Here is a story that no one is covering. Foster Campbell (D) is in a run-off against John N. Kennedy, a career Republican politician. Louisiana has an open primary--with many Republicans running and two Democrats, no one received a majority. We go to the polls DECEMBER 10!
If they mention it at all, the press treats this race as the “last race of 2016.” The press is wrong.
This is the FIRST race of 2018, the first Senate race after the election of Donald Trump, the first race without Trump on the ballot. This vote is a signal.
But the DNC is doing nothing. The DSCC is doing nothing. Everyone assumes that Kennedy will win.
Yet consider this. Louisiana just elected a Democratic governor after 8 years of the horrible Bobby Jindal. We have a chance to put a Democrat in the Senate.
This should be a national story. People all over this country should be donating to Foster Campbell and getting out the vote for him as if our lives depended on it.
Because they might. We need a movement to take back the Senate if we are going to put the brakes on the craziness that has already started with Trump’s election.
That movement starts with Foster Campbell. He is a strong voice for ethics in government, disability rights, coastal conservation, affordable higher education, and a budget that embodies the values of the majority of Americans.
This is the first race of the 2018 midterm elections: it is imperative that we take the Senate away from Donald Trump and his minions of hate.
Please go to www.fostercampbell2016.com
Donate. Tell your friends to donate. If you live in Louisiana, demand press coverage of the movement to elect Foster Campbell. No matter where you live, you should contact the DNC, the DSCC, and your Senators. Tell them that this race can be won.
Sure, go ahead and protest Trump and Bannon and everyone else Trump picks for his staff. Protest is important. Then ACT to regain a Democratic Senate.
Update: Campbell could use phonebankers. They have virtual phonebanking that you can do from ANYWHERE. Getting out the vote will be the key to this electoin. There is a form on the website. Thanks to all of you who have commented below, donated, provided information, and generally increased the publicity on this.