This ought to do it..................
Posted on 10/27/2022 7:15:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
Democrats have poured millions of dollars into the Washington Senate race, a deep-blue state that recent polls suggest Republicans may take back the seat that a GOP member hasn’t occupied since 2001.
Sen. Pat Murray, the state’s Democrat leader seeking a sixth term, has been campaigning against political newcomer Republican Tiffany Smiley.
The Seattle Times reports Murray’s campaign has spent more than $17 million on the race, while Smiley’s has spent over $10 million.
Citizens United, a conservative advocacy group, ran a Monday poll showing a 6-point race between Murray and Smiley.
David Bossie, president of Citizens United, told Politico the race “should not be a contest,” considering Murray won the state with 59% support in 2016 and President Biden with 58% in 2020.
“Washington state is not a purple state. It is not a marginal state. It is a deep-blue state. To be having this conversation is a bad omen for Democrats,” he said.
According to a Politico report, Murray and her campaign dropped $1.5 million in ads with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. And in recent days, she reportedly received approximately $6.5 million from EMILY’s List, a pro-abortion Super PAC group, which also spent most of the funds on television advertisements.
“With Republicans threatening a national abortion ban, we need Patty Murray more than ever,” Benjamin Ray, EMILY’s List spokesman, told the publication, adding the Democrat Senator is “a trailblazer and a champion for women’s freedom to control their own bodies.”
According to Politico, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has spent $750,000 in Washington.
“Tiffany Smiley is running an incredible campaign, and she’s got 30-year incumbent Patty Murray and national Democrats running scared,” Hartline said.
During a debate Sunday night, Smiley blamed Murray for the many issues that have plagued the state and country, noting Murray’s 30-year career in politics.
“Crime’s out of control; Patty Murray is to blame,” Smiley said, according to The Seattle Times. “Sen. Murray and Joe Biden have shown extreme weakness on the world stage,” referring to the war in Ukraine.
Smiley further noted on the debate stage that Murray and the D.C. establishment have caused the Southern border crisis, which she said has allowed China to push “components of fentanyl across.”
Despite left-wing money funding smear campaigns on Smiley, the Republican challenger told Murray to disavow her campaign’s “dangerous rhetoric that has spent millions of dollars to attack and paint her” as a so-called threat to democracy.
Last week, the Seattle Times poll published a poll that showed Murray losing ground as Smiley has found solid footing in the Pacific Northwestern state.
Murray holds an 8-point lead over Smiley showing 49% to 41%, according to SurveyUSA’s latest polling conducted exclusively for The Seattle Times. In July, Murray was at 51% and won the primary at 52%.
Smiley, however, gained substantial support over the same course jumping from 33% to 41%, including earning half of the Independent voter’s support compared to Murray’s 34 percent.
Won't work.
By this time in an election, people have already made up their minds, and many have already voted.
It's effectively over....................
They’re on defense. And they’re scared. Good.
How could she have won election in 2016 and 2020 with a 6 year term?
They’ll find a slew of ballots during the recount to put Murray over the top.
16, not 20.
David Bossie, president of Citizens United, told Politico the race “should not be a contest,” considering Murray won the state with 59% support in 2016 and President Biden with 58% in 2020.
Hopefully this election WILL have consequences. But I'm not making any bets.
I thought Washington state was all mail-in voting. That’s why the state is so “blue”.
What do the Rat’s need with actual voters.
The article says Murray has one strength — she murders innocent babies.
Still have to overcome the Democrats’ advantage in Tuesday night and Wednesday morning voting in Washington.
RE: Democrats have poured millions of dollars into the Washington Senate race
Question: Are Republicans also pouring millions of dollars to win the Washington Senate Race?
Not if it is a Trump Supporter....................😒
“With Republicans threatening a national abortion ban”
This is the only thing the Dems are hoping gets women to vote. It is the same tactic here in NH with Maggie Hassan and our Dem Congress troll woman.
Can you imagine that you’ve got NOTHING else to run on? Nothing uplifting, nothing positive, no accomplishments, no improvement at all in the health or betterment of the USA. Just raising a false fear that your opponent will stop the slaughter of innocents for convenience reasons?
How pathetic is that?
I concur! The problems are well recognized by our citizens and no amount of $$$ can change the dynamics.
I hope they are wasting their money.
Yuck! Patty Murray needs a facelift.
This ought to do it..................
No, Cocaine has declared Tiffany is not a good candidate and refuses to back her.
By this time in an election, people have already made up their minds, and many have already voted.
It's effectively over....................
Thanks for the encouraging words of wisdom Poindexter. You obviously are not living through this debacle in Washington State. Despite your doom saying message Tiffany Smiley is the one with the momentum especially since the recent debate.
People in Washington state are afraid to share their actual point of view with the liberal idiot pollsters we have around here. Anyone who is a conservative just hangs up. In real life all the excitement is on the Smiley side. The only thing we have to fear in this race is cheating.
The constant attack ads from Murray demonstrate that the Dems are panicking big time. During a typical commercial break there will typically be at least two Murray ads before your show starts back up. It reeks of desperation. My wife and I have never seen anything like it in the decades since Murray became one of Senators. There is backlash against the constant nasty ads from Murray unfairly smearing Tiffany Smiley. They are filled with lies and as I said, airing over and over and over again. Some of the ads even use Murray's own horrible voice. The constant smarmy ill-conceived ads are likely helping the Smiley campaign. Tiffany Smiley is a good, decent, woman who wiped the floor with Murray during their debate.
Murray has supported abortion up to the moment of birth for decades. That is distasteful even to most Democrats. She is a despicable evil person who is every bit as disgusting in person. I worked with her brother for many years.
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