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5. Bacon would perhaps no longer be in congress if sore loser conservadem Ashford had not endorsed him over the Dem primary

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jul 7, 2025, 03:07 PM

Jul 7

winner Kara Eastman.

In 2018 Eastman beat Ashford in the Dem primary, and then in 2020, when Eastman beat Ashford's wife in the Dem primary, he actually endorsed the Rethug Bacon.

Ashford used to be a Rethug, so he was just going back to his Rethug roots.

Bacon endorsed by former rival, Democrat Brad Ashford

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-brad-ashford-b9c9bc1d1214559b6cef2f9afc6c6073

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Bacon would perhaps no longer be in congress if sore loser conservadem Ashford had not endorsed him over the Dem primary Celerity Jul 7 #5