Dump Spratt » Massachusetts http://dumpspratt.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:08:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 If a Democrat Can Lose in Massachusetts, So Can Spratt http://dumpspratt.com/2010/01/20/if-a-democrat-can-lose-in-massachusetts-so-can-spratt/ http://dumpspratt.com/2010/01/20/if-a-democrat-can-lose-in-massachusetts-so-can-spratt/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:18:15 +0000 Sam http://dumpspratt.com/?p=75 Last night the unthinkable happened.  A Republican won the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts.  This is something that hasn’t happened since 1972 and Massachusetts is a state where the Democrats enjoy a super majority in the state legislature, with Republicans holding only about 15% of state legislative seats in both chambers.  No Republicans hold any state wide offices and none have won a U.S. House race since 1994.

If an entrenched Democrat state like Massachusetts can elect a Republican to the U.S. Senate, Jack Spratt ought to be quaking in his boots right about now.

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