I’m sure you’ve all heard of Jasmine Lipscomb. The Democrat who stepped up to run in Virginia’s 49th HD, only to have barriers thrown up to block her by the local party. As it stands now, there is a Republican running unopposed in the district because Jasmine didn’t stand on one foot, wearing the right shade of pink, juggling bags of coins, long enough, or whatever.
There have been at least 10 different diaries written about it here on Daily Kos, by 6 different authors.
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This story has been covered by 4 different newspapers.
One big point made by our own Brainwrap is that this is a potentially winnable district:
It’s not too late to do something to help Jasmine get on the ballot.
You can make phone calls and you can email people. We have until the 26th.
Telephone: 804-644-1966
Call and ask for these people:
SUSAN SWECKER, CHAIRWOMAN... chair@vademocrats.org
SHYAM RAMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR… SRAMAN@VADEMOCRATS.ORG
LIAM WATSON, PRESS SECRETARY… LIAM@VADEMOCRATS.ORG
OLIVIA RAPPE, OPERATIONS DIRECTOR… OLIVIA@VADEMOCRATS.ORG
JACK FOLEY, POLITICAL DIRECTOR… JACK@VADEMOCRATS.ORG
Patricia Harper-Tunley ... lunenburgdems@gmail.com
Some people in the comment section have suggested going higher up the food chain:
VA Sen. Kaine telephone #s: D.C. office at 202-224-4024 — Richmond 804-771-2221.
VA Sen. Warner telephone #s: DC 202-224-2023 — Richmond 804-775-2314.
If you look at The Democratic Party’s web page, you’ll see:
We are the Democratic Party.
We’re fighting for a brighter, more equal future: rolling up our sleeves and organizing everywhere to build a better America for all.
and...
Together, we’ll elect Democrats up and down the ballot.
and…
Let’s elect Democrats across the country.
I don't think it would hurt to tell these guys that their plan is not happening in VA, but it could be.
Contact = (202) 863-8000
email = democrats.org/… but you have you give up a lot of private info to send an email