At first glance, Democrats’ performance last night in the North Carolina specials looks pretty crappy. They ran slightly behind Hillary ’16 in NC-3 and about ten points better in NC-9. The average of the two then was almost exactly the 5.5 over-performance that Dems have averaged in 34 specials since the mid-term. If the all-but-inevitable …
Political Fundraising
So fucking special
I didn’t go all in on fundraising for the NC-9 special election earlier because I had heard the poll numbers didn’t look that good for Democrats a few weeks ago. They look pretty good now. The survey, conducted Aug. 26-28 by Harper Polling and Clarity Campaign Labs, showed McCready (D) with a 46-42 percent advantage …
Mama don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Let’s do some fundraising for the special in NC-09. It takes place in two weeks, so we are in the stretch run. McCready is a great candidate. If we win this, expect some more Republican retirements. I upped the goal to $2500. This blog has become a fundraising powerhouse. We raised 375K in the 2018 …
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Stop, collaborate, and listen
I’ve been slacking on fundraising so I’m going to do a bunch at once now. Early money is important. Here’s the Balloon Juice Senate Fund, split between nominee funds in several competitive states where we have a chance to flip a seat. (You can allocate as you like when you click on the contributed button.) …
A song of old San Antone
Mistermix mentioned a big retirement in Texas, Will Hurd from TX-23. Let’s raise some money for the eventual Democratic nominee. Texas is one of the most interesting states in the country politically right now, because of two political trends. One is moving more slowly than many thought it would — that’s the change in voting …
Come on, come on down, you got it in ya
I got a lot of requests from people to start raising money for the Virginia state elections. Both the Senate and House are barely Republican (one seat majorities in both). Let’s raise some money for Democrats in Virginia (the fund here is split equally between the House and Senate Democratic caucuses, both of which have …
It’s you and me forever
Susan Collins just got a great Democratic challenger: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) drew a high-profile Democratic challenger Monday, as Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon announced her candidacy with a video that sought to undermine Collins’s carefully tended moderate image. I upped the goal on the Balloon Juice Senate challenger fund. (Update: I had the wrong …