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LightningStrikes posted...

I think the notable thing is that its a slightly Republican leaning marginal district (Trump +1) and she won in a landslide. Though of course it needs all the usual health warnings of it being a special election and there being local issues and so on.

https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-have-internal-polling-problem-1883984

Republican Teddy Powell lost his bid for a seat in the Alabama House to Democratic candidate Marilyn Lands on Tuesday despite internal polling conducted in December which suggested he was on course for a comfortable victory.

Lands flipped the previously Republican district with 62.4 percent of the vote against 37.6 percent for Powell, a Madison City Council member. However, an internal poll conducted by Powell's campaign in December put the Republican on 47.7 percent of the vote against 36.8 percent for Lands.

Ahead of the vote, both the Powell and Lands campaigns released internal polling suggesting they were on track for victory. In January, Lands published a survey conducted by Impact Research between December 16 and 20 that showed her on 43 percent against 40 percent for Powell and with 17 percent undecided.

Referring to their own internal poll, Powell spokesperson Dalton Dismukes responded: "We believe our poll more accurately represents the district.

"Frankly, it's surprising that our opponent, who spent tens of thousands of dollars on an unsuccessful campaign just over a year ago, would boast about being within the margin of error of an internal poll.

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