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I just received an email message from an Angel offering a $1k Angel match for WI and a $1k Angel match for PA. (Sorry, OH!)
Matching up to $100 per person per thermometer. To be matched, ell us about your donation in a comment or by email to WaterGirl
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New Angel Matches for Wisconsin and Pennsylvania State RacesPost + Comments (45)
Barring unforeseen circumstances, I would guess that Friday will be the last day we can donate to candidates and expect that it could have an impact on Nov 5. So including today, we essentially have 4 days left to help our candidates in the sidebar. At that point, no matter what the totals, we’ll be done with that phase and the candidate thermometers will come down. No commitments were made, so it’s not the end of the world if we don’t meet those goals – I just figured that $5k was a meaningful amount for the House Races and that $2k was a meaningful amount for the smaller races.
We have passed the halfway mark on our fundraising for PA, WI, and OH – we are at 55%!
I’ll add Angel match information in comment #1, and I’ll update it throughout the day.
I’ve seen this all over twitter, but someone just linked to the TikTok, though I don’t recall who. So if it was you, take a bow.
If anyone finds a YouTube version, please link to it in the commutes so I can add it here. Thanks, Old School!
TikTok does this weird thing on my computer where it switches what video plays, so here is the URL for watching and sharing if the one below switches out. Link
@timwalzThe best defense is a good offense — so let’s get out and win this thing.♬ 10k video. – 💙💙Daijone_TooHeartless💙💙
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Before I was governor, I was a high school teacher and football coach.
Trust me. You take the time to draw up a playbook like Project 2025, you’re gonna use it. pic.twitter.com/kZTYI7KQb6
— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) October 21, 2024
Also, let’s use this thread for reporting donations toward Angel matches.
Look for Angel match information in comment #1.
There were several questions in the recent fundraising thread and I thought I would answer them here.
Remember, for most of the state house races, this is about trying to get a majority, or stopping the other side from keeping their supermajority, or defeating a particularly odious Republican.
And of course we need to win back the House!!! The 3 House seats will help us do that.
PA Matt Cartwright $800 ($50)
$330.00 left
PA State Races $1k
$265 left
WISC Rebecca Cooke $1k
$230 left
WISC State Races $500
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OHIO Greg Landsman $1k
$690 left
OHIO State Races $600
$180 left
Once these matches are met, we’ll be at about $20,000 overall, which is halfway to our goal. A total of $41,000 would finish off all 6 of the state thermometers.
Both of the Democratic senate races – FL and TX – are rolling in $$ from all over the country. Pulling for them, for sure, but those are not races where our money could have an impact.
Probably not, unless one of our organizations contacts us about a candidate that could really use our help.
In 2022, we raised about $160,000 for candidates, with $73k going directly to US House candidates, and a couple of senate races, and a lot of key “election protection” races where Governors, Secretaries of State, and Attorneys General were up for elections in swing states.
This is a very different year for candidates – there is a ton of Democratic money sloshing around in almost every race for the US House.
So as much as we would love to help certain House and Senate candidates, it’s like last time around – we didn’t donate to Beto, or to Stacey Abrams, or to other candidates we admire and want to see elected. All those races are getting national money from all over the country – so while it might feel good to give to them, it’s not strategic. They will win or they will lose, but our money would not make a difference.
We aren’t trying to reach a specific goal for them, so that thermometer will just hang out in the sidebar – for people to donate, or not.
Anything being donated through the 4D thermometer will surely be going to pay for folks who are doing the work on the ground.
If anyone wants to be an angel, at this stage of the game – being so close to the election and me being without my laptop – I think we would ask the angels to add their dollars up front and let people know that any amount will be matched until the thermometer reaches a certain amount.
Beyond what we’ve got going thermometer-wise, I think we’ll hold our powder – all of our organizations know that if something comes up, we are available for FLASH fundraising. Like we did for Four Directions Nevada with the freak snowstorm on election day. Or if the North Carolina folks were to contact us to say that if they had X more dollars they could keep Y more canvassers on for ballot curing, I’m sure we would respond to that in a heartbeat!
Let us know in the comments and I’ll answer them.
Quick note: If any of what I’ve written sounds cold or heartless, believe me when I say it’s a real struggle sometimes to keep the focus and not get sucked in to helping candidates we love. This weekend, one of our angels put us in touch with Greg Landsman (at my request) in case he could point us to some House candidates who might need our help.
He came back with a list of 5 – most of whom we love and supported in 2022. Marcy Kaptur, etc. But if they have 1.5 million in unspent funds, then our money won’t make a difference.
It’s so hard to say no, but our focus is strategic fundraising, and I try really hard to stay true to that. It is hard sometimes!!!
In case you missed it, we are raising funds for 3 US House candidates and State Races for PA, WI, and OH.
Need somme inspiration?
Listen to this from @JordanHarrisPA. pic.twitter.com/zlrnPb12mH
— Kamala for PA (@KamalaforPA) October 19, 2024
On TikTok if you prefer: Link
Angel matching – to be matched, tell us about your donation in the comments or in email to WaterGirl.
$1,000 Angel match for Rebecca Cooke (WI-03) who is running for the US HOUSE (matching up to $100 per person)
Angel: Mousebumples
$800 Angel match for Matt Cartwright (PA-08) who is running for the US HOUSE (matching up to $50 per person)
Angel: Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
$1,000 for the Pennsylvania State Races thermometer (matching up to $50 per person)
Angel: Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
$1,000 Angel match for Greg Landsman (OH-01) who is running for the US HOUSE (matching up to $100 per person)
Angel: goldengirl
$600 for the Ohio State Races thermometer (matching up to $100 per person) matching not retroactive
Angel: Mac
Weekend Post with Angel Matches and ThermometersPost + Comments (31)
I dare you to watch even just the first 7 minutes of this video from Simon Rosenberg and not come away being better able to shake off the bullshit narratives and the internet angst, and not come away absolutely determined to work even harder in these next 18 days.
From Hopium:
– Watch my new video on 2024 election – Working Hard and Closing Strong – w/special guests Tom Bonier & Ruben Gallego
– 3 weeks out I’d much rather be us than them
– Meanwhile Trump is unfit, unwell, unraveling and gone full burnt orange
👇https://t.co/1rscIBc1Wv— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) October 17, 2024
Another option for viewing the video – You can find the video at his Hopium Chronicles page.
This is NOT an open thread.
This is a let’s kick some political ass thread.
Tell us what you’re up to in this fight.
This is the most important part. ⬆️
The thermometers are all in the sidebar and there’s also a page just above Recent Comments that has the thermometer links all in one place, as well as the information about all the various candidates.
WISCONSIN
$1,000 Angel match for Rebecca Cooke (WI-03) who is running for the US HOUSE (matching up to $100 per person)
Angel: Mousebumples
$500 for the Wisconsin State Races thermometer (matching up to $100 per person)Angel: Mousebumples
PENNSYLVANIA
$800 Angel match for Matt Cartwright (PA-08) who is running for the US HOUSE (matching up to $50 per person)
Angel: Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
$1,000 for the Pennsylvania State Races thermometer (matching up to $50 per person)
Angel: Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
I won’t be entirely shocked if someone from Ohio comes forward, but for now, the matches are for PA and Wisconsin!
And Ohio joins the party!
OHIO
$1,000 Angel match for Greg Landsman (OH-01) who is running for the US HOUSE (matching up to $100 per person)
Angel: goldengirl
$600 for the Ohio State Races thermometer (matching up to $100 per person) matching not retroactive
Angel: Mac
Our next fundraising push will focus on the crucial states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio, two of which are swing states and all of which are of great personal interest to many Jackals.
There is a ton of money sloshing around the national races, and few opportunities at this point for our contributions to make a difference. But there are local races where we can help!
We’ve selected these local candidates based in part on recommendations and research from Jackals on the ground, as well as consulting the vote maximizer website and funding disclosure sites, among other sources.
We are also focused on US House races – Matt Cartwright in PA, Rebecca Cooke in WI, and Greg Landsman in OH.
Important note: We’ll set goals for each thermometer because ActBlue requires a goal – our rule of thumb will be at least $2,000 for a state race and at least $5,000 for a House seat. But this will be different from the fundraising for organizations where we let them know what we are trying to raise for them so they can plan for the funds.
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio, oh my!Post + Comments (55)
As you can see, we are in the home stretch for North Carolina!
Yesterday afternoon I asked our 4 remaining Angels if they would be up for pre-matching, and they all were. Our Balloon Juice angels for this final stretch were: Patrick G, anonymous, Friend of the blog, Andrew, and anonymous. Thank you all!
We completed NC Black Alliance! We have about $3,500 to go on NCAAT, and about $3,000 to go on our NC Candidates.
Of course, the pre-matching means that we have to get the rest of the way without any Angels.
On the plus side, that means you don’t need to report your donation – unless you want to inspire other people – because everything is pre-matched.
We can do this, right?
Early voting starts in North Carolina on Thursday morning.
Once we knock these off, we have some statehouse races in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Wisconsin. We’ll probably try to raise $2k apiece, which can go a long way at the end of the cycle for social media ads and literature to leave at doors, etc.
I cannot believe we are less than 3 weeks away from election day.
Open Thread.
We Are In the Home Stretch for North Carolina!Post + Comments (41)