Congratulations to Laura Loomer for her victory in the Florida US Congressional District 21 Republican primary last night. She’ll now face off against incumbent Democrat Lois Frankel on 3 November 2020. It’s a very blue district, but if anyone can win it, it’s Loomer. Consider donating to her campaign to flip FL-21!
The Democratic Party kicked off its virtual convention Monday evening. They’ve dubbed it “D20,” which makes me think of Dungeons & Dragons. That (perhaps) unintentionally symbolizes the basement-dwelling, anxiety-ridden nerdiness of the modern Democratic Party.
Yesterday’s Rasmussen Number of the Day on Ballotpedia observed that it’s been forty years “since the last meaningful national convention.” That was a reference to the 1980 Democratic National Convention, in which incumbent President Jimmy Carter faced a convention floor challenge from Senator Teddy Kennedy. Carter had enough delegates to win the nomination outright, but Kennedy challenged the convention rules in an attempt to force a floor vote.
Kennedy’s attempt failed, and Carter won the nomination with 64% of the delegates. For the vice presidential nomination, bitter pro-Kennedy delegates skipped out on the vote; those that did show up scattered their votes between various nominees. Nevertheless, the incumbent Vice President Walter Mondale still walked away with nearly 73% of the delegates.
The Portly Politico 