Democrat wins special election for Congress in Oregon CD 1

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

You might not have heard that a Democrat won a special election for Congress last night with the media villagers falling all over themselves to talk about the GOP primary in Florida.

Suzanne Bonamici continued the Democratic Party's nearly four-decade-long hold on the seat covering the northwestern corner of the state, replacing David Wu who resigned from Congress after a sex scandal. Suzanne Bonamici wins Oregon seat in Congress, says she is 'humbled by this awesome responsibility' :

A former state legislator, Bonamici becomes the only woman in the seven-member Oregon congressional delegation. Her campaign expects that she will be sworn in within the next week.

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Bonamici was defeating Republican Rob Cornilles by about 15 percentage points in the special election to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Democrat David Wu in August.

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Besides becoming accustomed to Congress, Bonamici also has to get ready for another election. To earn a full two-year term starting next year, she needs to run in the May primary and November general elections.

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The House Democratic leadership — through the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the House Majority PAC — also had Bonamici's financial back. Those committees spent at least $1.5 million on television ads that attacked Cornilles and far out-weighed the advertising buys of either candidate.

The Democrats also put major resources into making sure Bonamici supporters voted; early ballot return statistics showed that Democrats cast thousands more ballots than Republicans.

Let's hope Baja Arizona gets this kind of support from the Democratic Party for our special election for the Giffords seat in Arizona CD 8.