2014 US Congressional Election Results

[MarkUterus]

Well, we got Maffei by 20 points. That was good enough for me, even if getting Slaughter as well would have been even better... I wonder if Maggie Brooks would have won in a midterm or if the under the radar nature of Assini's campaign was what helped him get so close to such a massive upset.

[MarkUterus]

Maffei is a conservadem? On what planet? Be careful what you wish for. Katko won by 20 points and he won every municipality in the district (aside from Syracuse and DeWitt). If he could beat Dan Maffei by 20, he's going to be a tough target next cycle.

[MarkUterus]

The difference is that AZ is supposed to use a non-partisan commission, and the spoils go to the victor in the NC, OH, and PA (and Dems had just as fair of a chance of winning control of those states' governorships and legislatures in 2010 as Republicans did). The 9th in particular is a joke (Mathis broke municipal boundaries all over the place in AZ-09 in order to twit a Democratic seat out of it; it's only R+1 because of McCain's home state bounce).

[MarkUterus]

Oh, how I hope the Massachusetts GOP can cross the necessary threshold in the State House so the State House couldn't override a potentially re-elected Charlie Baker's three wonderful gerrymander vetoes. Your smugness would go away, quickly.