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Grayson didn’t even have the decency to wait for Jim Moran to leave Congress before taking over his spot as head cowardly bully.

I just read this in Grayson’s Wikipedia page:

“On November 6, 2012, Grayson defeated Todd Long 63%-37% to return to Congress after a one-term absence. He described his victory as “the biggest comeback in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives.”[40] Although the two districts had different boundaries, Grayson claimed the House historian had told him that the shift from a 56%-38% loss in 2010 to a 63%-37% victory in 2012 was the biggest comeback in congressional history.[41]”

Now, it’s clearly stupid for Grayson to claim he made such a great comeback when he merely moved to a district that was far more Democrat than his prior district (and he faced a Republican with no money and no shot at winning). But is it true that no U.S. Representative who lost in one election and won in the next election ever has had a percentage-margin swing as high as Grayson’s 44% (from losing by 18% to winning by 26%)? There definitely have been bigger swings by members who won both elections (say, winning by 10% one election and by 90% the next one when he didn’t get a major-party challenger).