I’ll start with a comment rescue.
“Even though Karen Hartley Nagles’ numbers were higher than Dennis Spivak who had $350,000 and hadthe parties support…Karen did better than Spivak.”
No, actually, she didn’t. Once you account for the higher turnout, she did worse — she got the same percentage in a two-way race that Spivak got in a three-way race. And Castle didn’t even have to use the abundant negatives in her personal history.
And let’s turn your question around: Why should the party spend money on a candidate who can’t raise any herself? Dennis Spivak spent his own life savings running. What did KHN spend?
Bottom Line: KHN was horrible. Her campaign was dysfunctional. She can’t get enough of scapegoating people for her own shortcomings. She never made a strong case for why Castle should be replaced.
I was chagrined to hear that she made some comments that she is still interested. She needs to do the right thing and move on.