midterm elections, ending her six term run in congress. joe can t later lost the general election in the republican leading district, an auto shop owner whose practical in targeted economic message revealed to republicans, as well as the democrats. as the seattle times wrote, where can t re-wrote the history of the attack on the capital, perez talked about apprenticeship and job training. where kent wanted to prosecute anthony fauci for murder, perez wanted more support for small businesses. where kent want to the national abortion ban, she said that she wanted to protect both abortion rights and gun rights. the polling data website, 5:38, gave her just a 2% chance of winning that election. but now she is headed to congress. we saw a similar thing happened in michigan s third district, where another republican who
here is something interesting. many democrats in the republican-leaning district in southern washington decided to pounce on this opportunity. they thought he was a vulnerable opponent, and so some democrats made the decision to vote for can t in washington s jungle primary system, to help elevate an election denier to a top two finish in the hopes of later defeating him in the general election. as a result, democratic candidate and joe can t advanced to the midterm elections, ending her six term run in congress. joe can t later lost the general election in the republican leading district, an auto shop owner whose practical in targeted economic message revealed to republicans, as well as the democrats. as the seattle times wrote, where can t re-wrote the history of the attack on the capital, perez talked about apprenticeship and job training. where kent wanted to prosecute anthony fauci for murder, perez wanted more support for small businesses. where kent want to the national aborti
it was described as an upside. it was an unexpected win. was it unexpected to you? i would not describe it as unexpected. i know the district, and live here, i m a fifth generation washingtonian. this is a district with a proud history of sending independents to congress. one thing that i would challenge is that in our data, it shows that many democrats actually voted in the primary with jamie herrera beutler to support her impeachment vote. i underperformed in the primary substantially, because in our district, we have many american standing up for the middle of the road. that s what we re known for in southwest washington. that s part of what made it so improbable, and so miscalculated. this is interesting. when you say you underperformed, and a lot of democrats voted for jamie herrera beutler, your path to victory, in that article that i just quoted. it s kind of like an escape room, you have lots of little clues to tell you how to campaign, and how to succeed. when you say they
the fact that he was, that he actually tried this. and the republicans losses in the mid term, the more you went along with the big lie, the more you went along with the attack on democracy, the worse you. did that was a listen republican strategists have learned. it might be a cynical pivot but that might be something to be said for, maybe it s not a direct relation but it s a indirect correlation with why he s losing now. it s why the election was so important, defeats of candidates like joe can t in oregon, that those defeats feats were so key to turning them towards that in an amoral sense. just pure politics about whether it helps or. not tim miller and michelle goldberg, i enjoy that conversation. thanks a lot. coming up, the makeup of the next house of representatives now coming into focus, and what will it narrow margin of victory mean for republicans, next.
standing up for the middle of the road. that s what we re known for in southwest washington. that s part of what made it so improbable, and so miscalculated. this is interesting. when you say you underperformed, and a lot of democrats voted for jamie herrera beutler, your path to victory, in that article that i just quoted. it s kind of like an escape room, you have lots of little clues to tell you how to campaign, and how to succeed. when you say they are not surprised, it s on the basis of a bunch of little things that you saw that joe can t was improbable, the jamie herrera beutler did appeal to independents and democrats. you knew that the issues that you would campaign on would be appealing for your constituents. that s right. i think they were all hungry for a congress that looks more like america, for people that want to fix things in our country. build bridges, not bring them down. i really respect the principled