There wouldn’t have been a “long run” for Humphreys, since he would’ve lost the general election to Brad Carson. That was why Coburn got in the race in order to save it from a “Perfect Rovian Disaster.”
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I doubt that Carson would have won as Bush won by 30 points and control of the Senate was an issue (I didn’t doubt we would gain but going in with only 51 it was an issue). That’s a lot of crossover votes, no matter how “rovian” Humphreys was.