GOP strategist: Close race in deep-red Ohio district has me 'terrified'
By Justin Wise - 08/08/18 02:43 PM EDT
Republican strategist Evan Siegfried said Wednesday that the results from Ohio's special election has him "terrified" about the GOP's prospects in this year's midterms.
"This is a district that President Trump won by 11 points; no Democrat has been elected to this House seat since 1980," Siegfried said on "MSNBC Live." "We are having a very big problem.
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Siegfried added that the race in the state's 12th Congressional District confirms that suburban white women are abandoning the party and that it is causing substantial harm to the GOP.
Despite the warnings, Trump declared victory on Tuesday as Balderson held a 50.2–49.3 percent lead over O'Connor with 100 percent of the precincts reporting. But more than 3,300 provisional ballots had yet to be counted, leaving the outcome still unknown.
"I think Republicans are really trying to shine something that isn’t good," Siegfried said.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/media/400943-gop-strategist-close-race-in-deep-red-ohio-district-has-me-terrified
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Let's keep them "terrified" and on the run. GOTV!
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The vote swing from '16 to '18 is running about 10-15 points towards Dems.
That puts about 4 or 5 DOZEN seats in play this November. Hell there are 3 red seats in my state where the Repub won the election, but the Dems polled over 50% of the total vote count (jungle top-two primary, I hate it). If dems stick together we should be able to flip at least two of them.
