Democrats won yet another moral victory in a special election last night. Which is to say, they lost.

As Daily Kos Elections notes, Republican Kay Kirkpatrick won her runoff in Georgia’s 32nd Senate District by only a 14-point margin, despite the fact that all the Republicans put together performed three points better in the April 18 jungle primary. Moreover, the winner only maintained the same victory margin as Trump had won in 2016 (also 14 points), a far cry from Mitt Romney’s 36-point win in 2012. Also, the Democrat in the race spent only about $10,000, whereas Fitzpatrick spent a total of $300,000, most of it in the multi-way primary.

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