Since that awful day in 2016 when Trump was elected, we have all gathered here to share good news with one another, find community, find energy to fight, and find reason to hope.
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But in addition to reporting good news, we make good news! We write postcards for campaigns. We make phone calls. We go door to door for candidates. We make a difference.
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In mid-August we started a fundraiser for 38 of the most highly contested House races.
Why? Because although keeping the House is a longshot, it is also totally a possibility.
And it is important. I mean really, does anyone want to see Kevin McCarthy as Speaker? Or Marjorie Taylor Green and Matt Gaetz chairing committees? Does anyone want to see Biden’s agenda ground to a halt and 24/7 hearings on Hunter Biden?
No one wants that.
So we fundraised for the House and you all donated over $80,000! More than $2,000 per candidate! Wow!
Here is that fundraiser: Save the House Part 1
That went so well that we made a second fundraiser with an additional 22 people. These were folks who had recently won primaries or had recently been moved into the “in play” category.
And lo and behold, you all donated over $45,000! More than $2,000 per candidate! Wow!
Here is that fundraiser: Save the House Part 2
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
You all are amazing!!!
It is time to put together a third, and final, fundraiser, and we want YOU to nominate local candidates for us to support!
For the first two races, we stuck to only candidates that are rated as Toss Up or Lean R or Lean D. You can find some of those ratings here and here (scroll down for “Forecasting Each House Race”)
Who do you think we should fundraise for this time? Why? Are they in a seat that was rated as competitive? If not, why do you think we should include them anyway?
This can be someone we supported before or someone brand new.
Nominate House candidates in the comments! Explain why you think they should be supported.
If you see someone you support nominated by someone else, like the comment and add your two cents in another comment.
One of the candidates in our second round was Eric Sorensen.
Sorensen is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 17th Congressional District. The race for Illinois' 17th Congressional District this November is considered a true competitive toss-up.
Sorensen made climate issues a key issue during the Democratic primary. The candidate said he "100%" supports a federal bill to codify abortion access rights. He would also support expanding federal protections for same-sex marriage and contraception.
Sorensen is a former meteorologist born and raised in Rockford, IL. Sorensen will be the first out LGBTQ person elected to congress from Illinois!
Sorensen faces a major fundraising gap against his Republican opponent. The republicans think they can win this swing seat so they are throwing money at it (including piles of dark money). At the end of June, King's campaign reported more than $1.8 million on hand, compared to just $114,509 in Sorensen's coffers.
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The race is neck and neck, but Sorensen can totally win. This newly drawn district even leans slightly blue. If he has the funds to GOTV, we can win that seat. This is a place where you dollars really can make a difference.
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The funding situation is so important (and Sorensen is such a great guy) that he made this video thanking us for our help. Check it out:
Dems Are Newly Bullish About Flipping These Statehouses
Despite still trailing their Republican counterparts in fundraising this cycle, a jolt of post Dobbs enthusiasm had the president of the Democrats’ main fundraising arm for state legislatures confident enough on Tuesday to declare optimism for flipping GOP majorities in three states.
“We know what we're up against, but we are making a play to undercut GOP power in the Michigan House and Senate, the Minnesota Senate, and the New Hampshire House and Senate,” Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee President Jessica Post said on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania Democrat raises $25M this summer ahead of crucial governor’s race
Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee, will report on Tuesday that his campaign raised over $25 million from June to September, according to a campaign finance report provided to CNN, a sizable haul that dwarfs what Republican candidate Doug Mastriano raised over the same time.
The race between Shapiro and Mastriano is one of the most closely watched gubernatorial contests of November’s midterms, given Pennsylvania’s reputation as a presidential battleground and the impact that the governor of the state could have on a range of issues, including future election administration and access to abortion. Pennsylvania is also home to one of the most high-profile Senate contests of the cycle between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz.
Shapiro will report his campaign raised $25.4 million from June 7 to September 19, ending the three-month period with over $10.9 million in the bank. It’s an impressive sum for a gubernatorial candidate, though not a national record.
Dem Senate candidates posted best online fundraising month in August
Democratic U.S. Senate candidates in competitive races put up their best online fundraising month in August, setting up for an expensive seven weeks until Election Day.
Mandela Barnes, John Fetterman and Val Demings were among the challengers who posted their best digital returns so far, according to a POLITICO analysis of the latest campaign finance filing from ActBlue, the main Democratic fundraising platform. Total federal fundraising via ActBlue was up nearly 40 percent in August compared to July.
Republicans are starting to realize their anti-abortion stance might lose them elections
Republican Senate candidate Ted Budd is a co-sponsor of the House version of Senator Lindsey Graham’s bill that would ban abortion after 15 weeks — but he didn’t want to talk about that onstage at a rally
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