55% to 44%
Spread by which Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) lost in his hometown of Janesville, Wis., by challenger Rob Zerban (D), despite winning re-election, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel notes. Ryan had never lost Janesville in a re-election campaign before. In addition, the Obama-Biden ticket defeated the Romney-Ryan ticket in Janesville by 25 points, 62% to 37%.
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So although he’s never lost his home town for re-election before, this time he lost it by a double-digit margin. By a huge margin, in other words.
Wonder if he’ll read the writing on the wall.