even going to the debate, etc. That’s really most of why she won. And door-to-door is somewhat of a stealth tactic, on top of that.
Wrote a bunch on Facebook last night about the celebrity, superhero aspect of this. But it occurred to me that there is a “scare” element too: Americans love to be petrified about the yellow menace, the commie threat, the new Dems taking over and obliterating the United States. Let’s all relax.