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RandySF

(58,794 posts)
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 06:48 PM Sep 2020

Top strategist: Florida House Victory doing little to help Democrats in battleground races

An email from a top Democratic strategist to his consulting colleagues has candidly revealed the dire status of the campaigns of several House Democratic incumbents and battleground district challengers.

Dylan Sumner, a partner at Deliver Strategies and one of the top vendors to Democratic candidates in Florida, emailed who he describes as “a group of FL consultants who all have some stake/interest/engagement in House Battleground races” a sparsely worded but stark assessment of the low investment by Florida House Victory in battleground districts.

“As you can see, it is the weakest of weak teas,” wrote Sumner, a media adverse, but highly respected operative.

“Unless [House Victory] quickly embarks on the greatest surge in financial support of House Dems over the next four weeks, the Dem. field is on a trajectory for the lowest amount of resources in targeted races in the modern political era.”

A spreadsheet shared with Sumner’s email shows a total of about $383,288 worth of party support provided to 22 battleground districts. Of that, $138,650 went to help seven incumbent Democrats, many of whom won by narrow margins in 2018.


https://floridapolitics.com/archives/365098-top-strategist-florida-house-victory-doing-little-to-help-democrats-in-battleground-races

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Top strategist: Florida House Victory doing little to help Democrats in battleground races (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2020 OP
I think Florida Act Blue has probably gotten most of the donations jimfields33 Sep 2020 #1
FL has the most disorganized and dysfunctional state Democratic Party. OrlandoDem2 Sep 2020 #2
I knew something was going on because Donna Shalala stopped sending regular emails Awsi Dooger Sep 2020 #3
I'm very involved with Florida Democratic politics on the local level mcar Sep 2020 #4

jimfields33

(15,787 posts)
1. I think Florida Act Blue has probably gotten most of the donations
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 06:52 PM
Sep 2020

This group is hard at work and will support all democratic elections in Florida. I know my democratic group is always discussing and getting donations from us.

OrlandoDem2

(2,065 posts)
2. FL has the most disorganized and dysfunctional state Democratic Party.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 07:18 PM
Sep 2020

This is an SOS to the national party!!

Imagine how Blue we could turn America if Florida could actually elect Democratic governors, senators, presidents (yes Obama won twice but he had a an absolute machine).

Imagine if we could have Democratic voice in the legislature. We haven’t helped set the agenda in 25 years. Freakin idiots run our party in FL!

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
3. I knew something was going on because Donna Shalala stopped sending regular emails
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 07:40 PM
Sep 2020

A month or two ago. She had been the only Democrat to contact me regularly since I moved back here in late 2008

mcar

(42,307 posts)
4. I'm very involved with Florida Democratic politics on the local level
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 07:45 PM
Sep 2020

I'm seeing a lot of support. We even have a FDP field coordinator in our small, very red county.

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