Republicans' Huge Underperformance in Oklahoma Raises Alarm Bells

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

ARepublican winning an Oklahoma special election on Tuesday night in a deep red area by just five points has sparked concerns about the GOP's performance in November's races.

Republican Erick Harris won House District 39's special election by 261 votes, beating Democrat Regan Raff into second place (50 percent to 45 percent). The election was triggered following former state Representative Ryan Martinez's resignation last September after pleading guilty to a felony offense of being in physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated.

While the result is not likely not an indication of the outcome of the 2024 presidential election in Oklahoma—where Donald Trump beat Joe Biden by 33 points in 2020—Harris' marginal victory in the Edmond district which Trump won by 26 points in the last election has raised concerns.

The results arrived the same night as Democrat Tom Suozzi flipped the New York seat previously held by former Republican congressman George Santos. Suozzi's win over Republican challenger Mazi Melesa Pilip means that the GOP's already slim majority in the House has been reduced even further, as well as giving a boost to the Democratic Party and Biden heading into November's general election.

Sharing the results of the Oklahoma House District special election, Peter Kratofilow, former chair of the Western New Castle Region Republican Committee, posted on X, formerly Twitter: "Keep telling me Trump is going to win, while we keep losing every other election. Sure, it's possible with an unpopular Biden on the ticket, but the fundamentals aren't there.

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[Johnny2X2X]

1. It's a trend

Virtually no special elections have bucked the trend in favor of the Republican candidate. Dems are more motivated and Trump is killing GOP voter enthusiasm.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. they are trapped by their horrible candidate. He is taking the republican party DOWN

[Johnny2X2X]

4. The media

I think the media, especially the RW media, is completely invested in crisis. That America is in a crisis with immigration, crime, and inflation, as well as internationally. But I don't think that's where most of the public is, I think most of the public sees the biggest crisis as being Trump and his threat to American democracy and freedom.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

5. and (most of) the voters aren't stupid..they know that Drag queens, CRT, Trans bathroom use don"t impact their lives

[Lovie777]

2. Well hell................................

GQPs are effing their people left and right.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

6. Winning by a few percentage points in a deep red state is NOT encouraging at all.

That means Democrats running for office stand a better chance of OVER PERFORMING and possibly winning seats because they have something to run on at the State and Federal levels. The over turning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 is still a VERY HOT issue among women due to the stories coming out by women impacted by that decision. THEY relate!

Democrats all over the country are taking advantage of what Republicans have been doing at the Local, State, and Federal levels to turn back time by over 150 years with their STUPID and IDIOTIC legislation.

So much WINNING by Republicans is right.

[mopinko]

7. we've been overperfomlng by 5-10 pts. 20? these clowns r toast in nov.