Before tonight's debate, won't you take a moment to donate some money to four rural Democrats running for Congress in states with a contested Senate race? They get no attention, and little money, but the Senate majority may be decided in their districts.https://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
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We've raised nearly $50K per candidate as of tonight. That's the equivalent of a senior staff position, or a major digital outreach effort, they don't have to fundraise for. The money gets spent locally in places the Democratic party has never seriously invested in before
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This chart from the Washington Post says it all. The entire budget for a rural House race is something like $4M. Helping with that fundraising burden means a different kind of candidate—someone who has not had a lucrative law or business career—can run.pic.twitter.com/fdJoNcoNFq
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In our case, the candidates are a COBOL coding sociologist, a retired baseball player, a veteran who once delivered pizzas and cut the grass on golf courses, and a former waitress and copy shop manager. Not a Harvard grad or private school kid among them.
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