[fieldmarshaldj]

You mean this district ?

https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerDetail.html?ContainerID=13854

The problem here is that while it was held by the GOP, it was a suburban Hillary-voting district. That’s where the GOP performed the worst both at the state and federal levels across the country in 2018. It was a serious embarrassment that the prior holder of this district couldn’t keep it as an open seat.

[grania]

That is the district. The State Rep we had, Marie Anielski was able to keep that seat until her term limits ran out. Although she became a Kasick cheerleader in the end (even robocalling for him instead of Trump for the primary!), she started out as a down-to-earth Republican, there to represent small town interests. The embarrassment is the candidate who was hand-picked to replace her. You can imagine my anger when someone from the Club for Growth knocked on my door to tell me who to vote for! Every day, we got glossy mailings from PACS for their guy, Trakis.

Fact is, this district had become a way to represent deep pocket construction interests. Having a Republican that would represent small towns getting their fair share of money is what wins this election, so it seems. Phil Robinson in his campaign very smartly made an issue of how every voter matters.

It's Repbulican leadership arrogance that cost that seat. They should've chosen someone humble and connected and who knows how fed up small town voters are. I'm a life-long Republican. I helped Democrat Phil Robinson's ad go viral. I hope the message sent is how fed up voters are with establishment priorities!