GA-06 and SC-05 election day & results thread

[Del Tachi]

Say what you want about the district or either of the candidate's respective campaigns, but the fact that Dems will likely come up short in GA-06 bodes very, very badly for the Dems going into 2018.  The fact that so many Democrats, from top to bottom, were so invested in this race is going to sting for a long time and will negatively impact recruitment, fundraising and energy going forward.

Say what you want about the race being close, but a loss as a loss and it will be Karen Handel, not Ossoff, in all likelihood heading to DC.  This isn't the Olympics, second place doesn't mean anything in politics.  

[Del Tachi]

Say what you want about the district or either of the candidate's respective campaigns, but the fact that Dems will likely come up short in GA-06 bodes very, very badly for the Dems going into 2018.  The fact that so many Democrats, from top to bottom, were so invested in this race is going to sting for a long time and will negatively impact recruitment, fundraising and energy going forward.

Say what you want about the race being close, but a loss as a loss and it will be Karen Handel, not Ossoff, in all likelihood heading to DC.  This isn't the Olympics, second place doesn't mean anything in politics.  

This doesn't bode very badly lol. Just last November, this district was 62-38 R. If the swing in GA-06 was replicated nationally the Democrats would easily take the house

If only Dems had 20 million to drop in every district

The point is, the Dems went all-in for a district Trump only won by one percentage point and still managed to lose to a deeply flawed Republican who had emerged from a fractured field while their candidate was pretty much a blank slate that tried to run exactly down this district's middle.

[Del Tachi]

Ossoff should run again.

Please no.

[Del Tachi]

Ossoff should run again.

Please no.

Why not? He came close in a traditionally Republican district and rematches do often result in reversal. It probably will be open next year anyway, because Handel will probably run for Governor being that she is constantly chasing power.

After this race, its hard to see anyone changing their mind about Ossoff.  It would be hard for him to justify another run without adding anything substantive to his resume.

[Del Tachi]

In hindsight, Dems should have run two candidates (an Ossoff type + a Sanders type) in hopes of producing a D-vs-D runoff in GA-06.  Guaranteed pickup that way.