# Most Physically Attractive Candidates in Mid-Terms **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 5, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754 "2014-11-05T13:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/1 "2014-11-05T13:07:56Z")
I know I am a little late, but better late than never. We all know those intellectual types that vote on things like “the issues” or whether or not the candidate is evil or not, but around here on the SDMB, I know we vote on important things like how much we want to see their face on the 10 o’clock news. So, what is your pick for the most attractive candidate in the mid-term elections? Bonus points if they won. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/2 "2014-11-05T13:47:46Z")
Wendy Davis is quite attractive. I thought Joni Ernst is, too. But after hearing her acceptance speech, I’ll be muting the TV whenever she’s on. Her laugh to me is like nails on a blackboard. I’m hoping it had something to do with the PA system, but God, it was awful. She also comes off a little more manly than I was have thought having just seen pictures of her. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/3 "2014-11-05T14:49:56Z")
We voted in the totally [scary](https://brantleyblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/h1b663750.jpeg) [Rick Scott](http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p372/hounddog1111/Rick_Scott_AP.jpg), when we could have at least had [the guy with shiny white hair](http://www.saintpetersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/crist-charlie-worried.jpg). It makes no sense. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/4 "2014-11-05T14:55:39Z")
Elise Stefanik isn’t bad looking. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/5 "2014-11-05T16:33:37Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Wendy Davis is quite attractive… True. I haven’t seen her on video but she looks very much like Catherine Deneuve when she was in her late 40’s. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/6 "2014-11-05T17:04:30Z")
Mary Carey. Oh you meant this mid terms. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/7 "2014-11-05T17:20:49Z")
[Daniel Flores](http://lam-network.com/all-rise-daniel-flores-sets-own-path-to-judgeship/), who ran for a position as California Superior Court Judge, was my pick for best looking candidate. And bonus points too, since he won. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/8 "2014-11-05T18:06:14Z")
Fresno mayor and California Controller candidate Ashley Swearengin used to have the [cute soccer mom](http://www.calnewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Ashley-Swearengin-300x336.jpg) [Debbie Harry MILF](http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kvpr/files/styles/related/public/201312/mayor.jpg) thing goin’ on. But for this election she decided to go [bleach blonde news anchor](http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ashleyforca/pages/45/attachments/original/1399663940/LATimes-endorsement.png?1399663940). She lost. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/9 "2014-11-05T18:07:39Z")
I feel like this thread is a trap. ---
**Author:** ![EndlessEntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f9ae1b/32.png) [@EndlessEntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EndlessEntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/10 "2014-11-05T18:27:20Z")
None of them are women I would screw unless Ashley Judd counts. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/11 "2014-11-05T20:01:45Z")
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin see’s Iowa’s newly elected Senator Joni Ernst as physically attractive: > **[Tom Harkin compares Joni Ernst to Taylor Swift, because sexism. Then he...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/11/03/tom-harkin-compares-joni-ernst-to-taylor-swift-because-sexism/)** > > Why, Tom Harkin? Why? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/12 "2014-11-05T20:30:28Z")
Morgan Baskin. Toronto mayoral race, and she lost, but still. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/13 "2014-11-05T20:39:39Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Morgan Baskin. > Toronto mayoral race, and she lost, but still. We have a winner. You can now close the thread. Though, given her age relative to mine, it feels a bit creepy. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/14 "2014-11-05T22:59:14Z")
No mention of 18-year old [Saira Blair](http://cdnph.upi.com/sh/th/i/UPI-5681400124546/2014/14001250149693/West-Virginia-teen-beats-incumbent-state-delegate-in-GOP-primary.jpg)who won her race in West Virginia? ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-physically-attractive-candidates-in-mid-terms/703754/15 "2014-11-06T05:06:03Z")
Socialist [Jess Spear](http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/05/16/jess-spear-running-against-house-speaker-frank-chopp)ran against the speaker of the Washington State house and got crushed.