Democrats anticipate Graves-Bachmann rematch in 2014
Posted on Politics 2013 forum. From yesterday strib:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251294268
Democrats in Washington are readying for a 2014 rematch between U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and DFL businessman Jim Graves, who came within a whisker of beating the Minnesota Republican last November.
And this time, they're willing to help. “I dropped myself into that race,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chair Steve Israel said Wednesday. “I went into that district in the last couple of weeks and raised money for Jim.”
Graves lost to Bachmann by a surprisingly close 4,296 votes, or 1.2 percent. He has not said publicly if he will run at her again, though he hasn’t ruled it out. “Jim came very, very close to winning and we are very upbeat about his prospects in 2014,” Israel said. Asked if he thinks Graves will run, Israel responded, “I think so.”
Israel’s remarks came in a press briefing telegraphing the DCCC’s strategy of winning back the House by branding Republicans as beholden to their most extremist Tea Party elements... In retrospect, Israel sent his regrets about not foreseeing Bachmann’s vulnerability in the aftermath of her unsuccessful run for the presidency, in which she spent much of her time identifying with her Iowa roots.
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http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/197832351.html
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