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(14,157 posts) Wed Mar 7, 2012, 01:02 AM Mar 2012

Jean Schmidt Loses House Seat In Major GOP Primary Upset [View all]

Source: Talking Points Memo

In a major upset, Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH), a fiery conservative voice in the House of Representatives, has lost the Republican primary for her redrawn House seat.

With 99% of precincts reports, Iraq War veteran surgeon and 2009 Cincinnati Mayoral candidate Brad Wenstrup has 49% of the vote, to Schmidt’s 43%, a raw-vote lead of about 5,000 votes. Wenstrup had challenged Schmidt from her right on such issues as the debt ceiling, pitching himself as a Washington outsider.

Carl Weiser of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Schmidt has conceded defeat — she says she called Wenstrup to congratulate him, got his voicemail, and left a message

Read more: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/jean-schmidt-loses-house-seat-in-major-gop-primary-upset.php

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Jean Schmidt Loses House Seat In Major GOP Primary Upset [View all] itsrobert Mar 2012 OP

"... pitching himself as a Washington outsider" my fat ass. DCKit Mar 2012 #1

I'm happy she lost :) Tx4obama Mar 2012 #2

Is this good news??? JCMach1 Mar 2012 #3

I saw an earlier post referring to her as "Mean Jean" and the poster gateley Mar 2012 #5

You don't remember 'Mean Jean'? Oye, she is a witch! babylonsister Mar 2012 #10

Wow -- good riddance! nt gateley Mar 2012 #36

WOW! So many people have forgotten about "Mean Jean" who went after Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2012 #45

Yep, Murtha attacks, and Schmidt is a birther. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #49

I just gasped when I read this -- Her name didn't click, but now I remember. gateley Mar 2012 #62

Calling her 'vile' would be a compliment. Myrina Mar 2012 #64

I can;t imagine anything worse than Schmidt. n/t Gore1FL Mar 2012 #6

He's a teabagger jeff47 Mar 2012 #8

WOW! Getting to the right of that shrew??? Dems should win the seat. nt Pryderi Mar 2012 #13

Before offering an opinion, it helps to learn the facts onenote Mar 2012 #29

Victoria Wulsin came within 1.3% of beating her in 2006 Pryderi Mar 2012 #50

That was in a very Democratic year after just being elected in a special election. FBaggins Mar 2012 #51

That was the breaking point year, though. Everybody was tired of the Republicans. Selatius Mar 2012 #65

You can go to the right of Jean Schmidt? Who knew? jmowreader Mar 2012 #60

Who the hell did she lose to? Atilla the Hun? MrSlayer Mar 2012 #4

Ben Wenstrup is backed by the TeaParty Tx4obama Mar 2012 #7

Does this mean Ohio xxqqqzme Mar 2012 #9

Republicans in Ohio's second district were already in the clutches of the teabaggers. Lasher Mar 2012 #16

The southwest corner of Ohio might as well be Oklahoma. /nt mwb970 Mar 2012 #23

I love how people wonder why a Democrat can't win there. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #25

My moderate niece lives down there. Mendocino Mar 2012 #56

Not to be snide, but the joke used to be that within a thirty-mile radius of Cincinnati Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #57

And the ones that didn't have family there Mendocino Mar 2012 #58

Strange, I would have thought the baggers would worship her. MrSlayer Mar 2012 #11

It appears her constituents cut and ran CrawlingChaos Mar 2012 #12

Probably sewn for her by her friend, Betsy Ross. Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #14

"...and your little dog, too!" peace frog Mar 2012 #22

Do Dems have a viable candidate for fall? Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2012 #15

The district that sent Mean Jean to Congress has to be full of Death-Eaters. byronius Mar 2012 #17

Wenstrup Bohunk68 Mar 2012 #18

That's what I call the First Law of Republican Politics LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #19

Love it!: "No one is too right-wing to lose a primary to someone still further to the right." pampango Mar 2012 #24

Home run! CanonRay Mar 2012 #35

Allen's Law MacacaMoment Mar 2012 #37

Spam deleted by OKNancy (MIR Team) JennyCait Mar 2012 #20

A reflection of American insanity The Wizard Mar 2012 #21

Here is a transcript of the political ad that won for Wenstrup... IamK Mar 2012 #26

I’m Brad Wenstrup, and I couldn't get a Super PAC to deliver this attack ad for me Kolesar Mar 2012 #27

Yay! butterfly77 Mar 2012 #28

How did the rest of the redistributing affect things? JHB Mar 2012 #30

There is one radical right winger out of the picture liberal N proud Mar 2012 #31

Replaced by another one jsut as bad. n/t totodeinhere Mar 2012 #48

Or maybe worse jmowreader Mar 2012 #61

This is the best news I've heard from Super Tuesday MaineDem Mar 2012 #32

HA HA!! Couldn't happen to a nicer person! nt MADem Mar 2012 #33

Crud. Now I can't call her a steaming pile of Schmidt anymore. amb123 Mar 2012 #34

it`s the republican party`s "the night of the long knifes" madrchsod Mar 2012 #38

Might one of them possibly be the asshole who denied the Holocaust recently, btw? AverageJoe90 Mar 2012 #47

Bye, Mean Jean. sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #39

Good riddance n/t deutsey Mar 2012 #40

Whatever. Replaced with prollee the same or worse. lonestarnot Mar 2012 #41

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, MEAN JEAN. sarcasmo Mar 2012 #42

Mean Jean lost? Couldn't happen to a better person! Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2012 #43

Amen 47of74 Mar 2012 #52

"Wenstrup had challenged Schmidt from her right . . ." !! Faygo Kid Mar 2012 #44

if he's right of schmidt, unlike studs terkel who stated he had faith in the american people newspeak Mar 2012 #46

How is it possible to run to the right of jean Schmidt? n/t schmice Mar 2012 #53

Honestly Dr. Matt Mar 2012 #54

You won't be missed - unless your replacement turns out to be worse! mercymechap Mar 2012 #55

'Bout time someone dropped a house on that witch. nt DCKit Mar 2012 #59

I was in the Ohio 2nd Congressional District until this past year... rexcat Mar 2012 #63