GOP scrambles to avert another election dumpster fire

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

National Republicans are moving to head off another special election fiasco — this time in a deep-red Arizona congressional district teeming with retirees that would never register as even remotely competitive in a normal election year.

Two weeks after the party’s stunning defeat in a conservative district in southwestern Pennsylvania, Republicans are funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars into Arizona’s 8th District, which President Donald Trump won by more than 20 percentage points in 2016.

The National Republican Congressional Committee on Monday launched a coordinated, $170,000 TV buy with the campaign of candidate Debbie Lesko, according to a source familiar with the purchase. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a deep-pocketed GOP super PAC, is planning to spend about $100,000 on a phone and digital effort aimed at turning out conservative voters. Early voting starts on Wednesday.

The Republican National Committee, meanwhile, is spending about $280,000 on a field operation to bolster Lesko. She’s running to replace GOP Rep. Trent Franks, an eight-term congressman who resigned from his seat last year after reports that he pressed female aides to serve as a surrogate mother. Trump’s political team is also considering a range of options for getting involved in the race.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/27/arizona-special-election-republicans-485678

[Fred Sanders]

1. Conners redux? Another R caught in a hypocritical scandal too!

+20 Trump in the last election is not enough now?

Wow. If only November was tomorrow.

[dawg day]

2. Where do they get these people?

<GOP Rep. Trent Franks, an eight-term congressman who resigned from his seat last year after reports that he pressed female aides to serve as a surrogate mother. >

Where do they find these guys? Scratch a Republican, and you find some weird sex pervert underneath.

[Kali]

6. they tend to migrate here like most of our population

we don't grow that many of them!

[Yavin4]

3. "he pressed female aides to serve as a surrogate mother" Handmaid's Tale?

Isn't that the plot of "The Handmaids Tale"?

[RandySF]

4. Lesko (R) is a bad candidate

She was busted for illegally traferring state campaign funds to her congressional campaign.

[mountain grammy]

5. My biggest fear..

if they don't see a path to victory in an election, they'll find another path... no election. They stole the government, they're not gonna give it back easily.

"Trump's political team" is Putin and a few thousand Russian trolls.

[iluvtennis]

7. We need to donate to Dem running against Lesko - Hiral Tripneni. anything possible after Alabama

http://hiralforcongress.com/

Debbie Lesko is a career politician who gets her marching orders from big corporations and their lobbyists. Sending her to Washington will make it even worse.
– She sued to stop seniors and working families from getting access to affordable healthcare.
– She faces multiple ethics complaints for allegedly laundering campaign money into a super-PAC to help get herself elected.

Dr. Hiral Tipirneni is a career problem-solver who will be a fresh voice fighting for West Valley families.
– ER doc & cancer research advocate, not a politician
– Will fight against any effort to weaken Medicare and Social Security. Will protect the Social Security and Medicare benefits that were promised to our seniors when they retired, and will fight against any cuts.

[Hortensis]

10. Yes.

[gay texan]

8. Donated some money to her campaign n/t

[Honeycombe8]

9. PLEASE, TRUMP! Please get involved!!!!

So far that works pretty well for the Democrats.

[Stuart G]

11. Date of special election: April 24,...Tuesday....about a month from today...

The 8th Congressional District of Arizona is holding a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives on April 24, 2018.................Tuesday............about........ a month from today

[Stuart G]

12. Democrat for Arizona's 8th. Donate to Dr. Hiral Tipirneni...link to website:

Yes, it is a repeat ...from above...that is ok...this candidate is worth a repeat..(more info on Hiral)

http://hiralforcongress.com/home/


Dr. Hiral Tipirneni has dedicated her life to serving her community, solving problems, and improving lives. She’s served the Phoenix area for more than 20 years as an emergency room physician, cancer research advocate and, most recently, on the board of directors of the Maricopa Health Foundation, which supports the county’s public health care delivery system.

Her family struggled at first, but Hiral’s father eventually secured a job in his field of structural engineering in Ohio, where she and her brother were raised in a blue-collar suburb of Cleveland. Hiral’s mother, a social worker, was the director of a downtown Cleveland senior center and initiated its Meals on Wheels program. Hiral often accompanied her mother, and it was then she began to feel the tremendous impact small acts of service can have on another person.