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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFighting for the progressive cause got a little easier thanks to this Bernie Sanders affiliated grou
Cross posted in Bernie Sanders GroupFighting for the progressive cause got a little easier thanks to this Bernie Sanders-affiliated group
By Christine Mai-DucContact Reporter - Dec 9 2016
Vemont Sen. Bernie Sanders built a fiercely loyal California following during the election, regularly selling out events and packing his rallies with devoted supporters, some of whom trekked to other states on his behalf.
But when the former Democratic presidential candidates hopes for the nomination were dashed, Sanders and his allies worked to parlay some of that enthusiasm into electoral success elsewhere, hoping to advance progressive causes and candidates in one of the most liberal states in the nation.
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In the run-up to the November election, Our Revolution raised more than $1.3 million about 11% of that went to California races."
We were a newborn national organization fighting in 106 candidate races and 35 ballot initiatives, said Shannon Jackson, executive director of Our Revolution, which launched Aug. 24. We started out hitting the ground running and we had only 76 days until the general election.
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http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-our-revolution-bernie-sanders-california-20161209-story.html
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Joe941
(2,848 posts)1. Bernie for 2020!
think
(11,641 posts)6. Sounds good to me. Hopefully we can get more Democrats elected in the midterms in the mean time...
ananda
(28,831 posts)2. Our Revolution is great!
They contacted me about the city council
votes here in Austin.
think
(11,641 posts)5. Good to hear they are reaching people. Thank you!
murielm99
(30,712 posts)3. I will continue to work
within the Democratic Party, thank you. Sanders bad-mouthed my party for so many years that I cannot trust him.
think
(11,641 posts)4. Obama started a similar group. Might be more to your liking:
https://www.barackobama.com/about-ofa/
I prefer Sanders group as I've been involved with it already but have no problem with either of them...
I prefer Sanders group as I've been involved with it already but have no problem with either of them...
murielm99
(30,712 posts)7. Thank you. n/t