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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Finally, in IOWA, J.D. Scholten is running against state senator Randy Feenstra, having knocked Steve King out of politics with a stellar performance in 2018. Scholten got 22,000 more votes that year than there are Democrats in the district. He is the best rural Democrat we have.
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The Iowa senate race will be decided in IA-04. Incumbent Jodi Ernst is up against a lackluster suburban Democratic real estate developer with no track record, favored by the DNC for her fundraising. But we work with the tools we're given! J.D. has shown he can bring out votes.
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The name of the game in all four states is to target votes in rural districts, to help make a difference if the senate race is tight. Think of it as election insurance—a buffer of 10-20,000 votes we wouldn't otherwise have. These are winnable votes but not targeted by anyone else
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As a bonus, these are four great candidates in their own right, who can bring a fresh energy and independence to the Democratic caucus. None are rich, or have a deep fundraising network. None are establishment figures. They need our help and resources to run their best campaign
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So please, read all about the Great Slate here https://techsolidarity.org/resources/great_slate.html …, and then pull out that bitcoin from the sofa and donate, right now, tonight, before that ominous June 30 deadline descends upon us. You can give $2700 per candidate, and must be a citizen or green card holder
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I can't promise we'll win, but I can promise that if the Senate races in these states are tight, if they come down to a few thousand votes, we can tell ourselves and our kids with a clear heart that we did all we could and left nothing in the tank in 2020https://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
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Replying to @Pinboard
sorry if I missed this, but do you have reflections on the last Great Slate? are you doubling down on the same approach or do you feel that things are different this time?
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I tweeted about this some time ago; I'll see if I can dig it up.
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