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WV-03: Why a District Trump Won by 50 Points Is at Risk for GOP
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Jun 21, 2018 01:47pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, June 20, 2018 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A coal country district that voted 73 percent to 23 percent for President Trump might sound like mission impossible for Democrats. Yet this race could turn out be one of the wildest of the cycle. A new Monmouth University poll shows Trump-voting Democratic state Sen. Richard Ojeda leading state Del. Carol Miller 43 percent to 41 percent for the seat Rep. Evan Jenkins vacated to run unsuccessfully for Senate.
GOP operatives admit the poll isn't a fluke, and in this case a slight lead for a Democratic candidate makes some sense. First, despite its hard swing to Republicans at the presidential level, Democrats still retain a 50 percent to 27 percent voter registration edge in West Virginia's 3rd CD. Second, popular Sen. Joe Manchin will be topping the Democratic ticket in 2018, not Hillary Clinton.
Most importantly, Democrats have a uniquely appealing candidate in Ojeda, a retired Army paratrooper who saw combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and became a folk hero during this year's teacher strike. The tattooed Ojeda's charisma and tenacity in coal country has become the stuff of legend and an extensive POLITICO profile, and former MSNBC host Krystal Ball has made his race something of a personal mission. |
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