Sewell scares away her competition

Terri Sewell has won her district by a large margin of victory in the past three elections. She ran unopposed in the last two elections. She kicked ass in the last election and won with 98.4% of the vote. She won with the exact same per cent of the vote in the 2014 election. In 2012 Republican Don Chamberlain ran against her and she won with 75.8% of the vote. She also faced no opponent in the 2016 primary election. With her unopposed past success I think it is safe to say that Terri Sewell's seat will be hers for the taking in 2018. The reason for her success is because her district is largely African Americans that support the democratic party. Some of the major issues she campaigned on that made her so successful were education, healthcare, jobs and the economy. These issues are important to her constituents because her district is very poor and its unemployment rate is well over the national average. Sewell sees education as the long term solution to this problem and campaigned hard on it. She also knows that many of her constituents are poor and can not afford healthcare and wants to work to give them affordable options.

Despite her large margins of victory, I found it interesting that in 2014 Terri spent slightly more than the average House member on her campaign. As of January 2015 she has raised $4,456,130. She spent about $11 per general election vote she received. This is higher than the national average of $7 per general election vote. I found this very interesting and I think Sewell is working to get even more name recognition than she already has. I think the way she campaigns will continue to give her future success.