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**IssuessBratte** · 09-08-2010, 04:53 PM

As I said in my earlier post, the Senate is another story. The elections are state-wide, and get significant media time, rather than being limited to a single district that doesn't ordinarily get tv coverage. The voters are less informed (excluding those who are activists and anyone who needed some services from their representative), and therefore more likely to go on name recognition alone.

As an example, my Congressman, Rob Andrews, is decidedly liberal, actually was one of the sponsors of the Health Care bill, and votes on the liberal side of EVERY issue. In 2008, he swore he wasn't going to run for Congress again and made a run for the Senate seat in the primary, losing to a candidate from North Jersey who was funded by the party; his wife ran in the Congressional primary, and everyone knew she was merely a placeholder. Come general election time, his wife dropped out, and Andrews was (shockingly!) picked to run, a move that should have angered everyone in the district (as it did me). Naturally, he won in a landslide.

The district is mixed politically, with both urban and suburban areas (and a few farms sprinkled in), but he will win again this year, despite being a lightning rod on some key issues, because no one from the GOP side can gain any traction against him.

09-08-2010, 04:53 PM	#9
IssuessBratte Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 607 Senior Member	As I said in my earlier post, the Senate is another story. The elections are state-wide, and get significant media time, rather than being limited to a single district that doesn't ordinarily get tv coverage. The voters are less informed (excluding those who are activists and anyone who needed some services from their representative), and therefore more likely to go on name recognition alone. As an example, my Congressman, Rob Andrews, is decidedly liberal, actually was one of the sponsors of the Health Care bill, and votes on the liberal side of EVERY issue. In 2008, he swore he wasn't going to run for Congress again and made a run for the Senate seat in the primary, losing to a candidate from North Jersey who was funded by the party; his wife ran in the Congressional primary, and everyone knew she was merely a placeholder. Come general election time, his wife dropped out, and Andrews was (shockingly!) picked to run, a move that should have angered everyone in the district (as it did me). Naturally, he won in a landslide. The district is mixed politically, with both urban and suburban areas (and a few farms sprinkled in), but he will win again this year, despite being a lightning rod on some key issues, because no one from the GOP side can gain any traction against him.
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