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not a failure to run (none / 0)

Excellent post -- I've lived in screamgly bright Red districts in my past and there is nothing more discouraging than having no contest, however meager, to represent my views. Win or lose, I'll always consider my vote my reality-check for those in power. 30%-70% sends a different message than 0%-100% every time -- not to mention 49%-51%...

Re: not a failure to run (none / 0)

A question: when you ran in a district that otherwise might have been uncontested (i.e. you were the 'sacrificial lamb' spoken of), did the media ignore you? Or were you given the opportunity to counter the Republican candidate's press points?

My guess would be that the media would attempt to "be balanced" and essentially give you an opportunity to talk for free quite a bit.

I'm wondering if running in these races might give the most air time for the money to liberal candidates of many other strategies.