Or Ron Machtley when he beat Fernand St. Germain in 1988 in RI-01. But quite a bit has changed in federal elections in the state since 1980 or 1988 (or even 1992, the last time that Machtley was reelected).
I wish her luck.
Fast Freddie lost largely because he was perceived as a crook who helped precipitate the S&L crisis (and by an embarrassing 56-44% margin). In the case of Cicilline, I’ve noted he has had a difficult time in making the district his own, winning by unimpressive margins, each of his 3 opponents got over 40% against him (contrasted with the infamous Paddy Kennedy, who was racking up almost 70% in his last races).
Out, damned spot! Out, I say!—One, two. Why, then, ’tis time to do ’t. Hell is murky!—Fie, my lord, fie! A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?—Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him.