Obama’s political endorsement simply isn’t what it was once.
In Columbia, South Carolina, a metropolis that Biden gained in 2020 with a large margin, a Republican candidate simply gained the race for mayor over a Democrat who had Obama’s blessing.
Is that this extra proof of a coming crimson wave? It positive appears that approach.
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GOP defeats Obama-endorsed candidate in deep blue metropolis that Biden gained handily in 2020
Endorsements from former President Obama and Home Majority Whip Jim Clyburn in reliably blue Columbia, South Carolina, weren’t sufficient to push town’s Democratic mayoral candidate over the end line.
Republican Daniel Rickenmann, a businessman and Columbia metropolis council member, defeated Democrat Tameika Isaac Devine 52% to 48% on Tuesday night time in Columbia, which sits in a county that President Biden carried by virtually 40 factors in 2020.
Obama, in keeping with Washington Free Beacon, launched an audio message in assist of Devine. The previous president carried town’s county by 29 factors in 2008 and 33 factors in 2012.
Clyburn, one of the outstanding Democrats in each the South and the Black group, who many imagine saved President Biden’s flailing 2020 marketing campaign together with his endorsement, additionally endorsed Devine.
Columbia has been so reliably blue over the past a number of years that Republicans didn’t put forth a challenger to Rickenmann’s Democratic predecessor, Mayor Stephen Benjamin.
Congratulations to Republican Daniel Rickenmann.
Columbia, SC has been led by Dem mayors for 30 years. @JoeBiden gained this metropolis by 30 factors in 2020 and @BarackObama campaigned for the Democrat.
However final night time, Republican @Rickenmann had a giant win. The crimson wave is coming! https://t.co/F2r11Ky34v
— Rick Scott (@ScottforFlorida) November 17, 2021
I Have Nice Information!
Congratulations to Daniel Rickenmann, the subsequent mayor of Columbia, South Carolina.
He gained regardless of Obama endorsing his opponent & town’s county voting democrat by practically 40 factors in 2020.
— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) November 18, 2021
In Columbia South Carolina Republican mayoral candidate Daniel Rickenmann defeated Democrat Tameika Isaac Devine on Tuesday night time. Biden carried Columbia by virtually 40 factors final 12 months.
This was large!
— Miles Commodore (@miles_commodore) November 18, 2021
It actually appears just like the tide is popping and that’s unhealthy information for Dems.
Cross posted from American Lookout.