I worked for Scott Murphy, the Democrat who Kirsten endorsed to take her seat. He won the Special Election in 2009, but had to run again in 2010 and he lost to a teabagger who John Boehner himself came to the district to support. I went to the debate and it was awful. Scott voted in favor of HCR and the auditorium was full of red-shirted senior citizens who were apparently bused in to disrupt. No joke, senior citizens against health care! 
Scott also was in favor of getting rid of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," compared it to Truman's desegregation of the military. That didn't go over well with his challenger, either, and he was ex-military. 
And during the last election, we were redistricted. I knew little about the candidates since they weren't from anywhere around here, while I pass Scott Murphy's house most days and he even brought his wife and kids to campaign headquarters. I voted for the Democrat, who won, but I wasn't excited about him since he voted with the Republicans to censure Eric Holder. So it's back to business as usual in my red district. 
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