In the past few weeks, I've visited with three amazing women running as first-time candidates for Congress in largely rural districts. I have things to say about the Democratic Party
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The Democratic party is going to burn through millions on TV ads, consultants, social media, and everything else next autumn. But they refuse to raise the *thousands* it would take to secure those victories, if it were spent intelligently right now
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Each of the districts I visited is full of amped-up volunteers, has a Republican incumbent who has forgotten how to campaign, and is full of voters who are beyond furious about losing health care. They are starved for funding to start fighting
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CA-01, where Jessica Holcombe is running, is home to the Oroville Dam. This dam nearly burst a few weeks ago, a calamity that would have killed thousands.. When Jessica held a town hall in Oroville, the only thing people wanted to talk about was health care.
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That's how much this matters to people. These voters deserve a real choice—they deserve to hear from the progressive candidates in their district who are motivated and running for office while holding down full-time work. No Democratic campaign should lack for funding this year.
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That's why I'm imploring everyone to donate whatever you can, right now, to Jess King in PA-16 (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jesskingtechsolidarity?refcode=techsolidarity …) , Marge Doyle in CA-08 (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ts-for-marge …), Jessica Holcombe in CA-01 (https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/245830/jessica-holcombe …), or another progressive candidate in a rural district.
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(and here's an ActBlue link for Holcombe, for people like me who prefer that over Crowdpac: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jessicaholcombe …)
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Do you have any recommendations for alternate umbrella groups coordinating donations to such races?
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I think it’s important to give directly to campaigns
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Actually working for the material interests of people in poor rural districts is a pretty big advantage for dems that they don't seem to be hammering home.
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They're starting to get this, sort of. They just announced a pile of races they're considering battlefield races for '18 based on local Election Day performance. One of them is
#NY02, which has been held by Pete King for 13 terms.@liuba4congress is trying to change that. -
And she will!!!!’
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