I didn’t either. I did notice he was absent for the Speaker vote and wondered why. Very sad.
Prayers up. Sounds like it will take a miracle for him to beat this.
In a special election, I expect former Congressman Travis Childers (D) to run. Good thing that he ran as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate last year, or he could switch to Republican and fool some conservatives into voting for him.
On the GOP side, Fox News contributor and “Tea Party leader” Angela McGlowan might run again (she finished third with 15% in the 2010 primary). She fizzled in 2010 when she spoke approvingly about some kinds of gun control (plus, in general, she seemed a little flaky to me); unless she’s changed her mind and can convince voters that she’s not a gun-grabber, she would have no chance. A McGlowan victory would not be as historic as it would have been in 2010 (which was prior to Mia Love becoming the first black female Republican ever elected to Congress), but it still would be eye-opening.