UncleSam
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« on: October 06, 2017, 03:24:42 PM » |
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This'll probably stay Dem - odd move to run again then turn around and retire, but it's hard to argue that CSH didn't help the Dems massively here. She did her job, knocked off a first-xterm incumbent in a neutral year to prevent an entrenched incumbent situation, then exited stage left once the national environment looked good enough that someone younger could take the seat and run with it indefinitely.
This'll look really dumb if Dems don't have a good replacement / lose this district, though. Trump did win this district so it definitely can't be taken for granted, even if it is one of if not the likeliest Trump CDs to swing left in 2018.
I don't think Kelly Ayotte would be a good GOP nominee given she lives in Nashua, she'd probably have a better chance of knocking off Kuster than carpet bagging to the open seat if she really wants to run for the house, to be honest. I doubt that she'll run for either, however (though I could see her running again - and probably doing as well as Feingold - in a Senate race in 4 or 6 years).
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