The Alabama 10th was redistricted after the 2022 election, so not much of an indicator without knowing the makeup of the new district.
You have no idea if it was a red seat.
It flipped red to blue. So I definitely do know. We lost another seat. Instead of stupid excuses, you should get out there and get people to vote. I do which is why my state went from blue to purple to red.
Seat previously held by Republican David Cole. Cole had defeated Democrat Land when he won the seat, now she came and won the seat for Dems.
It’s a competitive seat, not a red seat. The last election before redistricting had the Republican winning 52/48. Trump only won this district by 1 point. In a special election, because they are so low turnout, all it takes to win a seat is finding one issue that motivates a small demographic & it can pull them over the finish line. In a normal election (i.e. non-special election this won’t happen. In normal elections messages have to be crafted to a muchhhh bigger electorate & random issues will get lost in amongst a hundred different issues. If it were an election where state legislativ/Governor races or city council/mayor/school board races or Congress/President races were being held, 90+% of the electorate wouldn’t be making a decision on an issue like this. So special elections can really be winnable by people or political parties in areas that would normally never elect them. That’s why most of the winners of special elections, who managed to flip a seat, end up losing in the next normal general election 😉
Geographilcally, over half of the district is Redstone Arsenal.