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J. Miles Coleman Profile picture
@JMilesColeman
Jun 16, 2021 • 14 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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POV: You're Scott Brown having a nightmare
Since it's relevant tonight, one of my favorite political documentaries -- '14 Women', about the women in the Senate in 2005/2006 -- is on YouTube.
A big part of the documentary was about Sen. Landrieu's work on hurricane recovery -- this was shortly after Katrina. Here she is giving Lincoln and Cantwell a tour. She wanted to make sure as many members as possible saw the destruction.
"The good news about the women in the Senate is that they get together and cross party lines like we used to here." This was 15+ years ago.
As much as I love who she eventually lost to, have to say this was one of NC's better recent senators
Lol this was just a random tweet I came up with when I saw Shaheen and Warren next to each other
Speaking of better recent senators from their state...
"I remember back at Stanford, the student body was two-thirds male, one-third female. I did a little poll, because I wanted to run for student body president. They would not elect a woman. It became very clear. A frog, yes. A dog, yes. But not a woman."
One last one of the thread -- for @RuralChrisLee, who I know is also a fan of this documentary -- Sen. Snowe gets a few clips, mostly talking about how she got into politics, and the importance of Title IX.
Sen. Lincoln campaigns in Randolph County, AR for the 4th of July in 2004. She'd carry it by 24% while it was only Kerry +3% (though very Trumpy now). @JesseRaySims
One of Sen. Barbara Mikulski's famous lines on women in the Senate: "We bring the voices of American families to the Senate, not just at the macroeconomic level, but at the macaroni and cheese level."
@jhtweets_ tells me he'd have whipped votes for Feinstein if he was around back then
I was talking about it a few days ago, but this type of thing is why Landrieu improved so much in LA-1.
"I convinced all of my siblings to give up their summer money because I wanted a horse." @MurkowskiFan

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Mar 27
In the Huntsville AL area, Democrats have flipped state House District 10 tonight. In 2022, Marilyn Lands (D) lost by about 7 points. This time, she won by almost 25%, sweeping nearly everything.

This was a stronger margin here than Doug Jones's 23-point spread from 2017. Image
I should have worked a pun into this tweet --"the Land(s) is all blue now!"--but oh well.
ofc it happens that, as a Louisiana/LSU boy, some of my most popular maps are of Alabama.

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Jul 6, 2022
Much of Flores' district was represented by a Republican ten years ago. People keep forgetting about Blake Farenthold.
Tbf, he flipped it from carrying the Corpus Christi area (out of the district now), but many of TX-34's counties have had R representation.
iirc there was something similar going on with NY-23 after Dems flipped it in 2009. "This was a seat Rs have held forever!!" True, but not for all parts of it.
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Dec 31, 2021
During this last year, I’ve had several on this site ask me for political book recommendations.

I said I’d put together a thread by the end of the year, so as promised, here are some books I’ve read (or gotten decently into) in 2021.

I’ll say it’s sort of heavy on biography.
Tuesday Night Massacre by @TheJohnsonPost

Focuses on four key Senate races in 1980; really gives you a sense of where the modern congressional campaign came from. amazon.com/Tuesday-Night-…
When Hell Froze Over by @DwayneYancey

Looks at Doug Wilder’s historic statewide runs in 1985 and 1989. With the #VAGov race this year, I wanted to read it — it’s still very relevant to VA politics. amazon.com/When-Hell-Froz…
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Dec 31, 2021
Thanks to @vest_team for putting out Mississippi data! I did this quickly, but this is Espy (blue) vs Biden (red). Espy did almost 7 points better -- his overperformance stood out in northwest MS (ancestral Dem), and not as much in the Delta (which he used to represent).
Espy also ran (relatively) well ahead of Biden along the Gulf Coast
Espy 🤝 Carter

Overperforming in northern MS
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Dec 29, 2021
RIP

The 2010 elections were during my first semester of college. I remember watching the returns on Election Night and seeing this image -- I jumped up and yelled at my (apolitical) roommate "HARRY REID WON!!" Image
I thought he would pull it out, but that he'd barely squeak by -- he ended up wining by almost 6 points, taking a majority of the vote.
This is a good video with some of his best and funniest lines.

My favorite:

Reid says "Brad Pitt was at the Capitol one day for an event. When they said to stand for pictures, I said "How are they gonna tell us apart?"

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Dec 9, 2021
Four gubernatorial rating changes from @kkondik and me today:

MD: Leans D -> Likely D
MN: Likely D -> Leans D
NV: Leans D -> Toss-up
NM: Likely D -> Leans D

Also, notes on some races we *didn't* change over here: centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/ar…
And a reminder:
We note in the article that we have a pretty broad Leans D category: MI is closer to the Toss-up end of that, but, say, MN is closer to Likely. In an great environment, Rs could flip most (maybe all) of those, but they still have work do in some of them.
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