Republican candidate carefully avoids any mention in campaign-ads that he's a Republican.

[DetlefK]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/30/1693212/-This-Virginia-Republican-lawmaker-REALLY-doesn-t-want-you-to-know-he-s-a-Republican#read-more

Republican Del. Joseph Yost is a three-term incumbent in a Southwest Virginia district that includes several rural communities. His Democratic challenger is first-time candidate (and Daily Kos endorsee) Chris Hurst.

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In fact, based on this piece, a voter would be hard-pressed to discern which party Yost even belongs to.

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In fact, the only hint of Yost’s party membership is buried in the mailing label, where a disclosure of who paid for the mailer (in this case, the Virginia GOP) is required by law:

The word “Republican” appears nowhere else. While Yost touts himself as someone who “isn’t afraid to vote against his own party in the General Assembly,” he apparently is afraid of folks knowing that he’s referring to the Republican Party.



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Nothing says "winning" like a candidate desperately distancing himself from his own party and President.

That's what killed the Democrats in the 2014-midterms. Let's see how the 2018-midterms play out when the shoe is on the other foot.

[TheBlackAdder]

1. That's like the turncoat teabaggers in my town. The Reps use Red, but during election an off color.

They don't even have the loyalty to run under their own party colors, for school board and town council elections. Instead they run trying to give an impression they are more progressive and not affiliated with Republicans. The Republicans know who these people are, and will vote for them, but the casual voter won't. They might be also be doing this to splinter the Democrat votes.