He came from behind to win a huge majority. What do you think the reason was? Was the primary having a lot of candidates?
A crowded field split the conservative vote in the primary. They all endorsed Gary Palmer in the runoff. And he annihilated DeMarco in debates.
This is about the safest Republican seat in the country, and it should have been held by someone who could be a conservative leader in DC without worrying about re-election. But unfortunately, it was held by an underwhelming career politician. Gary Palmer is a huge, huge upgrade!
the conservative generally win the race if the media don’t hype it. Less chance of democrat voting fraud occuring
DeMarco was ahead in 1st primary & was the more establishment candidate. DeMarco tried to paint Palmer as a liberal. I mean it was stupid. All of these candidates were conservatives so it made no sense. DeMarco ran a “low information voter” style campaign like dems do and assumed he could fool people. Didn’t work.
When DeMarco was asked about whether the public was tired of negative campaigning he says he is tired of the attacks on him and denies he ran a negative campaign. The lies backfired.
On a radio show one guy that had worked with Palmer remarked about his uncanny memory and recall. As an added plus Palmer can throw out facts and figures at will which will also be effective.