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Antonio Delgado is now being interpreted as a sign that the predicted November red tsunami may instead be a ripple. In any event, the nationally watched race to replace Lt. With the advantage of hindsight, it's fair to believe Molinaro made a mistake by linking himself with Stefanik, whose appearances in the district may have fired up turnout among Democrats while jeopardizing Molinaro's moderate reputation. In the 19th Congressional District special election, she had campaigned for Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who lost to Democrat Pat Ryan in a race to occupy the seat for just four months. But it was a clear miscalculation and a sign that her pull on the Republican base is limited - even among the hardcore types who turn out for a primary absurdly taking place in August.Īnd it wasn't Stefanik's only setback on Tuesday. Why Stefanik, the third most powerful Republican in the House, would attach her name to Paladino's malodorous brand of idiocy is anyone's guess. "It is time to move on to the next chapter of my life," said Paladino, who lost the 2010 governor's race to Andrew Cuomo. Voters, said Langworthy, "believed that Western New York deserved better than a foul-mouthed developer." Paladino, in turn, initially and predictably claimed that there might be some statistical irregularities in the results, before conceding to reality on Wednesday.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland "should probably be executed." Paladino said he was being facetious, but his gallows humor (literally) may have turned just enough stomachs to lose him the race. Paladino, who spent much of the campaign with his mouth taped shut, didn't help himself by suggesting last week that U.S. It was also a win for sanity, with voters for once realizing that bombastic candidates who say outrageous and awful things are part of the problem, instead of a solution. It was a win for the establishment, surely, a real rarity in the modern GOP. In a generally conservative 23rd Congressional District that stretches from Lake Erie across the Southern Tier, Paladino lost his primary race against Nick Langworthy, chairman of the state's Republican Party. "I'm ultra-MAGA, and I'm proud of it," Stefanik proclaimed a few months back.īut voters dealt Stefanik blows on Tuesday. Even her most strident critics acknowledge Stefanik's striking run of political wins, given the way she has transformed herself from a relatively anonymous congressional backbencher (and Trump skeptic) into a prominent Republican who champions the former president and all he represents.