3/13/2023 0 Comments Vermont midterm elections![]() Pod Save America Interview with Senator Amy KloburcharĮzra Klein Podcast: “Republicans Are Setting Off a ‘Doom Loop’ for Democracy” Political Scientists in Support of the For the People Act Check out all of the actions YOU can take on the website: make calls, text, spread the word on social media! If you haven’t called Senator Leahy’s office, DO IT NOW! We need his voice to be strong. The fight for voting reform is not over. We’re not done! Negotiations are happening. Small amounts build up over time and these funds are greatly appreciated. This money is a miracle coming at a time when our main source of fundraising, our MCDC Resource Guide, was cancelled last year because of the COVID pandemic.” “In June we received various amounts of funds from ActBlue that were marked “VT for NEPA!” A little research found that a group in Vermont, Lean Left Vermont, was raising money for 4 counties in NEPA and dividing it 4 ways for the month. Or contribute through your Giving Circle! Lean Left is proud to make them our August beneficiary. Two House of Delegate candidates, Wendy Gooditis (HD 10) and Debra Gardner (HD 27) will help keep Virginia blue. Let’s keep this momentum going and keep Virginia blue. In the words of Tram Nguyen, founder of the New VA Majority, “Virginia has created generational change in 18 months and while other states have turned away from democracy, we are rushing towards it at full speed.” Virginia is the model for why states matter. What happens in Virginia this November is critical for the 2022 Midterms. Andrea lays out the state of the 2021 elections as she discusses candidates, the electorate, and CFCG resources at play. Visit our Virginia page for more background and watch Road to the Midterms: Virginia featuring Andrea Miller, founding member of Reclaim Our Vote/Center for Common Ground. Write postcards with Reclaim Our Vote.Phone banking is the most effective remote action you can do. If want to make calls on your own, email us and we’ll give you all the information you need. Join activists, just like you, every Wednesday evening to make calls for our Sister District candidates.Please donate generously to our August Beneficiaries, two superb House of Delegates candidates.Republicans, on the other hand, say they are seeing flickers of promise.” We can’t afford to wobble in Virginia “Joe Biden swept Virginia on Tuesday with a comfortable nine-point margin, exceeding the performance of Democratic contenders before him. Despite that win, some Democrats in Virginia now worry that narrow congressional victories and a failed attempt to flip a House seat reveal the “blue wave” that gave their party power during the Trump era could possibly have stalled. From the DCist (November 2020):ĭemocrats See Blue Wave Wobble While Republicans Spy Hope The three statewide offices and the House of Delegates, all currently held by Democrats, are up for election in 2021. That doesn’t, however, make Virginia a safe blue state. Thanks to the blue trifecta that Democrats obtained in 2019, Virginia now has some of the most voter-friendly laws in the country. We have to continue pressuring Congress, but we also have to work on the state level. Passage of the For the People Act is important, but it does not guarantee electoral victory and if it fails, we are not doomed. KEEP SCROLLING DOWN TO FIND ALL THE INFORMATION! Monthly Newsletter Monday, August 2, 2021
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