We should never, ever leave a seat unchallenged as we have done so often. Dems have got to take the lead on educating the voting public because it’s obvious that schools have failed miserably in their Civics education. Of course we know why that is too; republicans again pushing their favorite drugs of home schooling and vouchers after Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” fiasco. Gutting education has worked for them which has added to the general apathy and views of politics as being dirty; not in any way necessary for continuing our way of life.
Considering Davis votes Republican as often as not, they would have probably been better off leaving well enough alone. But I’m still saying don’t sleep on NC 09, and maybe NC 11 too. Hudson invented the ‘quit doing town halls approach to campaigning, and his opponent Richard Ojeda is happily filling in the vacuum he left behind him, working the district form end to end (and it is a sizable district). Out west, Chucklefuck Edwards isn’t any more popular with his constituents because they're all wondering when they’re finally going to put their district back on the map after Helen washed it away.
So let the NCGOP hide from their constituents, and depend on the R behind their names to protect them. It probably *will* protect some of them, but we finally have a state party chair that recognizes that you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. And I suspect that if the candidates she’s fielding across the whole 100 counties are as fired up as she is, Phil Berger could find himself in a whole heap of trouble.
There are a couple of people running in NC 11 that could pull off the upset. (Richard Hudspeth has me on his mailing list somehow, but that's not a real exclusive club. I seem to be on every mailing list in the observable universe, no matter how many times I unsubscribe.) I remember Barringer's *name*, but not the context. Has he actually held office, or do I just remember yard signs?
If I were an oddsmaker, and could only pick one "Uh-Oh" race though, I'd put NC 09 at the top of my list. Hudson has the coveted(?) Trump endorsement, which means he's unlikely to draw a primary challenger, but in his case name recognition may actually hurt him. And Ojeda has been building that commodity the old fashioned way, with literal boots on the ground. Plus he's a retired Army Ranger with a chest full of medals. If Democrats *are* actually looking for an analog to the Tea Party, Ojeda is the prototype.
I've sent him some cash myself, since NC04 was intentionally drawn as "safe" for Team Blue and the real race will be run in the Dem primary. I've been following his career since ... at least 2020 when he wasn't even running for office. He had a YouTube channel dedicated to putting Bunker Boy on blast every week (or more). It wasn't what you'd call "well produced", but int was organic and it was authentic, and I suspect that will play well in the 9th.
Ha ha I see that they added Democrats to the sixth district by taking Blacksburg out of Montgomery county and leaving Christiansburg in the ninth.
We should never, ever leave a seat unchallenged as we have done so often. Dems have got to take the lead on educating the voting public because it’s obvious that schools have failed miserably in their Civics education. Of course we know why that is too; republicans again pushing their favorite drugs of home schooling and vouchers after Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” fiasco. Gutting education has worked for them which has added to the general apathy and views of politics as being dirty; not in any way necessary for continuing our way of life.
Considering Davis votes Republican as often as not, they would have probably been better off leaving well enough alone. But I’m still saying don’t sleep on NC 09, and maybe NC 11 too. Hudson invented the ‘quit doing town halls approach to campaigning, and his opponent Richard Ojeda is happily filling in the vacuum he left behind him, working the district form end to end (and it is a sizable district). Out west, Chucklefuck Edwards isn’t any more popular with his constituents because they're all wondering when they’re finally going to put their district back on the map after Helen washed it away.
So let the NCGOP hide from their constituents, and depend on the R behind their names to protect them. It probably *will* protect some of them, but we finally have a state party chair that recognizes that you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. And I suspect that if the candidates she’s fielding across the whole 100 counties are as fired up as she is, Phil Berger could find himself in a whole heap of trouble.
Jamie Ager, District 11, has a very good chance to win. Paul Barringer might also win District 13 which surrounds Raleigh and has part of Wake County.
There are a couple of people running in NC 11 that could pull off the upset. (Richard Hudspeth has me on his mailing list somehow, but that's not a real exclusive club. I seem to be on every mailing list in the observable universe, no matter how many times I unsubscribe.) I remember Barringer's *name*, but not the context. Has he actually held office, or do I just remember yard signs?
If I were an oddsmaker, and could only pick one "Uh-Oh" race though, I'd put NC 09 at the top of my list. Hudson has the coveted(?) Trump endorsement, which means he's unlikely to draw a primary challenger, but in his case name recognition may actually hurt him. And Ojeda has been building that commodity the old fashioned way, with literal boots on the ground. Plus he's a retired Army Ranger with a chest full of medals. If Democrats *are* actually looking for an analog to the Tea Party, Ojeda is the prototype.
I'd love to see Ojeda win. I've given to him. We have a second home outside of Asheboro, which is in his district.
I've sent him some cash myself, since NC04 was intentionally drawn as "safe" for Team Blue and the real race will be run in the Dem primary. I've been following his career since ... at least 2020 when he wasn't even running for office. He had a YouTube channel dedicated to putting Bunker Boy on blast every week (or more). It wasn't what you'd call "well produced", but int was organic and it was authentic, and I suspect that will play well in the 9th.
Super Genius!