There’s got to be more to the story. What was the Republican candidate like? Was there a scandal? A verbal gaff during the campaign?
The Republican outspent the RAT by almost $100K ($270K to $180K). RATs have killed GOP brand - moderates won’t support them. Tax cuts may help, we’ll see ...
The GOP took the other special election in Wisconsin(there were 2 you know) plus two others in the nation..the GOP took 3 out of 4 yesterday....so chin up! The news source was not telling the whole story!