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I think we would be in a much different situation right now if we kept our majority in the House.
What caused the loss in your community?
In my own, we turned a fluke short term R house seat blue, and went from light blue to dark blue all over the state. We now have one lone republican in the Senate and a tiny number in the House. The Republicans put up more candidates this year than ever before and they got their butts kicked.
Our deep blue Governor, Neil Abercrombie, won with a 17 point lead when the race was a statistical dead heat.
Why? Three main reasons I can point two, and one minor reason.
1. The 08 Presidential election created a huge number of new registered Democrats, and lots of those new voters voted again.
2. We had a hell of a ground game and a much better candidate for Governor.
3. The Republicans put all their eggs in the gay marriage fearmongering hubub. For a long time it really did look like they might prevail...but they didn't!
Also, their candidate for the house seat was a douchebag.
I don't mean to gloat. I am sure lots of us worked hard in those states that lost Democratic representation. I would really like to hear what happened and learn from it as I am able.
Next time...a hui hou.
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