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Who had the worst week in Washington? Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio)
By Chris Cillizza, Published: March 9
Rep. Jean Schmidt never saw it coming.
The day before she lost her Republican primary race in Ohio on Tuesday, Schmidt was in Washington attending a meeting of the House Republican Conference and casting votes on the chamber floor.
Less than 24 hours later, she fell to political newbie Brad Wenstrup. Without running a single television ad, Wenstrup beat the incumbent 49 percent to 43 percent.
Schmidt had been flirting with political disaster almost since the moment she won a 2005 special election to replace Rob Portman, who left the Cincinnati area seat to become the U.S. trade representative in the George W. Bush administration.
More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-had-the-worst-week-in-washington-rep-jean-schmidt-r-ohio/2012/03/08/gIQAcA6J1R_story.html?hpid=z7
Rep. Jean Schmidt never saw it coming.
The day before she lost her Republican primary race in Ohio on Tuesday, Schmidt was in Washington attending a meeting of the House Republican Conference and casting votes on the chamber floor.
Less than 24 hours later, she fell to political newbie Brad Wenstrup. Without running a single television ad, Wenstrup beat the incumbent 49 percent to 43 percent.
Schmidt had been flirting with political disaster almost since the moment she won a 2005 special election to replace Rob Portman, who left the Cincinnati area seat to become the U.S. trade representative in the George W. Bush administration.
More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-had-the-worst-week-in-washington-rep-jean-schmidt-r-ohio/2012/03/08/gIQAcA6J1R_story.html?hpid=z7
Anyone else remember: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hackett_%28politician%29 - shades of democracy.
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