All right, Michigan and Motor City Kossacks.
Now’s the time to accelerate our efforts.
What are you ready and willing to do, as a Kossack group?
We could
- Canvass together
- Phone bank together
- Attend a candidate event (meet & greet or fundraiser) that we host or co-sponsor
- Something else?
I’ve already set up and run a canvass for Paul Clements in MI-06, as you know. We could do that again, either in Kalamazoo again, or in Saugatuck/Douglas, or in Benton Harbor/St. Joseph. What do you think? I already have a carful of folks ready to go to K-zoo again, though we might be diverted to one of the other towns.
More centrally, we have Suzanna Shkreli, seeking victory for the Dems in MI-08. Here’s her website. We have lots of Kossacks for whom her district would be an easy drive.
Even closer to home for me, there’s Gretchen Driskell, in MI-07. She’s not been endorsed by Daily Kos Elections, as the previous two have been. But Driskell is a strong candidate running an excellent campaign, and she would take out the odious Tim Walberg, tea-party darling.
Clements makes it easy to run remote phone banks, and I will assume that the others do, too.
I’ve also wanted to do something a little adventurous on behalf of Judge Deborah Thomas, who is running for the Michigan Supreme Court—like hold a meet & greet or similar event in north-central Lower Peninsula, near Houghton Lake? (I know, that might ring a bell for some Kossacks. :) I have to check her schedule, but rumor has it she might be traveling up there anyway. It would be great to see if we can make it a twofer on her behalf. And on our behalf, after all.
So, whaddya say? Only two months, today, till Election Day. What are you going to do to make a difference?
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