mitt romney lost by 11. the reason is all most a third of the electorate in my district. actually there are more nonaffiliated in my district are independent swing voters than there are republicans. there is a statewide that decloond to be democrat or republican. those people are not you know, party line voters. some are. but the majority aren t. they re persuadable. interested in issues. honesty. competence. you know, they are voters looking for, some one who will be govern, with common sense, and, and, hard work. representative, could i ask you about the last week of the campaign. and the, the sort of series of revelations about monica wehby having to do with personal relationships of hers in the past. were you, was your campaign playing any role in bringing it to the attention of the press. do you think all of that was fair game? well, yes, i think it is fair game.
legislator half her age, brendan boyle. in georgia, it was a seven-way brawl in the republican primary for senate and another stinging tea party loss. the two establishment candidates made it to a runoff. the tea partiers all three of them losing. in oregon, monica wehby s personal life including allegations of a former boyfriend who poured money in to her campaign didn t matter. she beat her opponent and will be the gop senate nominee in that state but leaves her facing a general election wounded. back in kentucky, alison lundergan grimes, mcconnell s opponent and a friend of the clinton family fired back saying she won t answer to any president if she makes it to the senate, no matter who he or she might be. shushannah walshe, abc news, washington. major pet stores will stop selling pet treats made in china. owners have been complaining for years the food was making their cats and dogs sick.
tackling washington in her victory speech last night. here is some of that. the polarization in washington, d.c. is the worst it has ever been. and this vilifying of others who do not agree with us has got to stop. [applause] martha: of course how is that issue playing in oregon, carl? reporter: obviously has the potential to be decisive. incumbent senate democrat jeff merkley was a big cheerleader of the affordable care act and monica wehby is a strong opponent. she is pediatric neurosurgeon. that is 30 years experience in medicine. a former ama board member. so a really credible critic. oregon s health care exchange is a disaster. federal prosecutors are subpoenaing records from the state for a grand jury investigation. that could decide it. that is just the way it is. martha: very interesting to watch. swing over to georgia where the open seat will be saxby chambliss s seat in the
mark prior. in oregon, as we were just discussing, monica looked like a strong contender until recent scandalous accusations. she grabs the nomination, she takes on jeff merc leap. in pennsylvania come interesting race. tom wolfe has never held elective office as a businessman with they took to. he won and will be in a good position to take on the republican incumbent, tom corbin, facing very high disapproval ratings. more on how the tea party is in their bid to recapture the senate ahead. mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009.
if the republican party has a particularly big year nationwide, if 2014 is a republican wave year, they think jeff merkley might be vulnerable. i have to say it would be a huge upset if the republicans are right about this since a republican has not won statewide office of any kind in oregon since the year 2002. joining us now is len bergstein. thank you for being with us tochblt appreciate your time. nice to be with you. thank you very much. let me ask you about the late-breaking revelations that were dropped by politico .com and the oregonian. they obviously didn t affect monica wehby s ability to win tonight. any reason to think they might have had a chance had the timing been different? i think it could have. but by and large she han ran a good news, bad news primary. the good news was the entire campaign she managed to stay in the center, not to be pushed out