@Ksali alerted me to this hidden gem running against Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Arkansas Governor. Democrat@JonesForAR's ad is inspiring to watch: https://t.co/SevdVC9j1U
Trump's WH Spokesperson Huckabee-Sanders made lying a thing. If the Arkansas voters are allowed to vote, then Jones has a great chance to lead that state.
@kksali alerted me to this hidden gem running against Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Arkansas Governor. Democrat@JonesForAR's ad is inspiring to watch: https://t.co/SevdVC9j1U
Trump's WH Spokesperson Huckabee-Sanders made lying a thing. If the Arkansas voters are allowed to vote, then Jones has a great chance to lead that state.
The Virginia Governor’s race is coming up on November 2 of this year. And I’m nervous about it.
Gov. Ralph Northam is not allowed to run for a second consecutive term, so former governor Terry McAuliffe is running again for the Democrats. The Republican candidate, Glenn Youngkin, is the former CEO of a huge private equity corporation and has no political baggage like McAuliffe. Youngkin is a bazillionaire plus he’s generating significant Rep backing. On the stump and in TV ads, Youngkin looks and sounds good, generally presenting himself as an upbeat, Ronald Reagan-style Republican who wants to make Virginia a better place to raise a family and run a business. He's also made “election integrity” a top issue in his campaign. (We know what that means.) He’s trying to sound like Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, except Hogan is quite moderate and has been outspoken and consistently critical of the former President. Youngkin is none of those things. He is fundamentally right-wing and has been endorsed by the 45th, although he tried to distance himself somewhat from T’s endorsement. Youngkin has a polished yet friendly and approachable public speaking style, and unless people educate themselves to his history and platform, he might fool some Independents and moderate Democrats.
I'd be curious to know if anyone gets a read on the Virginia race.
Does anyone have a vibe on Gavin Newsom's future in the Recall Election?
@bluebelle Oh thank you for picking up on that. Have been a little unnerved lately about where this was headed.
@theungamer I can’t even explain it, but that’s my gut feeling. And it just came to me recently that Newsom will get through this. I can be wrong, but I’m not a resident of California and don’t think about California politics in general, so it was surprising to get that insight. When I’m surprised by my intuition, I tend to pay attention.
@bluebelle I have faith in your gut feelings. Several of those helped me sleep through the night during the Nov election. Our governor has done some dumb stuff, but nothing that merits a recall.
@deetoo Thanks for laying out the race. I get good cards for the democrat, MaCauliffe. :-)
People can help disenfranchised voters get to the polls in Virginia using Vote Forward.org. where you sign up to write letters and they show you how and give you the voters names and tell you what to write. You adopt a voter to guide through the election so they can get absentee ballots or get registered and vote on time and in the right place.
The Virginia election is their current campaign. https://votefwd.org/campaigns
You can become an organizer and get your friends to help you write letters, even have writing parties. Or you can find someone local who is organizing people. Or just write letters by yourself or with a partner.
I wrote about 150 postcards for a woman in our town who I found via the town Democratic committee. She got about 20,000 postcards sent for the last presidential election as well as some of the Senate races. It was fun! I did it while watching tv. Like knitting.
@theungamer