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Youngkin Is Shattering GOP Fundraising Records in Virginia

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In case we didn’t know before just how important the Virginia elections are, we only need to look at the nearly 7.5 million dollars Youngkin’s PAC raised in the past 3 months.  And that doesn’t even include the 2 million from a TikTok billionaire.

Republican mega-donors are out in force, and not just for the governor!  They are rescuing some of the R candidates for state Senate and the House of Delegates with their enormous donations.

Republican Megadonors Help Youngkin’s PAC Shatter fundraising records

TIME IS SHORT.  PEOPLE ARE VOTING.  LET’S DO THIS.

So let’s fight with what we’ve got here on Balloon Juice – our small dollar fundraising and political action, and our postcards.  Helping Virginia – one donation and one postcard at a time.

I don’t know who Chaz Nuttycombe is, but Virginia peeps seem to listen to him.  This is the good news:

With 30 Days Until VA Election Day 2023, Chaz Nuttycombe’s Latest Ratings Have Dems with 71% Chance of Senate Majority, 57% Chance of HoD Majority

Three races have just been designated as toss-ups in this last leg of the race, and two of them are the races we are funding!

The third race that he considers a toss-up isn’t as compelling (candidate-wise) as the two we are funding.  But there is another race that is “tilt” blue, which is a very soft blue, and that one is compelling.

So as soon as we hit $15,000 for our two awesome young black people who are running in toss-up races, we will think about helping to go for the “tilt blue” race, which is more compelling than the third toss-up  By then fundraising numbers will hopefully be out, too.

CAN WE GET TO $15,000 today?

  • We are currently at $10,901.
  • We still have $125 available on Patrick’s match. Angel match is complete!
  • That plus Patrick’s $500, would take us to about $11,500  takes us to $12,271!

Which means we are asking BJ peeps who can afford to donate to help us get the $3,500  $2,700  $2,500 that will get us to $15k today.

(Sorry, no more matching Angels in waiting, but we are so grateful for the ones we have had!)

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  2. 2.

    cain

    So I assume that Youngkin is going to be their white whale and lead them out of the darkness and there will be rainbows.

    I’m happy to donate to Youngkin’s opponent so we can eliminate him from the game board so the millionaires have to find something else.

    (it’s interesting to me that we used to talk about millionaires, now it’s all billionaires – our system has gone to shit)

  19. 19.

    r.c.

    long time reader here, but I never comment.  I donated to VA fund.   no desire to post my comment, but wanted credit if angel match.

    edited

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    @r.c.: Thank you so much for the donation!

    You don’t need to provide proof, so I deleted your personal information.

    I had to approve your comment manually because it was your first one, but next time you comment everyone will be able to see it right away.

  26. 26.

    WaterGirl

    @evodevo: Thank you!

    We really need Virginia to win this.  And if we win, to win as big as possible to take some of the shine off of Youngkin and his presidential aspirations.

  28. 28.

    Redshift

    @cain:

    I’m happy to donate to Youngkin’s opponent so we can eliminate him from the game board so the millionaires have to find something else.

    You have the right idea, but it’s a little more indirect. Youngkin is pulling in beaucoup bucks through his crony connections (he was a hedge fund guy before he ran for governor) to spend on GOP legislative candidates, who are the ones we’re opposing now. He wants to take both houses of the legislature to prove he has the chops to run for president, and so he can have a trifecta to implement awful policies to thrill the Trumpist base voters.

    So if we win, we prevent a lot of horrible things from happening in VA, and as a bonus, we crush Youngkin’s dreams (which is good for the country overall.)

  30. 30.

    Eolirin

    @WaterGirl: Moreover, because of how Virginia’s rules work, he can’t run again until he’s been out of office for at least one cycle. Incumbent governors aren’t allowed to run for a second term. (I know you know this, this is for anyone who doesn’t)

    He’s absolutely going to run for President in 2028 unless this cycle goes horribly for VA Republicans. So let’s make that happen.

  32. 32.

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

    I can’t canvass for VA this year (just found out that super achy knee isn’t an easy fix, but needs to be replaced), so I put in a little bigger donation than usual. I’ll probably keep dribbling in donations too. VA is my neighbor, I helped get Obama elected there in 2012, Terry McAuliffe governor in 2013, and I was so glad to see them go blue in 2017. 2021 was a heart-breaker and just has to be reversed.

  36. 36.

    WaterGirl

    @Eolirin: I am all for making this cycle go terribly for Republicans in Virginia.

    I want to win.  I mean, I really want to win.

    But assuming we can do that, I don’t just want to win, I WANT TO CRUSH THEM.

  46. 46.

    catclub

    @WaterGirl: ​
     

    The 7.5 million went to his PAC, and I’m sure he is handing that money out to VA House and Senate candidates like candy.

    If only we could get Trump to do their fundraising and distribution to candidates!

  56. 56.

    EarthWindFire

    In for $50. Chaz Nuttycombe is a good VA prognosticator but I’d really like to win this one by a couple of touchdowns. Glenn Youngkin unleashed scares the hell out of me.

  60. 60.

    WaterGirl

    @Alison Rose:

    And we’re there!

    Yay!  So thrilled that we made it to $15,000 today!

    Next goal is the $20k that’s in the thermometer.

    Looking today at all the info about the possible “tilt Dem” candidate addition.  I’ll have another post up in the morning with more information on where we’re going with that.

  65. 65.

    Bokonon

    @WaterGirl:

    2021 in Virginia was an own goal. Heart-breaking and soul-crushing.

    Virginia politics will do that to you.  I used to work on campaigns, organize canvassing, and try to make good things happen in Virginia.  And I experienced a lot of losing.  The early 1990’s were kind of a rough time.

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