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Mississippi Senate- Sri Preston Kulkarni is working to help Mike Espy
Sri ran for congress in Texas CD 22 but lost. I am hoping that Sri runs in 2020. This was posted on facebook by Sri
Hi All,
On Tuesday, Mike Espy could be elected the first African-American US Senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction. He is the former US Secretary of Agriculture and US Congressman. Espy is a moderate Democrat who was within 1 point of his opponent on election day. (Tuesday is the runoff election). His opponent has said that we should make it harder for students to vote (because they will vote Democrat) and recently publicly complimented one of her supporters by saying that if he invited her to a public hanging she would "be in the front row." (Mississippi had the most lynchings of any state in the south.) If this feels like we are still fighting the Civil Rights battles of the 1960's, you are not alone.
With a runoff election the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, turnout for this will be low (on election day the total turnout was less than 900,000) so every phone call or text message will make a difference. A lot of folks (especially low income) can't be reached by phone, so in person door knocks are huge. (This isn't a persuasion activity. We literally just have to get people to show up, as many don't even know there's an election happening).
I am going to be flying into Jackson at 1:30pm on Friday, staying through Sunday night. (If anyone wants to drive back together, that would be great).
If you want to get to Jackson earlier than me, they start canvassing at 10am. The address is :
460 Briarwood Dr, Jackson, MS
Otherwise just give me a call when you arrive:
202-651-0892
If anyone wants to split an Air BnB, let me know.
See you in Mississippi!
On Tuesday, Mike Espy could be elected the first African-American US Senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction. He is the former US Secretary of Agriculture and US Congressman. Espy is a moderate Democrat who was within 1 point of his opponent on election day. (Tuesday is the runoff election). His opponent has said that we should make it harder for students to vote (because they will vote Democrat) and recently publicly complimented one of her supporters by saying that if he invited her to a public hanging she would "be in the front row." (Mississippi had the most lynchings of any state in the south.) If this feels like we are still fighting the Civil Rights battles of the 1960's, you are not alone.
With a runoff election the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, turnout for this will be low (on election day the total turnout was less than 900,000) so every phone call or text message will make a difference. A lot of folks (especially low income) can't be reached by phone, so in person door knocks are huge. (This isn't a persuasion activity. We literally just have to get people to show up, as many don't even know there's an election happening).
I am going to be flying into Jackson at 1:30pm on Friday, staying through Sunday night. (If anyone wants to drive back together, that would be great).
If you want to get to Jackson earlier than me, they start canvassing at 10am. The address is :
460 Briarwood Dr, Jackson, MS
Otherwise just give me a call when you arrive:
202-651-0892
If anyone wants to split an Air BnB, let me know.
See you in Mississippi!
I cannot go to Mississippi but I will make calls for Espy
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