Former Rep. Marjorie Margolies (D-PA), the mother-in-law of former first kid Chelsea Clinton, lost out on the Democratic nomination to represent Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District on Tuesday.
Margolies lost the primary to state Rep. Brendan Boyle, according to the Associated Press. Boyle won the nomination with 55 percent support while Margolies got 23 percent of the vote with 71 percent of precincts reporting.
Margolies lost despite receiving significant support from the Clinton family. Both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went to a fundraiser for Margolies a week earlier and former President Bill Clinton went to two fundraisers for Margolies in April.
(Photo credit: Margolies for Congress)
Wow, she got C R U S H E D!! I didn’t see this being predicted in scattered national coverage!
I didn’t see she was running. I’d never heard of her.
When your daughter-in-law eats up your name in a headline you are not going to win much of anything…
Having lived in PA and still having friends and family that live there, Margolies did not have the best of reputations prior to Chelsea being a part of the family.
Her story is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Margolies
She’s run for quite a number of positions and been defeated more often than not. I wouldn’t put this on her connection with the Clintons, although she may’ve thought it might improve her chances. As for me, I don’t set much store by this defeat - she has a rotten reputation in the State and minimal support from anyone.
Isn’t she the former-rep who cast a deciding vote for a gun-safety measure, while the Republicans in the chamber chanted “hey, hey, hey, bye bye,” or something equally infantile? Strange way to identify her now–Chelsea’s MIL.