Political Note #273 Harold (Howie) Hayes PA HD 18
Can Democrats in Pennsylvania flip the House? And what would happen if they did?
Political Note #268 Roy Cooper Governor North Carolina
Look at the recent Daily Bits on the website. What Iowa can do to keep its caucus first, A Democratic candidate for US Senate at work Political Note #268 Roy Cooper Governor North Carolina 2020 General Election North Carolina can be the next Virginia. In 2017, Virginia elected Democrats as Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General and almost achieved a majority in the House of Delegates. In 2019, Virginia elected enough Democrats to the House of Delegates so they had a majority; enough Democrats to the State Senate so that body had a majority, too. North Carolina currently has a…
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Monthly Summary — January 2020
January special elections. If they are a sign of what's coming, what's coming is not great.
Political Note #263 Brandy Chambers TX HD 112
Look at the recent Daily Bits on the website. Flip those state legislatures, This is what change looks like. Political Note #263 Brandy Chambers TX HD 112 2020 General Election Help Texans change Texas. Help Texans flip the Texas House of Representatives. Pundits have predicted change in Texas for a while. In 2018, Beto O’Rourke came close. He almost flipped a US Senate seat. While he was at it, Texas Democrats flipped a dozen seats in the Texas House of Representatives. Nine more and Texas would have a Democratic House of Representatives. Texas Democrats would have the capacity to exercise…
Political Note #261 Rebecca Holcombe Vermont Governor
Rebecca Holcombe has chosen to campaign against one of the most popular governors in the country. Are there reasons to support her candidacy? The most important reason, though, is the entire country is served every time someone with integrity is elected as governor, every time an intelligent, imaginative leader is elected as governor.
Political Note #255 Nicole Galloway Missouri Governor
Look at the recent Daily Bits on the website. Super delegates. President Whack a Mole. 2020 General Election “Politics ain’t beanbag.” Not in Missouri. Nicole Galloway https://nicolegalloway.com/ is Missouri’s State Auditor. She is running for Governor. Missouri’s politics of the last few years provides a context for her current job and her candidacy. She became State Auditor after the previous elected State Auditor, Tom Schweich, committed suicide during his campaign for Governor. A Republican, the reports were that he was distressed by a “whispering campaign” claiming that he was Jewish. An Episcopalian, he did, apparently, have a Jewish paternal grandfather.…
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Political Note #234 Turning Virginia Blue: House of Delegates and State Senate
These candidates are recommended by Daily Kos. They are crucial, Republican held seats Democrats can flip. Give them some money if you can. If you are close enough to volunteer, consider helping. Remember. This election is in November, 2019.
Political Note #231 Heather French Henry KY Secretary of State
Heather French Henry has had a twenty year commitment to veterans. So she has. Her father was a marine. He was disabled in Vietnam. Concern for veterans was her theme as Miss America. She took it seriously. The late Senator Paul Wellstone and the late Congressman Lane efforts honored her efforts to support homeless veterans by naming their proposal the Heather French Henry Homeless Veterans Assistance Act. If Paul Wellstone could take Heather French Henry, you can too