[Gabz]

This is not the first election of the backlash. A deep-blue district in Delaware was won by a Republican by a margin of some 30% in a recent special election.

The race to fill Thurman Adams' Senate seat was much more complicated than that. His daughter's loss to the Republican House member was more of a backlash against the Dem powers that be for playing dirty pool than anything to do with a backlash against Obama. The Bridgeville area is pretty conservative, as was Thurman.

[mvpel]

Another example is the win of Marilinda Garcia, in a special election for the NH state house, and perhaps also Jeb Bradley for NH state senate.