GA Primary Takeaways

My opinions, at least:

- Very excited we held both SC spots. Not just because of the substantive importance, but also just because it sucks living somewhere where your neighbors choose bad people over good people. Jordan and Rankin had tons of institutional support, didn't play by the rules, and took every shortcut to win. That this didn't end up happening is an entirely different sort of win.

- I think there was definitely a motivated D electorate, they just didn't really know what to do with it. The SC race was messy. I think some Ds genuinely didn't like the partisan turn and don't like Jen Jordan, there was some typical incumbent boost, and there was probably some ignorance at play too. But Fulton saw a state court judge and 3 superior court judges lose to challengers. And not in a good way, the challengers are all to the left of the sitting judges.

- KLB winning outright feels like a loss for the Ds, they're mourning it. I'm sure they'll come around and it'll be far more competitive than it is, but we certainly have a reasonable route to keeping the office.

- Ossoff probably feels a little more vulnerable today than yesterday. But I don't think it's a major alarm bell. I think the environment come November will decide that race more than the runoff or any head to head qualities of the candidates. I think the Ds will probably get their voters out. KLB is a mixed bag - I think it might suppress enthusiasm for white Ds in Cobb, etc. but will probably get out the black vote.