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'17 Specials & '18 Midterms Thread

With G.O.P. Primary on Staten Island Over, Enter the Democrat

His first job in government came in 2014, when he took a position as special assistant to Brooklyn’s first African-American district attorney, Kenneth P. Thompson, who died of cancer two years ago. Mr. Rose’s portfolio centered on a program called “Begin Again,” designed to resolve low-level warrants tied to summonses.

“We set up little courthouses in churches to erase these warrants that were effectively concentrated in low-income communities,” he recalled. “You get one of these summonses and, if you don’t pay it off, you have a record. It provided them an opportunity to pursue a better life.”

From there, he became chief of staff of Brightpoint Health, a nonprofit provider with 800 employees and clinics in all five boroughs. The role convinced him of the importance of preventive and integrated medicine. “It’s not just the right way to provide social services and health care,” he said. “It’s also incredibly cost-efficient.”
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(The Staten Island district is rated likely R by Cook, and is included on the DCCC's "Red to Blue" target list.)
 
Another recording rocks Georgia primary runoff for governor

In this 50-second piece , Cagle can be heard candidly discussing the GOP primary’s sharp turn to the right, saying the five-man race came down to “who had the biggest gun, who had the biggest truck and who could be the craziest.”
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Kemp has garnered his own strong criticism — and national headlines — for a series of provocative television ads ran during the primary. In one ad, Kemp holds a shotgun and pretends to threaten a young man interested in his daughter. In another, Kemp says “I got a big truck,” as he slams the door on a pickup, “just in case I need to round up criminal illegals and take ’em home myself.”
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"yep, i just said that"

wow, what a hero. maybe stand a little further from the pyro next time, you coward.
 
 
Great ad:

 
Money helps. Democrats should consider an efficient component of a 50 State strategy that targets smaller states that are traditionally Republican. Take a shot without having to spend a ton of money.
 
The state Republican Party is launching a new strategy for this fall's congressional elections: making and distributing lists of which Democrats support socialized programs, among other things.

Party chairman Val DiGiorgio said the effort comes in response to four candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America winning state legislative primaries.

The Republicans are mailing surveys to all the Democrats running for Congress, and say they plan to use the responses--or lack thereof--in campaign material.

Besides asking if candidates support the DSA, the surveys hit on other GOP talking points--whether they support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and whether they agree with Congresswoman Maxine Waters' call to heckle the president's cabinet members in public.
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PA GOP 2018 strategy - send Dem candidates surveys and reveal the results!

Link
 
The ACLU Wants To Do What The NRA Does: Get People To Vote

On the ACLU Voter website, entering an address pulls up a scorecard for senators and representatives, ranking them based on what percent of the time they voted along with the ACLU’s guidelines. In its 2018 scorecard, Democrats almost universally get much higher ratings than Republicans, with the occasional exception of a libertarian like Sen. Rand Paul or Rep. Justin Amash.

“We want [elected officials] to be competing for a higher score on civil rights and civil liberties,” said Shakir. “Next time when we say there’s a vote recommendation, it’s not because we’re offering a friendly piece of advice. It’s an implied threat.”

Officially, the ACLU is nonpartisan, and an “ACLU Voter,” as the group envisions the term, chooses candidates not based on party but on issues like criminal justice, net neutrality, and voting and reproductive rights.
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This is a pretty well-done site. Enter your address and it will show you your Senators and congressperson and the % of times they've voted the way the ACLU recommended. Then scroll down further and it walks you through the key races for you in 2018, and shows your districts on a map (all the way down to state rep.)

https://www.aclu.org/voter/
 
Bill Nelson at 60%. Geez. He really needs an exciting Dem Gov candidate to spur turnout. He won't be able to do it on his own.
 
Pat Toomey with the blistering 6%.

Mike DeWine says he'd keep Ohio's Medicaid expansion as governor

DeWine has previously said that Medicaid expansion is financially unsustainable. His campaign also launched attack ads during the GOP gubernatorial primary earlier this year against rival Mary Taylor claiming she supported expanding Medicaid - something that the Ohio Democratic Party noted in a statement deriding DeWine's announcement.
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Door-Knocking Democrat Tries to Break G.O.P. Grip in Ohio Special Election

There was a pitiable chance of success when Danny O’Connor knocked on Tami Halliday’s door Thursday morning to ask for her vote. All the data showed that Mr. O’Connor, a Democrat running in an August special election for a House seat here, was all but wasting his time.

But when Ms. Halliday asked him his stance on gun control, things got brighter fast. Mr. O’Connor said he favored an assault weapons ban, along with preventing people with domestic violence records and mental illness issues from having guns. “Do you take money from the N.R.A.?” she asked. “No,” Mr. O’Connor replied. “I have an ‘F’ rating from the N.R.A.”

With that, Ms. Halliday, who voted for President Trump in 2016, said she would vote for Mr. O’Connor.
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My ACLU results:
Tim Scott -5%
Lindsay graham- 9%
Joe “you lie” Wilson - 4%
This is depressing
 
Newenglanddeac said:
This is one hell of a political ad. Good luck John Carter.


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As of 5/2 MJ Hegar had raised about $500K and had $117K on hand.

As of 6/30 she has raised $1.6 million and has almost $870K on hand.

That was an effective ad.
 
It's a very red district, but the incumbent raised $270K in the quarter. That should wake him up.

In VA-7 Spanberger outraised Brat, but he still has about twice as much cash on hand. Elaine Luria in VA-2 raised $800K, more than twice as much as the incumbent.
 
 
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