Since I've been fundraising so hard and flogging people with the imminent June 30 deadline, let me recap what the Great Slate is about, and why we're backing these specific campaigns. Basically, we're trying to build in election insurance for close Senate races. Here's a thread!
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In ALASKA, a medical doctor is running as a first-timer in the Senate race against incumbent Dan Sullivan. While Gross is a political newcomer, he's the son of a famous figure in Alaska politics. He's also rich, so we're not fundraising for him directly.
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But because Alaska only has a single Congressional seat, the House race there is also statewide. Alyse Galvin, who we backed in 2018, is now polling just *ahead* of Don Young, the longest-serving congressman. Whatever votes she can bring in will also be votes for Gross.
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Alaska politics is bonkers even in a normal year, and this is not one. People don't know how to poll the state, there's a gubernatorial recall, and everything is upended by the pandemic. But Galvin did great as a first-timer, and I believe we can win both House and Senate here.
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In MAINE, Susan Collins is most likely up against Sara Gideon. This is one of the highest-profile races in the country, and Gideon will not lack for money, but she's concentrating her campaign in what I would diplomatically call the NPR-listening parts of the state—Portlandia.
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In 2018, we fundraised for Jared Golden, who became the first person in over 100 years to unseat an incumbent in Maine's conservative second district, which is not only the district where the Senate race will be decided, but controls an electoral vote in the Presidential contest.
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Golden knows how to run and win in ME-02, and how to persuade Obama-Trump voters (who are very real!) in a district that usually gets ignored by Democrats. He also has a field operation that can turn out a few thousand extra votes in this giant district. We need those votes!
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In COLORADO, a state that is moving from purple to red, Cory Gardner is one of the most vulnerable senators in the country. Our aim in supporting Diane Mitsch Bush in CO-3 is very specific—to get out the vote in Pueblo, an undervoting Latino heavy rust belt city near the rockies.
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Replying to @Pinboard
You mean purple to blue right? Gardner is one of only two statewide Republicans left in CO.
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Argh, yeah, purple to blue! Sorry about that.
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