Republicans retained two House seats in special elections Tuesday, including a hotly contested Ohio race that the two parties spent nearly $700,000 trying to win.
Though I suspect that the Left-o-sphere will find a way to spin it in their favor.
The Ohio district where Republican State legislator Bob Latta decisively defeated Democrat Robin Weirauch (Ohio’s 5th District) went for Gov. Ted Strickland (D-Ohio) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in the last election.
This is good for the GOP. Bad for the Democrats. And that makes my day.
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OTHERS:
- Captain Ed is wondering if the GOP performance is “a harbinger for 2008?”
- Michelle has an in depth look at each race.
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Two seats in the House going to the GOP, in Ohio, is no small thing.
I don’t know if it is a predictor of 08, or a reaction to 07, but it is significant.
In 2004, both districts went about 60% for Bush and 39% Kerry.
This was written before the election: