I’ve been writing about Corey Foister for a couple of days. He’s running in Ohio’s 8th Congressional District for John Boehner's vacant seat. The race will be decided this Tuesday, in 4 days, in a SPECIAL ELECTION.
The reason why a special election is important enough for me to shout it in all bold capital letters is because there is usually a low turnout of voters in a special election. So, it’s not only possible, it’s probable that if we can get enough Democrats to show up to vote we can win this seat.
What a blow that would be to the Republicans! What a message it would send! We are the Democratic Party and you can sit down now, we’re ready to take over!
I’m not the only one who thinks this either, the county Dem’s in Ohio are out canvassing and phone banking. They are doing it today; Saturday, tomorrow; Sunday, and Monday and Tuesday. They get how important this is to all the candidates in Ohio and everywhere else, because, as Ms. Spent Youth says; “We are the United States of America”.
Yes, we are, and we need to unite right now to help this kid win this seat in this Special Election. It doesn’t matter that he might not be able to hold the seat in the general (though maybe he can, he has a pretty compelling story), he’ll be sworn in and hold it for 7 months until the next Congressman is sworn in (which could be him). That’s a BIG deal! Did I mention this is John Boehner’s seat? We need to get all over this.
As I suggested in another diary, I sent out a lot of emails and made calls yesterday. I emailed the Butler county Democrats. I got this email back 2 hours later:
Tracy-
We are doing everything we can to get him elected. There have been phone banks for several weeks. My team is also joining in this weekend to do GOTV for Corey. The state party will be involved too. This is a good chance to flip this seat, if only for the short term. I hope to see the shocked faces on the national news on Tuesday!
Thanks for helping him on Daily Kos. I’ve been reading the blog (although not as much as I used to) since the days of W.
Keep up the good work!
So, they ARE out there doing the work, let’s jump in and help them. I called Suzi Rubin on the phone this morning and she said they will be doing this right through Tuesday. There is early voting until then also. Suzi Rubin is running for State Representative in Ohio’s House District 53.
Here’s where it gets weird and wonderful. Back when Bush was President, Suzi was reading something on Daily Kos that made her ask herself “What am I doing to help?” She stopped and looked up the Butler County Democratic Party. Turns out they were having a meeting in 20 minutes, so she walked over. Then she ran for school board and city council; she is now the Current Vice Mayor and Council Member for the City of Monroe, Ohio. Daily Kos inspired her to do that.
If we can do that, we can do anything. Let’s start with helping Corey Foister win this Special Election.
Here’s what some folks here on Daily Kos have been doing:
dakrie- I just contributed. Go Corey!!
M247 — I have accepted your challenge!
sydneyluv — am Facebook friends with many Ohio people — will post on FB and make contribution!
Richard Cranium — Special elections are interesting — usually a friends and family affair, like school board elections. This could be different, and a “canary in the mine”, so to speak. I’ll make some calls today.
Thinking Fella — I just called David Pepper at the # you provided. I’m happy to report that his Chief of Staff was thrilled that some guy in CO was calling to support Corey. She told me that Mr. Pepper had endorsed Corey last month, as had the entire Dem party in Ohio. Therefore, Corey is not only receiving an endorsement, but financial support as well. When I said I had read about Corey on “Dailykos—the largest Dem website in the Country”, she was quite pleased.
RedDan — Liked the page, shared on my Timeline, broadcast to friends on other networks.
ExpatGirl — It has been my pleasure to T&R this diary. It is easy to forget but this is why we are here. I’ll make sure to bring it up in other diaries I visit on DKos today!
TrueBlueMajority — I liked his FB page and sent a small contribution.
Plus, hundreds of people tipped and rec’d, shared, and “liked” his Facebook page. That’s the way you do it!
So, what can you do today? The same things. You can tip, rec and share this diary. You can republish it to any group you belong to. You can put it in a comment in every diary you visit. You can like Corey Foister’s Facebook page. You can donate. You can write a diary about him. You can call any or all of the numbers I’m going to list below. You can read the diaries I’ll link below, there are a lot of great suggestions and good information about the candidate in the comment section.
You can send an email to everyone you know and ask them to email everyone they know, in hopes of reaching people in Ohio. Don’t assume you don’t know anyone in Ohio. There aren’t really 6 degrees of separation, I bet here are only 3 at most. Let’s do what Daily Kos does best — elect more and Democrats.
Contact
Ted Strickland’s campaign to point out how great it will be for him if this kid wins. His number is 614.804.3160.
Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper, his number is 614.221.6563, and tell him to back this kid.
The county Democratic Parties that the 8th district represents and tell them to back Corey Foister.
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Darke County — Alice & Ron Stephens (937) 548-7263
Butler County — David Spurrier, BCDP Communications Director — 513-593-2302 - See more at: www.butlercountydems.org/...
Butler has a sign up for calls to get out the vote Tuesday — www.signupgenius.com/...
Preble County Dems — www.facebook.com/...
Clark County Democratic Party — 937. 399.0800
Ohio Democratic Chairs association — www.ohiodcca.org/...
Miami County Democratic Party www.facebook.com/...
Caleb Faux — Executive Director of the Hamilton County Democratic Party, at caleb@hamiltoncountydems.org, 513-421-0495
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