Fighting for the progressive cause got a little easier thanks to this Bernie Sanders affiliated grou

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Fighting 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 candidate’s 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.”

Read more:
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-our-revolution-bernie-sanders-california-20161209-story.html

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1. Yup, can't afford much but have given and plan more

in the future.