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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlease keep this Special Election information in mind.
Please also do everything you can to ensure that the Dem candidates win.
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Congress_elections,_2018
Xavier Becerra's seat (CA-34) is open because Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to be the CA AG. http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gov-brown-taps-california-s-rep-1480609606-htmlstory.html
Every other seat is currently an R-held seat. With some hard work, dedication and $$$, Dems could conceivably win SIX seats (five in the House and one in the Senate), for a net gain of FIVE. What a message THAT would send ... and some GOPers might actually "get" it even though Trump NEVER will.
This is NOT the time for negative thinking. Now more than even is the time for action.
aikoaiko
(34,169 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)with seats like you describe plus states that have gubernatorial elections in 2017 (NJ & VA) along with some state legislative elections and/or other types of state/local elections.
BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)Good going!
Ligyron
(7,632 posts)Make the country a Christian Theocracy among other things.
wincest
(117 posts)is this the special elections you were referring to? https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Congress_elections,_2018
BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)It works for me. But if the one you posted works better for you, please use it, by all means!
BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)I tried it again and you are absolutely right. Thank you for letting me know!
Fixing it now.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)Is seeing an amazing level of support for Jon Ossoff.
BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)I am doing what I can to help, but I can't vote in his district. Unfortunately.
Rob Quist is also leading in MT so far. http://mtcowgirl.com/2017/03/23/rob-quist-leads-in-2nd-straight-poll-gianforte-missing/ But Gianforte has the ability to outspend him, so it will really depend on the connections that Rob has made over the years.
From the link:
His opponent, Greg Gianforte is the opposite of him in every way. A candidate who does not know where he stands from day to day.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)It decides who controls the chamber.
BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)Here are some to watch: https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_elections,_2017
Here's another quick checklist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_2017
We literally cannot keep doing what we have been doing, e.g., waking up ONLY to Presidential elections ONCE every four years.
We must always run a 50-state campaign for President. But to do that, we must pay attention to what is happening at ALL levels every single year. To do that, we must nurture state networks just as Howard Dean did in 2006 and 2008, but that no one has done in the same way since.