HOW COULD YOU NOT FIELD A CANDIDATEhttps://twitter.com/DKElections/status/968994778426888195 …
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Because asking someone to devote their lives to a hopeless race is a very big thing to ask. While there are too many uncontested seats (esp. at the legislative level), this is by no means a shocking occurrence, for either party
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There are many reasons to run in difficult districts—for one, they can serve as a political laboratory that helps the party elsewhere. And you can create incentives to compensate those willing to run. But the fact that you call an R+11 district in PA "hopeless" speaks volumes.
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The biggest reason to run in "hopeless" districts? Out of respect and duty towards the people in those districts who are fighting for change. The Democrats in Searcy, AR, in R+63 White County, have more grit than the entire Washington establishment.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/932459060204572673 …
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