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You are here: Home / Political Fundraising / Political Fundraising 2021-22 / Nevada, Here We Come!

Nevada, Here We Come!

by WaterGirl|  August 16, 202210:34 am| 103 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Political Fundraising 2021-22

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Update at 7:00 pm Eastern time:

 Angel matches 1-3 are complete!  Another Balloon Juice Angel has appeared, and we’ll start that one in the morning.  Thanks to all who donated today or encouraged others.

Update at 2:30  Eastern time:

Almost Retired has offered to be a Balloon Juice angel for $250, and will match up to $25 per person.

Update at 12:30 Eastern time:

Well, we blew through Angel match #1 and we have just $256 left on the Angel match #2!

After that, we are back to the double-match from Four Directions.

At that point, you can multiply donations up to $50 by 3. 

Four Directions found us a double-match, and two Balloon Juice Angels have already come forward with $1,000 angel matches.  Angel matches are complete!

On Wisconsin!

We will start out with angel matches up to $50 per person.  So $50 from you gets matched by a BJ angel and becomes $100, and that gets double-matched and turns into $300.

So, up to $50, thanks to our two BJ Angels, for now your donation gets multiplied by 6!

Your donation gets double-matched by Four Directions, so for now your donation gets multiplied by 3.

  • $50 from you becomes $300 for Nevada.
  • $25 from you becomes $150 for Nevada.
  • $15 from you becomes $90 for Nevada.
  • $100 from you (where the first $50 is angel matched) becomes $450 for Nevada

Let’s see what we can do to bring Nevada home for the Democrats and help give a voice to Native people!

Let’s win in 2022 and build a firewall for 2024 by keeping out the crazies running for office in Nevada who want to override the will of the voters.

Also, mark your calendars for this Thursday, 8/18 at 7:30 to zoom with Voces de la Frontera.  No fundraising peeps this time – just the folks on the ground who can give us the scoop in their neck of the woods.

Fabi, Political Director, Voces de la Frontera Action
Yasmin, Canvass Manager
Minerva, Relational Voter Program Coordinator, Milwaukee
Jose, RVP Coordinator, Racine

I am looking forward to this.  Send me an email if you would like the zoom link.




  
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103Comments

  1. 1.

    David Fud

    August 16, 2022 at 10:37 am

    In for $50.

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 10:39 am

    @David Fud: I think you mean $300. :-)

  3. 3.

    phdesmond

    August 16, 2022 at 10:41 am

    ditto.

  4. 4.

    Curtis

    August 16, 2022 at 10:42 am

    Chipped in a quick $15 (or 90).

  5. 5.

    KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))

    August 16, 2022 at 10:46 am

    I did $50 too.

  6. 6.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    August 16, 2022 at 10:48 am

    $100 – what a great way to celebrate this uniquely consequential August we’ve been having!

  7. 7.

    KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))

    August 16, 2022 at 10:48 am

    I love when my money multiplies this way! $50 turns into $300!

  8. 8.

    Kropacetic

    August 16, 2022 at 10:49 am

    Smartest $50 I spent all week.

  9. 9.

    lowtechcyclist

    August 16, 2022 at 10:51 am

    In for $50 of my own money, x 6 = $300.

  10. 10.

    Marmot

    August 16, 2022 at 10:53 am

    That’s a good deal for $50! I’m in.

  11. 11.

    lowtechcyclist

    August 16, 2022 at 10:58 am

    The fifth thread to squish Betty C’s squishable thread in just over three hours!

  12. 12.

    Jesse

    August 16, 2022 at 11:00 am

    Just chipped in $50.

  13. 13.

    kitfoxer

    August 16, 2022 at 11:04 am

    I’m in for $50!

  14. 14.

    Ha Nguyen

    August 16, 2022 at 11:05 am

    Just gave $100.

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 11:06 am

    @David Fud: @phdesmond: @Curtis: @KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager)): @Formerly disgruntled in Oregon @Kropacetic: @lowtechcyclist: @Marmot:

    Thank you so much!

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 11:08 am

    @Jesse: @kitfoxer: @Ha Nguyen:

    That’s over a thousand dollars from the 3 of you!  thank you.

    *that’s what Four Directions will get with all the matches.

  17. 17.

    randal sexton

    August 16, 2022 at 11:08 am

    In for fitty.

  18. 18.

    evap

    August 16, 2022 at 11:10 am

    I’m in for $100!

  19. 19.

    MazeDancer

    August 16, 2022 at 11:13 am

    In for $10. Tweeted out a link. Figured we would welcome stranger’s money. If any show, maybe they’ll stay a while. New friends.

    As I said tweet, donating to 4D feels like guaranteeing new Dem Voters.

  20. 20.

    Redshift

    August 16, 2022 at 11:14 am

    In for $50/300!

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 11:17 am

    @lowtechcyclist:

    Squishable is Betty’s very nice shorthand for “I know Anne Laurie usually has a post up in this time slot but there isn’t one, so I am putting my post up now… but Anne Laurie don’t let that hold you back if you show up after my squishable post has gone up.”

  22. 22.

    Auntie Anne

    August 16, 2022 at 11:19 am

    In for 15/90.

  23. 23.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 11:19 am

    @randal sexton: @evap: @MazeDancer: @Redshift:

    Just 4 people and we are over a *thousand again!  thank you so much

    *that’s what Four Directions will get with all the matches.

  24. 24.

    Heidi Mom

    August 16, 2022 at 11:20 am

    In for $50.  The math compels me.

  25. 25.

    HinTN

    August 16, 2022 at 11:20 am

    @WaterGirl: Did I understand correctly from the zoom last week that 4 Directions are limited to federal campaigns (House, Senate, Prez) and that state races are only indirectly affected because GOTV gets folks to the polls?

  26. 26.

    eachother

    August 16, 2022 at 11:24 am

    In for a Benjamin.

  27. 27.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 16, 2022 at 11:24 am

    Just put in $25. I love that it magically becomes $150. Thanks to the various angels for the matches!

  28. 28.

    Mrs Ragbag

    August 16, 2022 at 11:26 am

    In for $100.

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 11:27 am

    @HinTN: I think they limit their candidate forums to federal races.

    Just like all the organizations we have funded, Four Directions doesn’t say “vote Democratic” or “vote for this candidate”.

    They hold candidate forums so folks can see for themselves who is with them and who is against them, so to speak.  Plus, anyone who is paying attention can see who wants to make their lives better and who could care less (at best) and who actually wants to take things away from them (at worst).

    They do encourage everyone to vote up and down the ticket.

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 11:29 am

    @Auntie Anne: @Heidi Mom: @eachother: @SiubhanDuinne: @Mrs Ragbag:

    And this group is nearly at $1,500!  thank you all

  31. 31.

    RaflW

    August 16, 2022 at 11:30 am

    In for $50!

    The polling news for Cortez Masto looked good, but still a very thin margin.

  32. 32.

    Old School

    August 16, 2022 at 11:32 am

    I’ve added $50 to the pot.

  33. 33.

    Van Buren

    August 16, 2022 at 11:34 am

    In for 25/150 as I sit in the dentist waiting room

    See, men CAN multitask!

  34. 34.

    laura

    August 16, 2022 at 11:34 am

    In for $50.

  35. 35.

    Barbara

    August 16, 2022 at 11:37 am

    I donated $50.

  36. 36.

    Wolvesvalley

    August 16, 2022 at 11:41 am

    I was going to hold off on contributions until I got a chance to total up how much I had given to various causes and candidates since the beginning of the year, but I couldn’t resist adding $50 to this effort. Four Directions does great work!

  37. 37.

    lashonharangue

    August 16, 2022 at 11:48 am

    I donated $50.

  38. 38.

    Alice

    August 16, 2022 at 11:53 am

    Huge thanks from this Nevadan to WaterGirl for putting this together and all the contributors.

    $50 from me, too.

  39. 39.

    HinTN

    August 16, 2022 at 11:54 am

    @WaterGirl: That “candidate forums” nuance completes the picture. Thanks.

  40. 40.

    Yutsano

    August 16, 2022 at 11:55 am

    Hmm…comment disappeared into the æther*?

    *Modern English spelling is soooooo boring!

  41. 41.

    CorgiMom

    August 16, 2022 at 11:56 am

    I contributed $50 –> $300. So grateful for the generous matches.

  42. 42.

    SuzieC

    August 16, 2022 at 12:04 pm

    In for 50.

  43. 43.

    TEL

    August 16, 2022 at 12:06 pm

    I’m in for $50!

  44. 44.

    JeanneT

    August 16, 2022 at 12:07 pm

    $25 from me for now, maybe more later after I check my bank accounts: the money’s been rolling out for so many campaigns…..

  45. 45.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:09 pm

    @Van Buren: That made me laugh!

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:10 pm

    @Alice: I wondered if we had any Nevada peeps on Bj.  I wasn’t aware of any, so yay!

  47. 47.

    kalakal

    August 16, 2022 at 12:11 pm

    $25 from me

  48. 48.

    Joy in FL

    August 16, 2022 at 12:11 pm

    $24 from me : )

  49. 49.

    kindness

    August 16, 2022 at 12:11 pm

    Thank you for this post.  While I live in CA I have lots of friends in Nevada and (all to commonly) the Republican Party in Nevada has gone Confederate.  Happy to donate.  It’s both a good cause and enlightened self interest since Nevada is less than 100 miles away from me.

  50. 50.

    Immanentize

    August 16, 2022 at 12:11 pm

    @eachother: It is ALL about the Benjamin’s!

    I’m in — well in a few minutes, gotta get a proper computer

  51. 51.

    WendyBinFL

    August 16, 2022 at 12:12 pm

    Hooray for Balloon Juice, and great thanks to WaterGirl for organizing this! $50 here!

  52. 52.

    dkinPa

    August 16, 2022 at 12:13 pm

    Just put in $20.  Love how it multiplies!  Thanks, WaterGirl!

  53. 53.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:14 pm

    @Yutsano: Not in Spam, Trash, or Moderation.  🤷‍♀️

  54. 54.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:15 pm

    @Joy in FL: Rebel! :-)

  55. 55.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:16 pm

    @kindness: If you want your donation to be Angel matched, I need to know the amount.

  56. 56.

    StringOnAStick

    August 16, 2022 at 12:17 pm

    In for $25.  Now off to Labor in the hot sun.

  57. 57.

    Kent

    August 16, 2022 at 12:17 pm

    I’m all for keeping Nevada blue, but this cycle I’m keeping my spending closer to home and donating (and volunteering for) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez here in the WA-3rd who has a chance of flipping this House District blue now that Jaime Herrera Beutler was upset in the primary by a raving MAGA Q-anon lunatic.

    The WA-3rd is shamefully the last congressional district touching the Pacific Ocean (south of Alaska) that is still red.    It will be an uphill battle to flip but not an absurdly futile effort like trying to defeat McConnell in Kentucky.

    The district is GOP+5.  About half the district is close-in Portland suburbs of Vancouver, Camas, and other nearby towns that are blue and purple.  The other half the district is all the rural areas and mill towns running up I-5 towards Olympia that are jam packed with “white working class” MAGA hordes and are as red as Wyoming or Idaho.  The blue/purple parts of the district are growing fast and the red parts are not. But it is sort of like Texas in that it should flip blue at some point but never quite seems to get there this cycle.

  58. 58.

    Westyny

    August 16, 2022 at 12:18 pm

    In for $50.  Thanks for this, WaterGirl.

  59. 59.

    rodwell

    August 16, 2022 at 12:19 pm

    Just donate $50, we need to expand the Senate.

  60. 60.

    rockstar

    August 16, 2022 at 12:20 pm

    In for $25, thanks Watergirl, you rock!!

  61. 61.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:21 pm

    Holy cow!  While I was putting together the cheese enchiladas for lunch, over $4,000 went to Four Directions (if you include all the matches!)

    That’s 17 people, from RaflW at #31 to dkinPa at #52.

    Thank you all!

  62. 62.

    realbtl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:21 pm

    How can I turn down 4 for 1, in for $50.

  63. 63.

    Mo Salad

    August 16, 2022 at 12:22 pm

    $50. Also just dropped $275 in a DCFC game kit auction benefiting Special Olympics for my girlfriend’s favorite player, goalie Nate Steinwascher.

    Expensive lunch, and I didn’t even get to leave the office.

  64. 64.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:26 pm

    @Mo Salad: hahaha

  65. 65.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:28 pm

    Well, we blew through Angel match #1 and we have just $256 left on the Angel match #2!

    After that, we are back to the double-match from Four Directions.

    At that point, you can multiply donations up to $50 by 3. 

  66. 66.

    H.E.Wolf

    August 16, 2022 at 12:28 pm

    Three cheers for all the donors thus far, and standing ovation for the 2 angel donors and for WaterGirl, our fundraising organizer extraordinaire!

  67. 67.

    delphinium

    August 16, 2022 at 12:29 pm

    In for $50 as well.

  68. 68.

    Xentik

    August 16, 2022 at 12:29 pm

    Count me in for $50

  69. 69.

    billcinsd

    August 16, 2022 at 12:33 pm

    @realbtl: especially as it’s 6 to 1

  70. 70.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:34 pm

    That’s $2,000 in the last few minutes, starting with StringOnAStick at #56 and ending with Xentik at #68!

    Just $156 left of Angel match #2.

  71. 71.

    Isua

    August 16, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    Okay, in for $25.

  72. 72.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:47 pm

    @Isua: Thank you!

  73. 73.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 12:47 pm

    just $131 left on Angel match #2.

    Off to eat my enchiladas, back soon.

  74. 74.

    mittt

    August 16, 2022 at 12:48 pm

    Donated $50. Thank you WaterGirl and everyone.

  75. 75.

    Lyrebird

    August 16, 2022 at 12:52 pm

    Put in $18.

    L’Chaim!  ANd thanks WG for all you do!

    ETA: Buen provecho!!

  76. 76.

    Toes in the Sand

    August 16, 2022 at 1:13 pm

    I’m in for $25.00     Thank you to everyone who made this happen.

  77. 77.

    WhatsMyNym

    August 16, 2022 at 1:18 pm

    In for $50

    ETA: nym should be WhatsMyNym

  78. 78.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 1:19 pm

    @mittt: @Lyrebird: @Toes in the Sand:   Thank you!

  79. 79.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 1:20 pm

    $38 left on the angel match.

  80. 80.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 1:21 pm

    @mittt: Not sure whether this is your first comment or if you added an extra “t” to an existing nym.

    So I will say “Welcome!” just in case.

  81. 81.

    WhatsMyNym

    August 16, 2022 at 1:22 pm

    deleted

  82. 82.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 1:25 pm

    @WhatsMyNym: Fixed your nym and approved your comment.

    Thank you!

  83. 83.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 1:26 pm

    Angel Matches are complete!

    So we are back to 3x your donation of any amount up to $50.

  84. 84.

    Haroldo

    August 16, 2022 at 1:28 pm

    In for a tardy $25.

  85. 85.

    Paul W.

    August 16, 2022 at 1:31 pm

    I didn’t read the instructions, so I donated $100. Enjoy the extra on the way to smashing our goal!

  86. 86.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    @Paul W.: Much appreciated!

  87. 87.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 1:44 pm

    @Haroldo: That’s still $75 to Four Directions Nevada!  It’s just not $150.

    We are out of Balloon Juice Angels at the moment, but you never know when an angel will step forward.

  88. 88.

    dc

    August 16, 2022 at 1:49 pm

    I dontated $25.00 earlier. I forgot to comment here.

  89. 89.

    pat

    August 16, 2022 at 1:59 pm

    I put in $100 when it first went up.  Did not realize I had to admit it here!

    Now I might as well do the same for the chef!

  90. 90.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 2:05 pm

    @dc: @pat:

    If another Balloon Juice angel comes forward, maybe we can get yours matched there.

  91. 91.

    Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    August 16, 2022 at 2:13 pm

    I just put in $50 for NV

  92. 92.

    Almost Retired

    August 16, 2022 at 2:14 pm

    OK, I’ll be a “mini-angel” (or, perhaps more accurately, a somewhat cheap angel), with a match for each donation up to $25 with a cap of $250.  Math is involved, so I’ll step back and let WaterGirl sort all of this out (liberal arts major…)

  93. 93.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 2:44 pm

    Almost Retired has offered to be a Balloon Juice angel for $250, and will match up to $25 per person.

    $250 of angel #3 matching funds are available.

  94. 94.

    Raoul Paste

    August 16, 2022 at 2:46 pm

    In for $50

  95. 95.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 2:58 pm

    @Raoul Paste: Thank you.

    That’s $225 for Nevada!

  96. 96.

    Chris

    August 16, 2022 at 3:43 pm

    In for $50. No idea how much it gets matched but well worth it however much it is. Well done all!

  97. 97.

    sixthdoctor

    August 16, 2022 at 4:20 pm

    Donated $25.

  98. 98.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 4:33 pm

    @Chris: It’s $225!

  99. 99.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 4:33 pm

    @sixthdoctor: That’s $150 for Nevada!

  100. 100.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 4:35 pm

    Just $38 left on the $250 match of donations up to $25!

  101. 101.

    la caterina

    August 16, 2022 at 5:55 pm

    In for $250.  Sorry I missed the matches!  Let’s go Nevada!

  102. 102.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 6:49 pm

    @la caterina: Thank you!

  103. 103.

    WaterGirl

    August 16, 2022 at 6:59 pm

    Angel matches 1-3 are complete!  Another Balloon Juice Angel has appeared, and we’ll start that one in the morning.  Thanks to all who donated today or encouraged others!

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