If there is a Haggard Effect, the race to watch probably won't even make national news. Haggard's former right-hand man, Kyle Fisk, is a candidate for State House District 18. Haggard had asked evangelical leaders nationwide to help Fisk out, and that news was locally reported as something that might actually damage the Fisk campaign. No doubt it might have been particularly damaging this week. Fisk's campaign, against an incumbent Democrat who won by a significant margin in 2004, has always been an uphill battle. But if Fisk loses in a landslide, it might be an indicator of something larger.

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