I would in no way advocate voting for her. It sounds as though the GOP in that district has been taken over by RATS.
No, Dede had a few of her buddies in as county chairpersons. Next summer, she won’t be nominated and she cannot win a primary up there.
She won the nomination on the 3rd ballot; her supporters made a big push and the social conservatives were asleep.
It is not a lost cause. We will build support this fall for an eventual victory in Nov 2010. And redistricting will create a small scale free-for-all for 2012.