It’s my understanding they picked her because, since she had done virtually nothing her entire life, there was nothing that could be held against her, and she was independently wealthy so she could self-finance her campaign.
A lot of anomalies this cycle.
My favorite has to be the racist oppressors in the South Carolina GOP re-electing an Indian-American woman to the governorship and sending a black conservative to the US Senate. Of the three major statewide races in SC last night (Hailey, Scott, Graham) the one guy I can’t stand and would have had trouble voting for is my own race. Times are changing.