Why did Ryan Bizzarro lose?

[Tekken_Guy]

Why did Ryan Bizzarro lose his primary in PA-Treas? He had universal institutional support.

[Storr]

Honestly, maybe his last name.

[Bernie Derangement Syndrome Haver]

Honestly, maybe his last name.

Was going to say this. People who didn't know him may have honestly thought he was a joke candidate.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Honestly, maybe his last name.

Was going to say this. People who didn't know him may have honestly thought he was a joke candidate.

When I first read his name I thought he was

[Senator-elect Spark]

Honestly, maybe his last name.

Was going to say this. People who didn't know him may have honestly thought he was a joke candidate.

When I first read his name I thought he was

Far from a joke candidate.

[Bernie Derangement Syndrome Haver]

Honestly, maybe his last name.

Was going to say this. People who didn't know him may have honestly thought he was a joke candidate.

When I first read his name I thought he was

Far from a joke candidate.

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Yes, we know. But probably a lot of voters didn't.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Honestly, maybe his last name.

Was going to say this. People who didn't know him may have honestly thought he was a joke candidate.

Yet if he were to run for President he would probably become a meme candidate.

[Lambsbread]

I was honestly thinking his last name played a role as well. Doing some reading on Twitter, it appears that he seems like a dick, but I can’t find any specific examples. I wasn’t following this race or him specifically closely at all. But it sounds like people hated him enough to vote for the person who was not him.

[Gass3268]

Pennsylvania's ballot's having the home county of the candidate is probably a big reason given he's from Erie County compared to the winner who was from Alleghany.

[wbrocks67]

Pennsylvania's ballot's having the home county of the candidate is probably a big reason given he's from Erie County compared to the winner who was from Alleghany.

This is it. It's very simple. In races that people don't know much about and that there's too many candidates, like this one and AG, it basically comes down to regional affinity. There was too much going in SEPA candidate-wise, and Eugene was the only candidate outside SEPA/from the West. In this one, Erin was the candidate from the West, while Bizzarro only had Erie, which doesn't have a big base to carry him. At that point, people probably just go with Erin b/c they're either from the West, or bc she comes from a bigger area.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Pennsylvania's ballot's having the home county of the candidate is probably a big reason given he's from Erie County compared to the winner who was from Alleghany.

Yeah, this can be seen pretty clearly in the map too:



SEPA might be endorsements and media markets, though I have no clue about the county in southern Pennsyltucky.

[xavier110]

Honestly, maybe his last name.

Agree. Many voters put zero effort into this, especially for a lower profile office, and McLelland (or whatever her name is) is a much more palatable name than Bizzarro, lol.