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Yeah - Paula Jean Swearingin. She was in that “Knock Down the House” documentary when she tried to primary Manchin in 2018 (got 30% of the primary vote which tbh is kind of impressive).

She won the Dem nomination for Senate in a tough primary in 2020, but lost the general to the incumbent Republican ghoul with only 27% of the vote. She was the worst performing Democrat on the ballot, too. It’s a sad reality but running in deep red states means losing, usually badly. Not to say it’s worthless - it can build name recognition and such for future runs and could radicalize some people there - but deep red states are deep red for a reason. A progressive can’t run statewide in a deep red state and seriously say they’re running to win.

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