No, Jonah. The only reason it was close: 11 Republicans ran in the special election, splitting the vote into tiny pieces. This election should NEVER have gotten to a runoff.
-PJ
The democrat ran as a anti-waste, "conservative" candidate "who will fight Washington" for MONTHS - NEVER mentioning the word "democrat" in ANY advertisement on the conservative talk shows and local TV media outlets!
On democrat (black and jazz and rap stations) he ran as a liberal democrat, KNOWING that the white conservative voters would never see both ads at the same audience.
It WAS a "Vote Trump" election the last 10 days, when voters saw what the national press was doing.