I liked Fitzgerald best in that race too but unfortunately it was clear he would place 4th, I wouldn’t have voted for him, you gotta go with the best choice that can win.
I liked Dan Proft best in the 2010 IL Governor race, but he was running dead last so I did the smart thing and voted for Brady.
The same applies to states with runoffs, it’s foolish to vote for candidates who have no chance to place in the top two if you are at all concerned about getting an acceptable candidate into the runoff.
My idea of adopting instant runoff voting (as in Australia) for GOP primaries would solve that problem. ;)
I doubt Ryan runs for the Senate, powerful House members tend to not do that. Unless they’re ousted from power like Roy Blunt.
Too bad Van Hollen is retiring, I hope the rats don’t win the AG post.
For AG, it looks like the GOP has settled on the Waukesha County D.A., Brad Schimel. The Dems have a 3-way battle between 2 D.A.’s (one from Dane’s Madistan) and a State Rep. from Milwaukee. I’d presume the Dane D.A. would have a leg-up hailing from Moonbat Central, but the bloodier the primary, the better for us.
I expect Scott Walker will have an easier time with Madistan nutter Mary Burke (a tax dodger, which should be a capital offense for a Democrat), so he should have some pull downballot (although Van Hollen performed far better in ‘10, but he didn’t need Walker’s help).
The big prize would be getting Sec of State Doug Lafollette’s head. We almost got it in ‘10 with a Black Conservative, but that guy was attacked by the media as being “crazy” or some such (this coming from the same people that back lunatics like Gwen Moore, mama of street thug Supreme Solar Allah). We haven’t won the office since 1970 (Doug has held the seat, except for 4 years when a Black Dem lady had it, since 1975).