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2016 Postmortem

bigdarryl

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2. Democrats will find a way to fuckup 2018 races

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Mon Jan 2, 2017, 01:18 PM

Jan 2017

By picking lousy candidates and being outspent by the republicans.The 2016 Senate map was tailor made for the democrats and they had some of the worst candidates running plus they got clobbered in the fund raising.

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The governor's races in 2017 and 2018 [View all] dsc Jan 2017 OP

There is also a 2018 Governor's race in Illinois. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #1

we should be able to beat him dsc Jan 2017 #3

And rich backers like Ken Griffin and Sam Zell, guillaumeb Jan 2017 #6

Democrats will find a way to fuckup 2018 races bigdarryl Jan 2017 #2

Here in Nevada, Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #4

Isn't the guy in CO term limited? crazycatlady Jan 2017 #5

yes which is why I think that could be dicey for us dsc Jan 2017 #7

I forgot to mention the states where there are incumbents dsc Jan 2017 #8