We are starting to see a changing of the guard in primary races, but I am not sure if that is a good or bad thing in state legislatures.
Case in point, West Virginia GOP State Sen. Craig Blair, the president of the state senate who has served as a state senator since 2013, will not have his name on the ballot in November.
That is because he just lost his primary race to Tom Willis.
Weak on Immigration
A PAC backing Willis went after Blair with everything it had.
It spent at least $1 million attacking Blair on immigration because it claimed he backed legislation that subsidizes health care for illegal immigrants, which Blair says is not the case.
Katie Miller, Chair of Stand for Us PAC, stated, “It’s simple: Craig Blair caved to the far-left on illegal immigration and turned his back on the people of West Virginia…and Stand for Us PAC held him accountable.”
Miller added, “Over the last month, Stand for Us spent over $400,000 to defeat Blair, with the majority of our resources going to informing the Senate President’s constituents about how he led the charge to strengthen a federal program that uses taxpayer dollars to subsidize health care for illegal immigrants.”
West Virginia is far from the only state where we are seeing this, and I am not even saying that I disagree with their reasoning.
My concern is that they are putting the right candidates in these seats who can beat Democrats in November and not just concentrating on one issue as well as not misleading voters to serve their own purposes.
Blair says the PAC is lying about the legislation, stating, “It’s disappointing to me that a bill that passed the Senate with a unanimous, bipartisan vote would be so blatantly misconstrued and weaponized as it was.
“This bill has nothing, whatsoever, to do with subsidizing health care for illegal immigrants. If providing more affordable prescription drugs to West Virginians — especially our vulnerable senior citizens on a fixed income — is a ‘fireable offense,’ then I’ll proudly take that pink slip.”
I am not familiar with the legislation because it is not my state, but if they lied about the legislation to remove a candidate who had been dominating the race to that point, yes, I have concerns.
Before the PAC went after Blair, he was up 11 points on Willis, and was up 12 points in favorability ratings.
This now makes this state seat something to follow to see if the GOP can hold that seat or not.
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Author: G. McConway
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