Can Democratic pediatrician Mai-Khanh Tran unseat one of the most powerful House Republicans in 2018

[NewJeffCT]

reposting as it was not considered breaking news...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — In many ways, Dr. Mai-Khanh Tran isn’t all that different from millions of other Democrats who have been dismayed or depressed or indignant since Donald Trump was elected president.

On election night, Tran watched in shock as the returns rolled in. The next morning, she wept at work — Tran is a pediatrician — with her colleagues. Later, she joined the protesters shouting slogans and waving signs outside the Orange County offices of several Republican congressmen.

But Tran didn’t stop there. Last month, she actually decided to enter elected politics herself, launching a long-shot campaign to unseat 12-term Republican Rep. Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

While defeating Royce may seem like a tall order for a political novice, Tran, 51, has already spent her entire life overcoming impossible odds.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/can-democratic-wonder-woman-mai-khanh-tran-unseat-one-powerful-house-republicans-2018-090026542.html

Royce won by 14-15% in 2016, but had regularly won by 30+% previously. She has an uphill battle before her.

[Not Ruth]

1. Let's get some money behind her

If Ossoff can get $25 million, she should get many times that. There are a lot of Democrats in that state.

[NewJeffCT]

2. Ossof was a special case

and a special election. This will be for the general next year - we won't have the near unlimited money like Republicans do.