If I was the GOP & wanted to end a losing streak that dates back to the Bush administration:
1. Focus on the AG race & finding a non-Wardlow candidate
2. Try to find a way to stop the bleeding in the T.C. + Rochester & make appeal to the not socially conservative electorate
1. Focus on the AG race & finding a non-Wardlow candidate
2. Try to find a way to stop the bleeding in the T.C. + Rochester & make appeal to the not socially conservative electorate
https://twitter.com/StarTribune/status/1363302670463811586
Maybe Stauber really wants out of Congress and the pot parties can lower the % needed to win down under 46% for the GOP, but his candidacy doesn't really address the GOP's struggles in MN for statewide races.
The closest stand in for the metro would be Duluth. While he outran Trump by 12 points there, in 2020 he only outran Trump's 2016 margin there by 2 points and in 2018 outran Johnson there by ~5.5 points. He also had problems in 2020 vs Trump in Brainerd & Morrison County.
Maybe the bigger question here though is: could Stauber even win a statewide GOP primary? & Regional strength isn't everything, Johnson fell pretty hard in his County Commissioner District in 2018 when he ran against Walz vs 4 years prior against Dayton.
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