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  Perhaps the same thing happened to Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin in 2022. Granted 2022 was not a blue wave year, but RonJohn was unpopular enough to have been beaten had Wisconsin Democrats not nominated their progressive ideal.
context: Just as bad or worse here in Texas >
  
  Texas is trying and Texas is improving. It's not as fast as anyone would like but every election the margins are narrowing. >
  
  Dems in Texas should stop trying we’re fine we don’t need any bullshit >
  
  Nothing like freezing to death every winter over easily avoidable problems. >
  
  the fact that DeSantis won by almost 20 points while running a campaign rich in bigotry and full of promises that he will work to make sure the right people die(trans kids, PoC, the unvaxxed) should be a horrific wake up call. The state is more or less a 50/50 purple state according to polling, the Democratic party might want to try to craft a policy message that actually lands with the the average voters in FL. as crazy as that sounds it just might work. >
  
  DeSantis ran a racist bigoted campaign in 2018 and won by only 0.4%, and he ran a racist bigoted campaign in 2022 and won by 20 points. Seems to me the difference is that Charlie Crist is an absolute dogshit candidate that for some reason Florida Democrats just cannot stop running despite his record of getting wrecking in election after election. Every single time it's the same argument "He's a former Republican, so the Republicans will vote for him!", and every single time it's proven wrong again. What happens is Democrats don't want to vote for a former Republican, and Republicans don't want to vote for a Democrat. I just can't with these self proclaimed political strategy grandmasters. >
  
  Exactly. I’ve lived here my whole life in the morons that put him in charge? Good God. >
  
  Here's a hint: oldies aren't goldies. Jerry Brows serving 2 terms as governor in California DECADES after having served 2 terms as governor in California is the EXCEPTION. >
  
  Andrew Gillum was 39 when he ran.
  Do you remember what happened?
  Younger isn't always better either. >
  
  He lost by .4% so…. Yeah it is better????? >
  
  Was a progressive who lost in a blue wave year.
  It was there for the taking 
  Shoulda slamdunked it but lost.