“Democrats are spending ungodly amounts of money to protect vulnerable incumbents like Marie. G. Perez in Washington.”
1. I’m hoping Joe Kent can win despite the money differential.
2. I’ll be celebrating (Trump impeacher) Dan Newhouse’s loss to (Trump endorsed) Jerrod Sessler in Washington’s 4th district.
I’m rooting hard for both of those outcomes too.
Perez has nearly 6x the money that Kent has, but above a certain point — what is there to spend it on? Just how much more saturated with Democrat ads can the airwaves be?
Kent and Sessler are both going to need *serious* unity to prevail. Kent is going to need all of Lewallen’s votes; she, and presumably her voters, spent the entire primary campaign hating on Joe Kent. Has she endorsed Kent yet? My guess is No.
Newhouse has about 3x the cash Sessler has, but that race is playing out at a much lower financial level — obviously because there are no Democrats in the running.
Like Kent-Lewallen, Sessler is going to need the VAST majority of Tiffany Smiley’s voters in November. Otherwise the Impeachment RINO survives yet again. Smiley, like Lewallen, was a GOPe plant designed to take votes from the conservative.
Both ladies failed, though they can still do damage even after being eliminated, in addition to the damage they’ve already done. Both are likely to remain spiteful b*tches (prove me wrong, Tiffany).
Newhouse had been accustomed to finishing first in the primary, but he didn’t come close this time; he’s won before under those conditions though (remember Clint Didier?). When you add the 23% Democrat votes to Newhouse’s 23%, Sessler is going to have to almost run the table to get to Victory Lane this time.
The odds are definitely against both Kent and Sessler. But not by such a large margin that they can’t possibly overcome it.