Yeah, he is an obvious deep swamper. If he would have chosen to fight the 11/3 results with Trump, he also might have keep his seat because a run-off would not have been necessary for him.
Instead, he followed the GOPe logic that said Trump hurt him more than helped him in November. That led him to believe he could win without Trump.
Massive fail!
Agree. I can’t figure why Purdue didn’t formally challenge the 11/3 results via recount considering he was sitting at something like 49.9% on 11/3 and didn’t need many votes to hit the magical 50%+1 to win outright, thus ensuring GOP control of the Senate!