Sarah Smith only nailed down a majority on the SECB after her supporters assured her detractors that there was no way—even with our precious endorsement—that she could possibly win. In order to defeat Adam Smith, Sarah Smith would have to earn 100 percent of the votes that went for the Republican in the primary and, yeah, that’s not going to happen.
Mr. Smith is going back to Washington. And that’s fine. He’s a progressive who holds a powerful position on the House Armed Services Committee, and his exasperated/don’t-bullshit-me attitude most closely reflects the SECB’s disposition. But he also overstated his NRA rating—he has a C-, not an F like he said in a recent candidate forum—and keeps going back and forth about whether he likes his vote against banning the sale of cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia.
