The
netroots August push got off to an awesome start yesterday. See what I mean by checking out
this chart that James at Swing State compiled:
Candidate |
District |
8/20 Donors |
8/21 Donors |
New Donors |
Ned Lamont |
CT-Sen |
3064 |
3125 |
61 |
Jon Tester |
MT-Sen |
2056 |
2132 |
76 |
Jim Webb |
VA-Sen |
1270 |
1388 |
118 |
Eric Massa |
NY-29 |
905 |
957 |
52 |
Joe Sestak |
PA-07 |
876 |
936 |
60 |
Patrick Murphy |
PA-08 |
687 |
746 |
59 |
Jerry McNerney |
CA-11 |
681 |
739 |
58 |
Darcy Burner |
WA-08 |
679 |
737 |
58 |
Linda Stender |
NJ-07 |
508 |
564 |
56 |
Paul Hodes |
NH-02 |
465 |
518 |
53 |
Larry Kissell |
NC-08 |
427 |
477 |
50 |
John Courage |
TX-21 |
415 |
469 |
54 |
Dan Seals |
IL-10 |
375 |
421 |
46 |
Jay Fawcett |
CO-05 |
375 |
425 |
50 |
Our goal is to amass 100 new contributions for each House candidate and 250 for each Senate candidate. Clearly, we are well on our way. We also raised $25K yesterday, which is tremendous for an allegedly "dead" day in the middle of August.
There's also been some great polling news for three netroots candidates over the last day: Paul Hodes, Jim Webb and Ned Lamont are all in dead heats with their opponents. The timing is auspicious, and you can see that Webb especially got a nice bump out of his good news.
So please, don't let up. If you haven't yet given and you're able to, now is a great time. If we blow past our goals - and I'm hoping we do - that's all the better. And don't forget that tomorrow closes out the reporting period for Darcy Burner, Eric Massa, and Paul Hodes, so any donations they get by tomorrow at midnight are especially crucial.
Come on - let's blow the lid off this thing!
P.S. If you'd like, please let us know whom you've donated to in the comments below. And as always, please use this thread to talk about your favorite candidates.