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Remember the special election last year? The gun folks got angry and had a recall and tossed out a couple of Democrats? What should we take from that?
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/democrats-oust-pro-gun-gopers-colorado-recalls
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The big story out of Colorado last Tuesday was Republican Rep. Cory Gardner's victory over incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Udall. But on a more local level, Democratic candidates triumphed over pro-gun GOP lawmakers who were elected to the state Senate last year in contentious recall efforts.
The New York Times pointed out Tuesday that Colorado Democrats reaped the benefits of increased turnout in the midterms thanks to mail-in ballots and the draw of the Gardner-Udall showdown. By contrast, low turnout in the recall elections of September 2013, which targeted legislators who voted for stricter gun measures, had favored conservatives.
State Sen. Bernie Herpin (R) knocked out former Colorado Senate President John Morse (D) in those recall elections. Ironically, it was an associate of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control advocacy group that handily defeated Herpin on Nov. 4. Democrat Michael Merrifield (pictured), a former state representative who once worked as a coordinator for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, took 52 percent of the vote to Herpin's 42 percent, according to the Times.
State Sen. George Rivera, a Republican who ousted Democratic state Sen. Angela Giron in a recall, also lost Tuesday to his Democratic opponent by a 10-point margin, according to the newspaper.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)ncjustice80
(948 posts)kentuck
(111,107 posts)...and somewhat better in midterm elections...
...and maybe not so well in general elections.
safeinOhio
(32,713 posts)is what caused us to lose.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=155604
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)world wide wally
(21,751 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But it doesn't quite fit into the narrative the popular media have constructed, so we're back to being stuck with the invincible NRA and its demented little brother GOA. Anyone notice the gun regulation ballot measure that passed in Washington state? No one else did, either.
ncjustice80
(948 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)Was that also because of gun control also or perhaps Colorado elections are not single issue phenomena?