Political careers that were ended on November 4th

[Nichlemn]

This seems to be mostly just a list of people who lost. Maybe the more interesting question is - who lost but still has a potentially bright career ahead of them?

[Talleyrand]

Kay Hagan is also done.

[IceSpear]

Oh, I almost forgot about Mufi Hannemann.

[henster]

Davis could be DNC chair someday. Brown(MD) could run for Congress down the road but nothing statewide of course.

[morgieb]

This seems to be mostly just a list of people who lost. Maybe the more interesting question is - who lost but still has a potentially bright career ahead of them?

I can see John Barrah running statewide.

[NewYorkExpress]

Crist's wasn't ended, it's in the ground.

Nah he'll run against Rubio/Allen West  in 2016. It's not like the Democrats have anyone else who can win a statewide race in Florida.

[KCDem]

Crist's wasn't ended, it's in the ground.

Nah he'll run against Rubio/Allen West  in 2016. It's not like the Democrats have anyone else who can win a statewide race in Florida.

Patrick Murphy would like a word.

[PAK Man]

I feel like Charles Djou's political career is probably over. This is the third consecutive election cycle where he's lost and the second Republican wave where he's lost. I will say he deserves respect for getting as close as he has in the non-special elections he's ran in.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

This seems to be mostly just a list of people who lost. Maybe the more interesting question is - who lost but still has a potentially bright career ahead of them?

Horsford will probably win back his seat in 2016.  Gallego will too if he decides to run, but idk if he's interested or not.  Joe Garcia could probably retake his seat considering that he only lost 51-48, IIRC.  My guess is that Barrow probably won't run for anything again (like Jim Marshall after 2010) and I think he'd have a tougher time running against an incumbent in that seat.  Doug Owens probably earned the right to make a run for something else (albeit possibly just a suicide run for Governor).  Enyart and Schneider could probably retake their seats, but I suspect someone else will run in those districts in 2016.  Pat Hays can probably run for something in Arkansas down the road.  I doubt he'll run for anything else after this, but a Begich vs. Young race would be epic.  Shea-Porter will likely run in 2016 and go down in flames in the primary.  Westrom would be a strong candidate in MN-7 if Peterson retires.  If Bera loses, he could very well retake his seat in 2016.  I could see Djou making a suicide run for Governor in 2018.  Ro Khanna will probably pop up again somewhere, unfortunately.

[Kevin]

Just wondering could we add people who survived or weren't on the ballot to the list. I.e. Hickenlooper or O'Malley?

[DrScholl]

Tony Strickland

[Lief 🗽]

Just wondering could we add people who survived or weren't on the ballot to the list. I.e. Hickenlooper or O'Malley?

Are Colorado governors term-limited?

[Maxwell]

Tony Strickland

Yes, him too.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Just wondering could we add people who survived or weren't on the ballot to the list. I.e. Hickenlooper or O'Malley?

Hickenlooper just won a second term as Governor, so I don't see how his career ended.  O'Malley's would've been over even if Brown won in a landslide.

[Mr. Illini]

Alabama - Parker Griffith
Arkansas - Mark Pryor
Colorado - Mark Udall
Connecticut - Tom Foley
Florida - Charlie Crist, Joe Garcia, Steve Southerland
Georgia - John Barrow
Hawaii - Duke Aiona
Illinois - Pat Quinn, Bill Enyart, Bill Schneider
Iowa - Bruce Braley
Maryland - Anthony Brown
Massachusetts - Martha Coakley, Richard Tisei
Michigan - Terri Lynn Land
Nevada - Steven Horsford
New Hampshire - Scott Brown, Carol-Shea Porter (?, maybe he'll move somewhere else)
New Mexico - Gary King
New York - Tim Bishop, Dan Maffei, Domenic Recchia, Aaron Woolf
Ohio - Ed FitzGerald
Oregon - Monica Wehby
Pennsylvania - Tom Corbett, Manan Trivedi
South Dakota - Rick Weiland
Texas - Wendy Davis, Pete Gallego
West Virginia - Nick Rahall

Just added some significant House incumbent defeats.

>Bill

We'll never forget you Bill Schneider!

But in actuality, Brad will run again in 2016. It's too ripe for him not to, just like why Dold did this time around.

[Kevin]

Just wondering could we add people who survived or weren't on the ballot to the list. I.e. Hickenlooper or O'Malley?

Hickenlooper just won a second term as Governor, so I don't see how his career ended.  O'Malley's would've been over even if Brown won in a landslide.

I mean it's obviously not over in the sense that he won a 2nd term. But it is over in the sense that he is damaged goods politically due to all of the controversies surrounding his leadership that caused the CO governors race to be so close.

Same goes for Warner too.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Just wondering could we add people who survived or weren't on the ballot to the list. I.e. Hickenlooper or O'Malley?

Hickenlooper just won a second term as Governor, so I don't see how his career ended.  O'Malley's would've been over even if Brown won in a landslide.

I mean it's obviously not over in the sense that he won a 2nd term. But it is over in the sense that he is damaged goods politically due to all of the controversies surrounding his leadership that caused the CO governors race to be so close.

Same goes for Warner too.

Warner is probably Senator for life.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Just wondering could we add people who survived or weren't on the ballot to the list. I.e. Hickenlooper or O'Malley?

Hickenlooper just won a second term as Governor, so I don't see how his career ended.  O'Malley's would've been over even if Brown won in a landslide.

I mean it's obviously not over in the sense that he won a 2nd term. But it is over in the sense that he is damaged goods politically due to all of the controversies surrounding his leadership that caused the CO governors race to be so close.

Same goes for Warner too.

What a load of bull. Hickenlooper and Malloy passed a lot of progressive legislation and despite all the doom and gloom predicted they were reelected more comfortably than what the polls predicted.
They also showed that going against the NRA is far from the political kiss of death.