in New York and Nevada were a direct result of sex scandals: In New York, it was Democrat Anthony Weiner's idiocy, while in Nevada, it was John Ensign's real sex-and-payoff scandal which forced an election there.
In Nevada's case, the GOP made sure it had all its ducks in a row before Ensign decided to step down. Congressman Dean Heller took over, and then his safe CD-2 seat was open. The GOP made sure nobody like Sharron Angle would be the nominee and instead Mark Amodei, whose record isn't anywhere as crackpot as Angle's, got the establishment GOP nod.
Nevada's CD-2 seat really wasn't competitive for Democrats and never will be simply because of the way the district is drawn up to include all of the counties in Nevada including a bit of Clark County, while the other two districts are completely in Clark County. In other words, CD-2 is largely rural, and these voters have been Republicans for generations. They aren't ever going to change. Jesus Christ could run as a Democrat there, and the rurals would still vote for the Republican.
It is a hopeless seat. I doubt a new congressional seat in Nevada will change the dynamic in CD-2.
The NY race was a lot more interesting, but I suspect a low voter turnout, plus general disgust of Weiner's antics as well as with Obama, played a huge role there.
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