There is a heated Dem primary race for Cohen’s seat. That might limit some of the cross-overs.
There are also two Dims “with a chance” fighting to oppose Carr/Lamar! in November. That may also help.
“I like how the campaign manager said they’ve followed the Brat model.”
I think when Joe Carr announced his candidacy, he knew he would be swamped by Alexander in terms of money. Without money, Carr has at times appeared to be invisible.
He wasn’t getting much attention both (i) because he didn’t have money to advertise, and (ii) because Tennessee’s race is so late everyone was focused on the earlier races (Cornyn, McConnell, Cochran, Graham, etc.).
But a real boost to Carr has been the BeatLamar team. In my opinion Michael Patrick Leahy has done a great job of putting in place a real grassroots, on the ground, shoe leather campaign on a shoe string budget. We’ll see tonight how effective it has been. But if Carr pulls this out, a lot of credit will have to go to Leahy.