The Happy Warrior
Joined: 10 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 2:26 am Post subject: GOP Rising: Democratic Congressman Defeated |
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Warning: This is a political horse-race article, extrapolating a larger trend from a single and possibly isolated incident.
A Democratic Congressman is Defeated
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By twelve percentage points, Democrats forced Rep. Alan Mollohan from his West Virginia congressional seat last night. State Sen. Steve Oliverio received 56 percent of the vote to Mollohan's 44%. If you don't count Bart Stupak's retirement, Mollohan was the first Democrat hounded out of his office in part due to his vote for health care reform.
Anti-Washington, anti-Incumbent sentiment is prevalent among Democrats, too. Mollohan has been in Congress for 28 years. Note [more] than 32% of Democrats in Nick Rahall's West Virginia district voted against the incumbent, too. |
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