About a dozen of us met tonight in Morgantown, WV, with Mike Manypenny (D), candidate for Congress in WV-01 to replace David McKinley (R). Mike served a couple of terms in the WV Legislature, but was defeated in 2014 as a result of being targeted nationwide. The opposition spent $250,000 against him for the sake of a job that pays $20,000.
Mike is a great guy, a possible campaign slogan is “Mike Manypenny makes cents/ scents/ Sense!!
He and I are both supporting Bernie Sanders. I’m all for the 50-state strategy. Whether Bernie wins or loses, we will promote down-ballot progressives like Mike Manypenny.
If you have some bucks for him, please go to his actblue page here and make a donation of $xx.23, add twenty-three extra cents to show that it is coming from Kossaks.
McKinley won in 2012 over Progressive Democrat Sue Thorn who did not get much help from the Democratic establishment. This time thee local Democratic Party is showing more interest, they would like to have Bernie come here, young Bernie people are taking a strong interest in local politics.