Daub, the Republican Issue

Was Hal Daub the issue that republicans seem to be having across the country? The republicans seem to be having a struggle in finding new young faces of the party. Not the Hal Daub is not a well qualified capable person. But voters usually don't go for the past one more time. Rarely have governors or mayors been able to recapture their old jobs after they have left. There is something about voters and the executive branch. Once a politician has been in done it for awhile then leaves voters say o.k. you had your time, lets move on to someone new. Its only happened once in presidential history i.e. Grover Cleveland. With history not on Hal Daubs' side and in a city that is majority Democrat this result is not a real surprise.