She did this quickly and overall has been basically fine through this process.
The concession was the big surprise to me. I don’t know anything about her but I assumed she’d drag it into the courts, which was to my understanding, the only path to a ‘recount’ in Mississippi
Agreed; I was surprised to see it come so quickly. I think this is a combination of:
Knowing there’s no way to victory in the courts.
Following the herd of the rest of Republicans federally; if she’s basically the only one standing alone crying fraud, it’s probably not going to win over much public opinion.
The fact that contesting this would probably only bring more attention to how voting in Mississippi is already heavily rigged in favor of Republicans, e.g. the purging of voter rolls. (Edit: And wanting the fire around this to die down for the 2028 election season.)
The possibility that Colom’s lead is still going to increase from here, given how he’s been outperforming on affidavit and absentee ballots.
Her not wanting to drag this out any longer, given she did just lose her Senate seat from Mississippi to a black, Democratic man.
(Edit: @[email protected] correctly points out a huge one I completely missed: hella money.)
“Her not wanting to drag this out any longer, given she did just lose her Senate seat from Mississippi to a black, Democratic man.” that she denied a promotion to a federal judgeship because she is MAGA trash.
100%. Even accounting for the fact she’s among a sea of Republicans who lost big this election, this has got to be pretty humiliating. I would just want it to be over in her shoes – and apparently she agrees.
Also unless a state outlines a mechanism for the government to pay for a recount, recounts are typically paid for by the challenger’s campaign. That would have cost her millions
The concession was the big surprise to me. I don’t know anything about her but I assumed she’d drag it into the courts, which was to my understanding, the only path to a ‘recount’ in Mississippi
Agreed; I was surprised to see it come so quickly. I think this is a combination of:
“Her not wanting to drag this out any longer, given she did just lose her Senate seat from Mississippi to a black, Democratic man.” that she denied a promotion to a federal judgeship because she is MAGA trash.
100%. Even accounting for the fact she’s among a sea of Republicans who lost big this election, this has got to be pretty humiliating. I would just want it to be over in her shoes – and apparently she agrees.
Also, keeping the campaign staff in the office, paying lawyers to prepare legal challenges … that all costs money, pretty significant money.
If you can see the writing on the wall, it may be better to cut your losses and focus on the next campaign instead.
Also unless a state outlines a mechanism for the government to pay for a recount, recounts are typically paid for by the challenger’s campaign. That would have cost her millions