Republican pollster Jim McLaughlin issued a pointed warning Tuesday on Newsmax, cautioning that Democrats continue to notch unusually strong performances in special elections, and that Republicans risk being caught flat-footed if they assume traditional red districts will hold without a fight.
McLaughlin’s comments on “Wake Up America” came as Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District holds a special election on Tuesday that, on paper, should be a Republican blowout. Former President Donald Trump carried the seat by 20 points.
Yet the latest Emerson poll shows GOP nominee Matt Van Epps leading Democrat Afton Behn by just 2 points.
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