The Simple Lesson of John Sullivan’s Defeat in OK-1

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  June 27th at 12:30 PM  | 

In what was supposed to be a snoozer election night, a little known conservative candidate, Jim Bridenstine, came out of nowhere to unseat 10-year veteran John Sullivan in conservative Oklahoma District 1.  He did so by a 7-point margin, even though he was outspent 4-1 and nobody gave him any hope of succeeding. Even among many politicos who woke up to read about this astonishing sleeper | Read More »