Every day of September (almost) I'm making a contribution to a new candidate, announcing it here on Daily Kos, and encouraging you to join me. If one person matches my contribution on my ActBlue page, I'll double my contribution; if ten people match it, I'll triple. Details here.
Yesterday nobody joined me in contributing to Betsy Markey, so I'm not sending her anything more today
Jerry Northington is one of us; on this final day of the third quarter fundraising term I'm supporting him. Follow me below the fold for more.
You know possum. You ought to know that the wider world knows him as Jerry Northington, and that he's running to represent Delaware in Congress. And you know what else? He could really use our help.
Delaware's only Congressional district is strongly Democratic (PVI D+7), but their current representative is a Republican. Jerry's not just a Democrat, but a good Democrat - compassionate, intelligent, eloquent. Read Turkana's diary for an overview on possum, or read possum's own diaries to get a sense of what he's all about. Read Unitary Moonbat's diary for a great history of the district.
More and better Democrats, more and better Democrats, more and better Democrats has been the theme of this campaign. Jerry fits the bill. He's too good - too liberal, too empathetic, too honorable - to garner much support from the establishment. And candidates need support; simply, until we have publicly funded elections, they need cash. So it's up to us - the Kos community - to step in to support great candidates like Jerry, and today - the last day of the quarter - would be a great day to do it. I'm kicking in $50 to Jerry's campaign today; with one more contribution I'll send him $50 more tomorrow (the actual last day of the quarter - I'm running a day early so that my matching will meet the deadline), and if we can get ten more contributions - just ten! - I'll send him $100 more instead. Let's get Jerry's campaign off to a great start. Please contribute.
And please have a look at the other candidates on my ActBlue page; all of them could use your help before the quarter ends. Figure out what qualities are important to you in a candidate, do some research, assess which races matter, and do your part. For me, the Presidential race is beyond my means, and I'm not that concerned about the Senate, where we're sure to take a lot of seats without my help. I want more and better Democrats, and I can help to bring that about in the House, and I've been doing that all month long. Please join me; please contribute to possum's campaign or one (or more) of these other fine candidates. Thanks for tuning in.
Here's Jerry's website.
Here's my ActBlue page, Where My Mouth Is.