Not only has defeated incumbent Alan Mollohan been in Congress for 28 years, but his father had represented it for 14 before that. In other words, it’s been electing the name Mollohan for the past 42 years, and now the DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY was won by someone who called for repealing Health Care Reform and openly courted Tea Party members. This is huge!
Mollohan had a lot of ethics baggage and also this is a district that likes to vote for Republicans for President. Health care just sent the voters over the edge, seems like.
It will be “hugher” if a Democrat in a swing or DEM leaning district is repudiated in this manner. There are several test cases of this type in next Tuesday’s primaries.
That will give us more of a clue where we’re headed.