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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The Democratic Party had a very timid definition of "swing seats" that seemed to exclude many rural districts where the limiting factor was fundraising, at the astronomical levels required. But if you pour water into a desert, surprising things grow. So we tried that!
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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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Replying to @Pinboard
This one is definitely a heart breaker. I'm still watching the ballot count.
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Me too. Unfortunately it hasn't been closing, and we're running out of ballots.
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