was his district competitive, or do you just have to have the R after your name. As far as i know, we don't owe him any thanks.
I don't know. If he's such a poor Republican and there are no Democrats in his district, is it really true that they couldn't come up with a single other Republican to run against him in a primary for Congress that would be more to your satisfaction?
I think it's more likely that yes, he's been elected to Congress lots of times, and yes, that's because people in his district like him.