by Pa Rock
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As I have mentioned in this space several times, I made small contributions of $7.77 each to seventeen political campaigns this season. All but one went to either first-time candidates for office or to candidates who were trying to move up to a higher office - and all were Democrats. I did support one incumbent whom I felt was struggling to hold onto her office against a strong Republican challenger. Now, three days after the election, five of those races are still in doubt - and of the other twelve, eight have been declared winners and four have lost.
The list of $7.77 club members who lost include North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp - the lone incumbent that I supported, as well as Paul Davis who ran for Congress in KS-02, Ammar Campa-Najjar who tried to unseat Congressman Duncan Hunter in California, and Beto O'Rourke who gave Texas Senator Ted Cruz the political race of his life.
The winners from the group included Senator-elect Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Governor-elect Laura Kelly of Kansas, and incoming Democratic Members of Congress including Sharice Davids of Kansas, Xochitl Torres Small of New Mexico, Angie Craig of Minnesota, Cindy Axne of Iowa, Lucy McBath of Georgia, and Antonio Delgado of New York (and the only male in that group of winners.)
The undecideds include Stacey Abrams who was running for governor of Georgia (although her opponent is claiming victory), Andrew Gillum (candidate for governor of Florida), Kyrsten Sinema (who has a slim lead in the race for Jeff Flake's Senate seat in Arizona), Gina Ortiz Jones (a candidate for a congressional seat in Texas), and Jared Golden (who is running against an incumbent Republican congressman in Maine.). Hopefully those will sort out quickly - and most, if not all, will slide into the Democratic column.
The profiles of Democrats who ran this week were amazing. Many were taking their first tentative steps into the political arena - and many of those were successful. Suddenly America is beginning to look younger and more diverse - and that is a very good look for us as a nation.
Serial Contributor
As I have mentioned in this space several times, I made small contributions of $7.77 each to seventeen political campaigns this season. All but one went to either first-time candidates for office or to candidates who were trying to move up to a higher office - and all were Democrats. I did support one incumbent whom I felt was struggling to hold onto her office against a strong Republican challenger. Now, three days after the election, five of those races are still in doubt - and of the other twelve, eight have been declared winners and four have lost.
The list of $7.77 club members who lost include North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp - the lone incumbent that I supported, as well as Paul Davis who ran for Congress in KS-02, Ammar Campa-Najjar who tried to unseat Congressman Duncan Hunter in California, and Beto O'Rourke who gave Texas Senator Ted Cruz the political race of his life.
The winners from the group included Senator-elect Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Governor-elect Laura Kelly of Kansas, and incoming Democratic Members of Congress including Sharice Davids of Kansas, Xochitl Torres Small of New Mexico, Angie Craig of Minnesota, Cindy Axne of Iowa, Lucy McBath of Georgia, and Antonio Delgado of New York (and the only male in that group of winners.)
The undecideds include Stacey Abrams who was running for governor of Georgia (although her opponent is claiming victory), Andrew Gillum (candidate for governor of Florida), Kyrsten Sinema (who has a slim lead in the race for Jeff Flake's Senate seat in Arizona), Gina Ortiz Jones (a candidate for a congressional seat in Texas), and Jared Golden (who is running against an incumbent Republican congressman in Maine.). Hopefully those will sort out quickly - and most, if not all, will slide into the Democratic column.
The profiles of Democrats who ran this week were amazing. Many were taking their first tentative steps into the political arena - and many of those were successful. Suddenly America is beginning to look younger and more diverse - and that is a very good look for us as a nation.
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