I want to tweet for a moment about the track record of the Great Slate. The question from the outset was this: there is no goal more important than winning the midterm elections. Can tech workers pool their money in a way that will expand the universe of winnable seats?
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About five thousand people, mostly in the tech industry, put a cumulative $1.8M into eleven House primary races across the country. We have nine primaries behind us and two to go. Three of our candidates got onto the ballot in November.
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Three of our districts got redrawn halfway through the campaign by the Pennsylvania supreme court. Two of those went from red to competitive, and while our Great Slate candidates didn't win in those races, the Democrats who were nominated there are well-positioned for November.
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In two more of our districts, NM-2 and AR-2, our candidates got pole-axed by the DCCC, but their strong fundraising performance attracted national attention and encouraged two capable candidates to run, with broad establishment backing.
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One of our districts, CA-8, ended in heartbreak. Marge Doyle got a higher raw vote total than any other Great Slate candidate, but a right-wing Republican challenger took second place, and under California's top-two rule, there will not be a Democrat on the November ballot there.
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In our other California district, CA-1, Jessica Holcombe was defeated by another first-time candidate, Audrey Denney. I have no idea what this means for November, but I look forward to meeting Audrey to find out how we can help unseat Doug LaMalfa there.
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So out of nine districts contested, we have seven solid Democrats on the ballot, one equivocal result, and one failure. And we have two more races to go, waiting in the wings, which is where we need your help.
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On June 26th, Coloradans go to the polls—they are already voting by mail—and have a chance to nominate Diane Mitsch Bush in the third district, and Karen McMormick in the fourth. These two women mark opposite poles of the Great Slate.
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Diane is a progressive state legislator with a track record of attracting Republican votes, and her district is trending blue. Karen is a veterinarian new to politics, but good at it, galvanized by last fall's election. People write off her district as hopelessly red.
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The thing they have in common is, if they get on the ballot, no one will fight harder to win those seats in November. So I ask you to help them now, along with our three nominees, to give them ammunition to win that fight. Every dollar makes a difference.https://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
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