Do House Republicans ever win anymore? Diane Black becomes fifth GOP rep. to run for higher office and lose
by Philip Wegmann
| August 03, 2018 10:16 AM
Rep. Diane Black is the latest Republican to learn that success does not run through the House of Representatives. The heavy favorite for Tennessee governor didn’t win her primary because the GOP hungers for something different still.
Conventional political wisdom says Black should have won easily. She enjoyed decent name recognition, served almost a decade in Congress, and won a powerful leadership role as chair of the Budget Committee. But the electorate wasn’t impressed with those conventional accomplishments. Black lost badly finishing in third place.
Black now finds herself in unenviable company. She is the fifth House Republican to make a bid for higher office and fail in the primary.
Reps. Luke Messer and Todd Rokita bashed-in each other’s heads only to unwittingly open a path to the Republican nomination in Indiana’s Senate race for Mike Braun.
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