Then Tea Party Walsh ran for re-election against Duckworth and ran the worst campaign I've ever seen.
The Crook County Democrats raised property taxes when everybody's property was underwater. The Reagan/Trump Democrats/Independents were outraged and in open rebellion against the Democrat tax increases.
The Reagan/Trump Democrats were playing by the rules; paying their mortgages as they had promised even though their houses were worth less than the mortgage balance after years of paying down that balance. They took the Democrat tax increase as a personal attack on them.
So what does Tea Party Walsh do? Against the advice of his advisors, Walsh ignores the tax issue. Walsh attacks Duckworth over her Veteran status. Attacking a wounded warrior is not the way to get the vote of Reagan/Trump Democrat/Independent voters.
Later in the campaign Walsh went stupid on abortion. But attacking a Veteran sealed his fate early on. As the voters told me: "We are not voting against him because he is wrong on the issues. We are voting against him because he is stupid."
Dems try to enlist military vets in fight for House majority.
Ted Lieu, who is a colonel in the USAF Reserves, commits sedition almost daily.