{"id":21590,"date":"2014-01-17T11:31:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T16:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21590"},"modified":"2014-01-17T11:31:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T16:31:40","slug":"a-surprise-victory-for-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21590","title":{"rendered":"A Surprise Victory For Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guy Benson<\/a> at Hot Air<\/a> posted an article today on the special election held in Arkansas on Tuesday. The election took place in Craighead County<\/a>, which has not been represented by a Republican in the state senate since reconstruction. John Cooper, the Republican candidate, won the election with 57.21 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Daily Kos<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

The Democratic nominee is Steve Rockwell, a businessman and political science professor at Arkansas State University<\/a>. The Republican nominee is John Cooper, a retired businessman and former candidate for the State House of Representatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…On the politics side of things, this election is huge. Craighead County is a key area of the state for both Mark Pryor<\/a> and Mike Ross<\/a> to win (they need to get at minimum 49% of the vote in this county to win the state) If Rockwell can\u2019t put up a decent showing, Democrats<\/a> are going to have some serious issues going into 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article at Hot Air concludes:<\/p>\n

So here we had a contested race in a traditionally Democratic area<\/a>, the outcome of which held significant implications for Mark Pryor\u2019s re-election bid. \u00a0An Obamacare-related controversy drove the campaign. Oh, and according to an email blast from the NRSC<\/a>, the Republican candidate was outgunned on the spending front by a three-to-one margin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is hope.<\/p>\n

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