I’m not familiar with the specifics of the district, but I probably wouldn’t call it rural or even close to a traditional Republican district. When was the last time a Republican represented the district? No trolling, just curious.
When was the last time a Republican even ran here?
There’s also a special election for state assembly on tuesday. There is a republican candidate (Marco deSena http://marcodesena.com/) but he didn’t even bother putting his website together. So of course the dem will win by huge margins. When Republicans won’t even try they have nobody to blame but themselves.
What’s amazing is that Turner is catholic and he’s getting the Jewish vote over someone who goes to Young Israel. Imagine if the GOP fielded a Jewish guy? He would for sure win. But forget identity politics. They won’t work anymore.