Heritage Action Ranking:
Rep. Andy Ogles
DC:
(202) 225-4311
LOCAL:
(931) 777-2140
REPUBLICAN
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TENNESSEE DISTRICT 05
SESSION SCORE:
100%
LIFETIME SCORE:
100%
AVERAGE HOUSE REPUBLICAN:
85%
Ogles is a solid conservative. I don’t lknow why he was defeated.
I believe we’re winning hearts and minds with the help of the leftist tilt towards communism. The hard conservatives can now take a lower profile and just be there when we need them. Ogles is not one of them. Our newest supporters should be lured in with honey not vinegar. While the democrats go further leftward we can try and fill the vacuum.
Think Dick Durban, Abu Ghraib, and Michael Savage. After Durban said all those rotten things about our military men on the senate floor he gave a lame apology. Savage was having none of it. Savage savaged Durban with both barrels. We needed that. Savage went off the rails on enough other stuff but he stepped up at the proper time. Think counter punching like Trump. Push and get your opponent to react. When they step over the line that’s when you pounce. Ogle seemed to step over the line when it came to attracting the fence sitters. Something tells me his mouth did him in.
1. His district lines have been redrawn.
2. There is a LOT of strong anti-incumbent sentiment among voters on BOTH sides of the aisle.
Ag guy won a mostly Ag district. Doh!
Ogles also lost a lot of his incumbency advantage due to the (pretty extreme) redistricting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee‘s_5th_congressional_district#
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