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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWant to know something Barack Obama has never done? Lost an election to a Republican
OK, he lost a primary. But still.
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Want to know something Barack Obama has never done? Lost an election to a Republican (Original Post)
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leveymg
(36,418 posts)1. He was beaten by Rep. Bobby Rush in his first Congressional effort in Illinois.
But, Barack learned, which is something many of his opponents apparently can't.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)3. Oh well, there goes a good story
I had forgotten that one.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)10. I get my decades mixed up, sometimes. No problema!
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)2. Didn't he lose to Bobby Rush in a congress. race?
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(56,582 posts)4. Fine, kill my buzz (nt)
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,271 posts)5. Not true: He lost the Dem primary to Bobby Rush in 2000.
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(56,582 posts)6. Fixed. He's never lost to a Republican (nt)
leveymg
(36,418 posts)8. All right! Now, that's a good point!
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)7. Might want to fact-check before you post
from Wikipedia and a million other sources:
"... running unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2000".
former9thward
(31,802 posts)9. He lost to Rush in 2000.
Daley (and Axelrod) worked against him calling him a "Harvard elitist" and told the voters to "send him back to the East Coast". He lost to Rush in a landslide, made his peace with Daley and the rest is history.