I’m betting most people don’t even pay a lick of attention to state politics and just vote for their party. I’m sure there were people who were aware of his depredations from 2012 but forgot about him in the ten years since and just voted for him because (D) again in 2022. It’s sad because state lawmakers are pretty damn important, but most people I know have no idea who they are, who is running, whether they’re a moderate or further to the left/right, etc etc etc.