ME-SEN: I hope what happened tonight in Virginia serves as a warning for Maine.

[RandySF]

Link to tweet

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Sam Shirazi
@samshirazim

It’s official

Republicans flip a seat on the Prince William County Board

Lots of turmoil for Dems after old social media posts surfaced for Dem nominee Sef Casin

The Dem who lost the nomination mounted a write in campaign

Dem vote split and Republican Jeannie LaCroix has won

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Are we expecting a write in campaign for the losing Dem candidate in Maine? Nt

[RandySF]

2. I hope not.

But people may just leave the space blank.

[Cha]

3. Selfish Dem ... wonder what his "old social media posts"...

were about?

[RandySF]

4. Racist, homophobic, misogynist.

Sound familiar?

[Cha]

5. Wow... it sure Does sound very familiar.

TY, RandySF

[RandySF]

6. And this guy at least didn't have a Nazi tattoo.

[DET]

7. Shades of Grey

This was a very contentious race. Casin wrote a series of ugly posts some time ago, which included ‘the n word’ among other things. Governor Spanberger and other local politicians called for Casin to resign, but he did not. That, in turn, engendered the write-in campaign. I guess this sort of thing could happen anywhere, but this was not a normal situation. Plus the local population is not historically progressive.

[msongs]

8. same thing might happen in CA governor. the lowest polled oughta drop out nt

[Quiet Em]

9. This is disturbing.

Are there even more of these types of candidates out there? Is there some kind of push to find problematic, highly offensive men and have them run for Democratic seats?

[RandySF]

11. Yes

There is an openly antisemitic DSA candidate running for Congress in NYC.

[Quiet Em]

12. omg

So disgusting.

[mr715]

10. I read that Platner was trouncing Gov. Mills.

And that both beat Susan Collins.

So, I'm not terribly concerned. I'm not in Maine so the sole element of my calculus is electability.

[RandySF]

13. Yes, he's doing well in March, 2026.