Kerry Elevald posted this diary a short time ago listing the house districts won by Hillary Clinton which managed to also elect Republican representatives who are now stonewalling their progressive constituents. I should not have to remind people that it is absolutely essential that we retake one of the chambers of Congress in the next election cycle, lest Trump and the the rest of the Republican party destroy everything we’ve ever fought for. We should target these districts first.
It’s not enough anymore to hope that Republican voters change their minds. We have to go out and make sure that they understand exactly what is at risk for them should these folks remain in power. We need to start right now, going door to door, registering people to vote, raising awareness of the attacks on our democracy, informing the public of what is at stake and steadily attacking the margins of the electorate that can be convinced that voting Democratic is in their best interest.
I’m proposing that people on this site, living in these states and districts, take things into their own hands by organizing on this site, getting in contact with their local party affiliates and using their knowledge and energy to push for local democratic reps in the next election.
There’s a huge amount of energy and anger in the democratic base right now and we absolutely have to harness it to take back our government. It’s not enough to talk platitudes anymore. I live in Washington. I’m going to figure out how to work phones or something to knock Dave Reichert out of office.
We need to flip 23 seats and maintain all others to retake the house. Let’s start with these.
It’s going to be difficult, for sure but if we start now, we can build a base from which we will have a good chance to succeed. Trump and the Republican party are also doing their best to give us the ammunition to destroy them. Let’s start with targeting these representatives and driving down their local popularity by informing folks on how much they hate freedom and democracy. Writing diaries on the progress made will allow us to bounce strategy off one another and keep everyone updated.
Here is the list Kerry posted. Maybe we can call this project by the name he gave the districts?
The Clinton 24
1. Martha McSally, AZ-02, Clinton
2. Jeff Denham, CA-10, Clinton
3. David Valadao, CA-21, Clinton
4. Steve Knight, CA-25, Clinton,
5. Ed Royce, CA-39, Clinton
6. Mimi Walters, CA-45, Clinton
7. Dana Rohrabacher, CA-48, Clinton
8. Darrell Issa, CA-49, Clinton
9. Mike Coffman, CO-06, Clinton
10. Carlos Curbelo, FL-26, Clinton
11. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, FL-27, Clinton
12. Peter Roskam, IL-06, Clinton
13. Kevin Yoder, KS-03, Clinton
14. Erik Paulsen, MN-03, Clinton
15. Lance Leonard, NJ-07, Clinton
16. John Katko, NY-24, Clinton
17. Ryan Costello, PA-06, Clinton
18. Pat Meehan, PA-07, Clinton
19. *Brian Fitzpatrick, PA-08, (Tossup, C: 48%, T: 48.2%)
20. John Culberson, TX-07, Clinton
21. Will Hurd, TX-23, Clinton
22. Pete Sessions, TX-32, Clinton
23. Barbara Comstock, VA-10, Clinton
24. David Reichert, WA-08, Clinton
Anybody up for writing diaries about statistics and strategy in the district which they live in or giving feedback on the idea? The townhalls and protests have been a great start but it’s going to take more than that and we at Dailykos are informed constituents who can help direct the energy.