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« on: January 26, 2013, 11:46:20 AM »

King and Latham enter the Republican primary, King wins and gets creamed in the general by Braley, and Democrats win both their House seats.
Great news indeed!

The Dems will capture the King seat in an off year election?  LOL.  Some might even characterize that as a hackish statement. Tongue

Democrats can make big gains in an off-year election -- as shown in 2006. That year the GOP brand was badly tarnished. If the political climate changes, seemingly-strange things can happen. But that usually happens at the margins with extremists in not-so-extreme seats. Steve King has held a not-so-marginal R seat for a very long time.  He might stick around even if the Democrats pick up lots of R+4 and R+5 seats in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin with moderately-liberal candidates running against Tea Party types.

Steve King could win a Senate seat if the political climate of 2010 returns in 2014.
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