Congrats to Shontel Brown on her stunning upset win over Nina Turner.

[Drunken Irishman]

[mcar]

1. Kick for Shontel!

[PortTack]

2. Yeah!! Shontel will make a great congress woman.

[calguy]

3. Was it really an upset?

Nina has burned a lot of bridges over the past five years. Her loss is not a surprise to me.

[PortTack]

6. Agree! Turner did hold the lead in polls for sometime, but it doesn't surprise me either

The ppl she chose as cohorts sarandon, Shawn king, Cornell west...to say nothing of all the terrible things she said about HRC and President Biden. Voting for jill stein in ‘16. Democrats have long memories

On edit, I see turner never really lead in the polls as mentioned in post #6.

[Docreed2003]

4. K&R

[Budi]

5. An upset would be if Turner had won. She didn't.

The only polling that ever showed Nina ahead was the one she paid $800,000 to conduct.
She hired Tulchin Research.
Tulchin was a campaign worker on the Bernie Sanders Campaign.
It was a push poll.

There was never an upset.
Brown was always the stronger candidate & proof is in the vote count & Shontel Brown's win tonight.

An upset would have been if Turner had won.
She lost.
Campaign over.

Congrats Rep Shontel Brown.

[krawhitham]

9. +1

[betsuni]

13. +1

[kentuck]

7. I think Nina Turner was farther removed from the Democratic mainstream than Bernie Sanders...

...and that is why she lost.

She was just a little too far off the Democratic track for some folks.

[jg10003]

25. How is Bernie removed from the democratic mainstream?

Which of these positions are not part of the democratic mainstream:
Medicare for all? the green new deal? Higher income tax for billionaires? Increase the minimum wage? Stronger unions? Aren't these all things that Democrats stand for?
Maybe Turner's personality is too obnoxious for congress, but at least she was right on the issues.
Healthcare and the environment are, IMHO, the two most important issues. However during the campaign Brown would not to commit to medicare for all or the green new deal. Hopefully, now that she won, she will get on board.

[Nixie]

8. Great post, but it didn't seem like an upset.

The Nina Math polls were exposed early on as junk.

[Chili]

10. HAPPY!

Ecstatic! Thrilled! To the Moon!

That's my district, and the thought of that woman representing me made me nauseous!

[Cha]

15. From "..35 points behind.."

Link to tweet

[Chili]

17. I'd say Mr. Clyburn did it again!

With a lot of help from our local clergy, local council members, teachers, teamsters, the CBC, the Jewish Dem community, and Hillary Clinton!

[Cha]

18. Yes, the Cly-BURN!

I just stole that..

Yay & Thank You to all those endorsed and worked hard for Shontel!.. yes The Clergy, All those local people who pithed in for Shontel Brown!

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Victory, yes. Upset, no.

Turner's attitude and her dissing of her own party cost her big time. She and her "progressive" entourage got a big-ass comeuppance tonight.

[George II]

12. Great news, but in all honesty I don't think it's an upset - Democrats knew all along how to vote.

[Cha]

14. I'll say "Upset".. From "35 points behind"..

Link to tweet

We were told on this board".. not to waste our money on Shontel Brown"..

[oasis]

20. A tip of my hat to you Cha and DUers who got the word out.

[Cha]

21. Mahalo, oasis! Did you see this...

President Biden calls Shontel.. Sweet Just Desserts!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215697111

[oasis]

22. Got it, thanks. nt

[Cha]

23. lol I see that Now!

Mahalo! Aloha

[DesertRat]

16. K&R

[oasis]

19. Great win.

[Iggo]

24. I'm not upset. (n/t)

[iluvtennis]

26. So happy Shontel Brown won!

Really can’t stand Nina Turner.