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Not sure what everybody is getting so excited about. The pol who lost the election felt that his opponents had defamed or slandered him in their campaign.
Anybody can sue over defamation or slander.
From the linked article, it doesn't seem like the plaintiff has much of a case. The opponents may have misrepresented their argument, or exaggerated it, but I don't think they did anything that rises to the requirements for a slander case.
I'd be a lot more worried if the plaintiff were barred from suing over potential slanders used by an opponent, because the slanders were part of a political campaign.
Freedom of speech is not freedom to commit libel.
Edit: I think the pol will lose; I think the judge might even toss the case, on lack of merit. The judge should NOT toss the case because it is related to a political campaign, though. Tossing it for lack of merit is something else entirely.
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