Unfortunately, it looks like Ferguson, the Chamber of Commerce candidate endorsed by Boehner buddy Lynn Westmoreland wins.
13 of 13 Counties Reporting
. . . . . . . Percent Votes
MIKE CRANE..........46.07% 19,490 Cruz-Trump candidate
DREW FERGUSON 53.93% 22,813 Paul Ryan-Boehner-CoC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,303
May 24, 2016 results were
26.9% 15,584 Mike Crane
26.8% 15,491 Drew Ferguson
23.0% 13,312 Jim Pace . . .
09.9% . . 5,728 Chip Flanegan .
09.1% . . 5,285 Richard Mix. .
02.9% . . 1,657 Samuel Anders .
01.4% . . . 812 Arnall Thomas .
Total . . 57,869
In the March 1 SEC Primary in the 13 counties of the 3rd District,
Trump ran 1st ranging from 37% to 56% per county.
Cruz ran 2nd ranging from 21% to 29% per county.
Rubio ran 3rd ranging from 10% to 23% per county.
Conclusion: Crane did not get the Trump/Cruz vote to turn out and vote this election.
Nationally Cruz claimed a ground game. If he had had a ground game, not only would that ground game have made him #1 in this far right district, that effective ground game would still exist to win for Congress. Cruz had over 1500 small donors in this district. Thousands were at Cruz event in the district I was at. The Cruz campaign could have, but did not, enlist them in a ground game.
Don’t take November for granted. If you want to win, find out who your voters are now and get them to vote in October-November. I say October because an effective ground game will produce 20-50 votes per day per precinct in early voting. The ground game can be more effective on the final day of voting when it knows who already voted and can avoid wasting time on them.