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https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/coon-capers-wednesday-december-3

This wasn’t just any old special election.

The Hill said Democrats “went all in” on the race. The Democrat House Majority PAC alone lavished a million bucks on ads supporting their blue candidate, Aftyn Behn. It was that PAC’s first special election spend so far this year. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) chipped in another million in a late surge. Behn’s campaign itself raised over $1.2 million, outpacing Van Epps’ $993,000.

Total Democratic-aligned outside spending topped $2 million, contributing to over $3 million in overall ad buys in the otherwise unremarkable race.

All the progressive bigwigs turned out to stump for Behn: Former Vice President Kamala Harris, DNC Chair Ken Martin, Alexandria “Cosmo” Ocasio-Cortez, and former VP Al Gore, fresh off reinventing the internet. Progressive activist groups like Your Community PAC ran targeted ads, ironically trying to tie Van Epps to “billionaire elite” interests. ...

I agree with pundits who say it’s impossible to draw any broader conclusions from this race, since the circumstances and the Democrat push were so unique. The bottom line is turnout.

Patrick says

The bottom line is turnout.

Yep, and the Dems drained $3 million from their coffers in the attempt.

very very low turnout for the Republicans as the Democrat received almost same amount of votes in recent elections for that Congressional seat

AD says

very very low turnout for the Republicans as the Democrat received almost same amount of votes in recent elections for that Congressional seat

Yep. Won only with a 9 point lead compared to 22 point lead last November.

MolotovCocktail says

Yep. Won only with a 9 point lead compared to 22 point lead last November.

That's Republicans though in a nutshell. They just assume based on past results.

My kids basketball team was up 28-0. Yes, not football. So the coach started throwing in the B-squad so to speak to give playing time. I'm a guy that says stick it to them. Don't just win and give them a few points with our bad players. Win 50-2.

A lot of Republicans don't have balls, not talking male/female. Go for the slam dunk when it's 48-2 in junk time. Stick it to them and score more. Republicans just run out the clock and get lazy on defense. I know patnet is not a huge sports group, but that's what I liken it to. Don't just beat them, destroy them. It's not bad sportsmanship, it's called winning.

Sometimes they can't win even WITH election fraud? Or did some little angel flutter in to defang the fraud?

What’s remarkable is the lowest turnout ever for the Republicans and the Dems remained fairly constant.

Yeah, the Dems dumped money and effort into this.

Many TN-7 residents didn't even know the special election was on the past Tuesday in December. That's a TN GOP messaging problem.

The 9 points is a bit of a thing, but then again it's a special election, not on a regular Election Day nor one with a Popular President running, and the Dems are highly TDS motivated.