In rural Wisconsin last night, a Democratic challenger for a state house seat in a special election stunned everybody by winning.  She was running in a district that Trump won by 17 points.

She was outspent thanks to the Koch Brothers, but money wasn’t the answer in this race.

Conservative talk radio host Charlie Sykes had a Twitter attack.

And Governor Scott Walker tweeted with shaky fingers.

The winning Democrat, Patty Schachtner, had a plan to win and stuck with it.

Her campaign focused not on attacking Trump but fighting the opioid crisis, improving access to health care and bringing good-paying jobs to the region. She didn’t need to talk about the president to benefit from an outpouring of progressive energy and conservative apathy.

Let’s hope some other Democrats listen.  Drug crisis, health care, and job.  Stick with it.  It wins.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.