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You are here: Home / Political Fundraising / Targeted Political Fundraising Fall 2022 / Within the Margin of Effort – 25 Pairs of Boots On the Ground in AZ

Within the Margin of Effort – 25 Pairs of Boots On the Ground in AZ

by WaterGirl|  October 31, 202211:06 am| 71 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Targeted Political Fundraising Fall 2022

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We did it!  We raised $27,000 for Worker Power in Arizona.  That funds 27 people on the ground in AZ for a week, 27 people knocking on doors to get out the vote.

We have a new anonymous Balloon Juice Angel – and another $1,000 Angel match!  

We are so close to raising the 3,677  2,917  $1,752  it would take to meet our goal of funding 25 pairs of boots on the ground in AZ, and there are no more Balloon Juice angels waiting in the wings.

Can we do this today?  

Here’s a link to an article about the Worker Action contribution in turning AZ blue in 2020.

For the remains $725 on the final match, up to $50 per person will be matched – if you post your amount in the comments. Even if you were already matched by another Balloon Juice angel, the clock resets with every new Angel match – so you can be matched again!

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The goal is to put 25 pairs of boots on the ground in AZ, and we are just over 25 already!

Boots on the ground:  we have funded 13  15   16   17  18  19  20  21   22  23  24  25 pairs of boots!

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Within the Margin of Effort – $2,917 Still Needed for 25 Pairs of Boots On the Ground in AZ 1

25 down, and we did it!

The cowboy boots (#18) are in honor of Avalie’s dad.  She said he’s a bright blue 81-year-old dot in a very red state!

Let’s win this!

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  1. 1.

    raven

    October 31, 2022 at 11:12 am

    In for a bit, I’m just back from the fishing trip and I slept for 10 hours!!!

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 11:13 am

    @raven: Thanks for the donation!  To be included in the match, we need to know  how much your bit was.  Otherwise, it still helps get us to the goal!

    How did Artie do?

  3. 3.

    oatler

    October 31, 2022 at 11:15 am

    Will be on the lookout for Yavapai County Liberty Bears.

  4. 4.

    Mike E

    October 31, 2022 at 11:19 am

    @raven: Catch anything? (Fish, I mean) 🙂

  5. 5.

    Madeleine

    October 31, 2022 at 11:19 am

    Just donated $50 for part of a boot.

  6. 6.

    greengoblin

    October 31, 2022 at 11:20 am

    I’m in for $50.00.

    Thank you BJ Angel for the match!

  7. 7.

    evap

    October 31, 2022 at 11:21 am

    Denoted $25

  8. 8.

    NotoriousJRT

    October 31, 2022 at 11:24 am

    $25

  9. 9.

    lowtechcyclist

    October 31, 2022 at 11:26 am

    In for $100.

  10. 10.

    Dmkingto

    October 31, 2022 at 11:28 am

    In for $50.

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 11:29 am

    @Madeleine:   @greengoblin:   @evap:   @NotoriousJRT:  @lowtechcyclist: @Dmkingto:

    Thank you!  Together, that’s $250 toward the $1,000 match, and even more for boots on the ground.

  12. 12.

    raven

    October 31, 2022 at 11:38 am

    @WaterGirl: Oh, $25.  She and her mommy did just fine. Every time I called my wife was hanging with her pals!

  13. 13.

    raven

    October 31, 2022 at 11:39 am

    @Mike E: Yea, mahi, black fin tuna, yellowtail and mutton snapper and a couple of big AJ’s. The taxman took half of one of the AJ’s and most of a big grouper.

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 11:42 am

    @raven: Oh, Artie wasn’t with you.  Sounds like everyone had a good time, at home and away.

  15. 15.

    Joy in FL

    October 31, 2022 at 11:52 am

    just donated $25 : )

  16. 16.

    Balconesfault

    October 31, 2022 at 11:55 am

    I’m in.

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 11:57 am

    @raven: @Joy in FL: @Balconesfault:   Thank you!

    That’s $300 toward the match.

  18. 18.

    rodwell

    October 31, 2022 at 12:01 pm

    I have donated $50.

  19. 19.

    Old School

    October 31, 2022 at 12:04 pm

    I’ve tossed in $50.  Let’s do this!

  20. 20.

    Haroldo

    October 31, 2022 at 12:07 pm

    Another $25

  21. 21.

    Joy in FL

    October 31, 2022 at 12:10 pm

    to the anonymous BJ Angel,  T H A N K  Y O U !

  22. 22.

    Hamlet of Melnibone

    October 31, 2022 at 12:15 pm

    In for $50

  23. 23.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 12:19 pm

    @rodwell:  @Old School:   @Haroldo:   @Hamlet of Melnibone:

    Thank you!  Together that’s $175 for the match!

    And we broke $22,000 so we get another pair!

    Within the Margin of Effort – A New Angel Match for Boots On the Ground in AZ 1

    Just 3 pairs to go!

  24. 24.

    mali muso

    October 31, 2022 at 12:21 pm

    In for $25!

  25. 25.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 12:28 pm

    @mali muso: Thank you!

    We are halfway through the $1,000 match.

    $2,917 until we reach the $25k goal!

  26. 26.

    Leslie

    October 31, 2022 at 12:30 pm

    In for $25. Thanks to the newest angel!

  27. 27.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 12:46 pm

    @Leslie: Thank you!  We are $525 toward the match.

    But I think someone just snuck in a $500 donation without saying a word so we are just $250 away from another pair of shoes!  Thank you, whoever you are.

  28. 28.

    Megamonkey

    October 31, 2022 at 12:55 pm

    In for $100!

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 12:57 pm

    @Megamonkey: Thank you Megamonkey!

    That’s $575 for the match, and even more for boots on the ground.

  30. 30.

    cain

    October 31, 2022 at 12:58 pm

    @raven: ​
     
    During your fishing trip? I hope you caught something, Mr. Snoozy !

  31. 31.

    patrick II

    October 31, 2022 at 1:04 pm

    I just kicked in $100. My little push on the big wheel.

  32. 32.

    raven

    October 31, 2022 at 1:04 pm

    @cain: repost

     

    Yea, mahi, black fin tuna, yellowtail and mutton snapper and a couple of big AJ’s. The taxman took half of one of the AJ’s and most of a big grouper.

    Reply

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 1:08 pm

    @patrick II: That’s $625 for the match but even more for boots!

    Thank you!

  34. 34.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 1:08 pm

    Just $17 more needed in order to add another pair of shoes!

  35. 35.

    Paul W.

    October 31, 2022 at 1:15 pm

    50 more for Lula, and because I got some good financial news this morning

  36. 36.

    frosty

    October 31, 2022 at 1:16 pm

    I’m in for another $25. I’ll email you a link for my old favorite pair of boots (if this one gets us to the next pair).

    ETA: Missed it by THAT much!!

  37. 37.

    Dagaetch

    October 31, 2022 at 1:16 pm

    I haven’t made many donations this cycle for various reasons (some good, some bad), but I’m in for $50 today. Gotta stand with the jackals.

  38. 38.

    West of the Cascades

    October 31, 2022 at 1:28 pm

    In for $50 – thank you for doing this! Now to make a few GOTV calls (mostly leaving messages about early voting locations and times).

  39. 39.

    Vickie Feminist

    October 31, 2022 at 1:33 pm

    In for $50.  Haven’t chosen my boot yet.

  40. 40.

    Rileys Enabler

    October 31, 2022 at 1:40 pm

    Donated $25

  41. 41.

    Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    October 31, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    Just donated another $50.

    Let’s go!

  42. 42.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    @Paul W.:   @frosty:   @Dagaetch:   @West of the Cascades:   @Vickie Feminist:   @Rileys Enabler:

    Wow, I got a phone call and came back to all of this!

    Thank you all.

  43. 43.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 1:45 pm

    Okay, that was $300 more in donations and we were at $625, so that’s $925!

    Just $75 more to make the $1,000 match, and $1,677 needed to put all 25 pairs of boots on the ground.

  44. 44.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 1:51 pm

    We broke the $23,000 barrier!

    Within the Margin of Effort – A New Angel Match for Boots On the Ground in AZ 7

  45. 45.

    Another Scott

    October 31, 2022 at 2:00 pm

    OpenThread – ICYMI, Elie Mystal has a thread on the college affirmative action arguments in the SCOTUS today. It’s crazy-making. :-(

    The first case is SFA v. North Carolina. This is the case against a public university, which Ketanji Brown Jackson is allowed to participate in.

    Already, you're going to hear a lot of white FedSoc people who are against Brown v. Board of Ed suddenly support it.

    — Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) October 31, 2022

    Grr…,
    Scott.

  46. 46.

    Professor Bigfoot

    October 31, 2022 at 2:16 pm

    In for a quarter centibuck.

  47. 47.

    frosty

    October 31, 2022 at 2:22 pm

    @Professor Bigfoot: Have you checked whether metric currency is accepted? //

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 2:24 pm

    @Professor Bigfoot: I never learned my centibucks and I don’t want to get this wrong.

  49. 49.

    randy khan

    October 31, 2022 at 2:25 pm

    Done – $100.

  50. 50.

    CaliLurker

    October 31, 2022 at 2:31 pm

    In for $25. Thank you all for your efforts.

  51. 51.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 2:39 pm

    @randy khan:    @CaliLurker:

    Okay, we are at $1,000 from our current anonymous donor!

    Look for the thermometer to jump any minute.

    As soon as that happens, I will add one more pair of boots, and then we will be down to just 1 more pair needed!

  52. 52.

    Professor Bigfoot

    October 31, 2022 at 2:44 pm

    @WaterGirl: lol, $25.

    I reckon I got too cute there by half. ;)

  53. 53.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 2:45 pm

    @Professor Bigfoot: Well you sent me to google :-) and it said a centibuck was $1,000 but that didn’t seem right so I thought I should just ask!

    Thank you for your quarter centibuck!

  54. 54.

    KSinMA

    October 31, 2022 at 2:47 pm

    In for $50.

  55. 55.

    skerry

    October 31, 2022 at 2:50 pm

    I just donated $50.

  56. 56.

    Mary C

    October 31, 2022 at 3:04 pm

    Hand wrote 60 GOTV letters to Arizona last week, so thanks, Balloon Juice Angel,  for the chance to double-down on that personal investment.  I chipped in $50 today.

  57. 57.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 3:07 pm

    @Professor Bigfoot:    @KSinMA:    @skerry:

    That’s $125 toward our final match of $1,000!

  58. 58.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 3:18 pm

    @Mary C: That’s a lot of letters!  Thank you for that and for your donation.

    That’s $175 toward the final $1,000 match.

  59. 59.

    hawwingo

    October 31, 2022 at 3:22 pm

    In for $25

  60. 60.

    sfinny

    October 31, 2022 at 3:28 pm

    Contributed $50.

  61. 61.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 3:30 pm

    @sfinny: Thank you!

    We are up to $225.

  62. 62.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 3:31 pm

    We just hit $24,000, so we get another set of boots.

    Within the Margin of Effort – $1,752 Still Needed for 25 Pairs of Boots On the Ground in AZ

  63. 63.

    buggrit

    October 31, 2022 at 3:34 pm

    In for $50.

  64. 64.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 3:38 pm

    @buggrit: Thank you, that’s $275 toward the match!

  65. 65.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 4:02 pm

    We just hit $25,100!  But we still have $725 left on the final $1,000 match and the donor is willing to keep going for the whole $1,000!

    If you’re up for it, and you want to match the $725 that is left, we can get to 27 pairs of boots on the ground for AZ.

    For this final $725, we can match donations up to $250.

  66. 66.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 4:04 pm

    We hit $25,000, so we get another pair of boots!

    Within the Margin of Effort – $2,917 Still Needed for 25 Pairs of Boots On the Ground in AZ 1

  67. 67.

    NotMax

    October 31, 2022 at 4:12 pm

    @raven

    I slept for 10 hours!!!

    Color me jealous.

  68. 68.

    RevRick

    October 31, 2022 at 9:36 pm

    Added $250

  69. 69.

    VFX Lurker

    October 31, 2022 at 10:17 pm

    In for $50!

  70. 70.

    WaterGirl

    October 31, 2022 at 10:21 pm

    @NotMax:  @VFX Lurker:   Thank you!  I think we’re gonna make it to $27,000 when the final angel adds his match to the thermometer.

  71. 71.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    October 31, 2022 at 10:55 pm

    In for $25

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