MA-3: After Tsongas

[Chief Justice Keef]

Really hope Jamie Eldridge runs.

[Chief Justice Keef]

Really hoping we can get a more liberal democrat in there. Nikki Tsongas was never my least favorite MA Dem but I don't find her to be a particularly good congresswoman.

I understand it's Massachusetts, but it's not a D+30 district...

So? It's not like a Republican can win there. What matters is how liberal the Democratic primary voters are.

I think MA-03 still has the potential to elect a Republican. It voted for Scott Brown when he lost statewide in 2012 to Warren; it voted about 52.25% for Charlie Baker in 2014. And Tsongas hardly won the 2007 special election by some landslide -- only about 6.22 points. Maybe a Republican like state Rep. Sheila Harrington could make it a serious contest.

Only in the scenario where they put up a full on Progressive instead of someone more Moderate, and the Republican would have to run an absolutely masterful campaign, even then it's tossup.

Lol even in that scenario the Democrat would win

[Chief Justice Keef]

Really hoping we can get a more liberal democrat in there. Nikki Tsongas was never my least favorite MA Dem but I don't find her to be a particularly good congresswoman.

I understand it's Massachusetts, but it's not a D+30 district...

It doesn't need to be D+30 to elect a progressive candidate.   MA-3 could easily get someone more left wing in office.

Republican will definitely not be winning here in 2018 either.

IMHO D+9 district is better represented by "normal" pragmatic liberal (Tsongas-type) then a loonie...

I say we have more "loonies". The pragmatic liberal types haven't been doing a good job so far.

[Chief Justice Keef]

Is Jamie Eldridge going to get in or no?

Eldridge said he wouldn't run back in August.

[Chief Justice Keef]

https://www.uml.edu/docs/3rd-primary-topline_tcm18-290469.pdf
New poll shows Rufus Gifford, former ambassador to Denmark, in the lead with 11% but majority of voters undecided. Dem/Indy voters also strongly disapprove of Trump, but strongly approve of Warren/Baker.

Hilarious how Dan Koh has raised $2.5 million for this race but he can't even crack 5%.