Our Revolution won primary victories in Iowa, Montana and California

[LongTomH]

Here are last night OR primary victories:

• JD Sholten, US House of Representatives, 4th District Iowa,
  
• Deirdre DeJear, Iowa Secretary of State,
  
• Jennifer Merecki, Iowa State Senate, District 22,
  
• Anmar Campa-Najjar, US House of Representatives, 50th District, California,
  
• Audrey Denney, US House of Representative, District 1, California,
  
• Monica Montgomery, San Diego City Council, District 4,
  
• James Elia, California State Senate, District 71,

There's been a lot of gloating over every loss by an Our Revolution candidate, so I guess I'm allowed to gloat a bit over victories.

By the way, I'm off to a phone-banking event for an Our Revolution sponsored candidate in Kansas 3 District, see ya later, kids!!!!

[Stinky The Clown]

1. You COULD also delete this post and go away.

Not saying you should. That's your choice. But I am saying you could and in so doing, gain a modicum of respect.

Personally, I support DEMOCRATS.

[CentralMass]

8. These candidates are all Democrats.

[mythology]

17. And so could you

See how stupid and childish that sounds? It astounds me how petty people have gotten.

[Stinky The Clown]

19. It astounds me how people NOT working for the Democratic Party feel they own this place.

[CentralMass]

21. Again, these candidates are all Democrats.

[louis c]

40. This year, since they won the primary

Will OR support the final Dem candidate in the GE if their choice loses?

[CentralMass]

44. I think that you are making baseless claims Stinky.

1. FROM JD Scholte's bio.
"Though a first-time candidate for office, J.D. is a lifelong Democrat who in October of 2002 took a 20 hour one-way bus ride to protest the Iraq war and has volunteered on local, state and national campaigns. He is still an avid sports fan, loves to play cards, enjoys black coffee, and Casey’s pizza. He lives in Sioux City, having bought the family home. At 6 feet 6 inches tall, J.D. is truly “Standing Tall for All!”
2. Jennifer Merecki
http://billingsgazette.com/jennifer-merecki-sd-democrat/article_1f69522b-d407-5e65-b25f-b2709ed2b04e.html

Past political experience: Democratic presidential candidate campaign grassroots organizer for Billings / Yellowstone County Montana; Democratic presidential candidate campaign spokesperson, rally presenter and speaker; elected Yellowstone County Montana Democrat delegate; elected Montana State National Democrat Delegate; elected National Delegate Whip for Montana; Montana Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee staff; Yellowstone Progressive Action Network Administrator; healthcare reform lobby; environmental stewardship lobby; published political columnist and author “Progressive Pioneer” in the Yellowstone County News; State Communications Director-Montana Progressive Democrats."
3. Ammar Campa-Najjar
https://ballotpedia.org/Ammar_Campa-Najjar#Biography
"Campa-Najjar worked as a deputy regional field director for Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign before joining the Obama administration as a White House official. He also worked for the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as a communications and marketing director and for the U.S. Department of Labor as a public affairs officer.[2]"
4. Audrey Denny
Zn educator and farmer
https://www.audreyforcongress.com
5. Monica Montgomery
https://www.voteformonica.org/about
Among her impressive resume and accomplishments she is a life long dem.
5. James Elia. A Democrat
https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/hear-our-interview-james-elia-assembly-candidate-running-against-randy-voepel

https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/hear-our-interview-james-elia-assembly-candidate-running-against-randy-voepel

[louis c]

45. FYI, a question is not a claim or an accustion.

Again, will the supporters of OR candidates support and work just as hard for the eventual Democratic nominee should their endorsed candidate lose the primary in every instance?

Fairly simple and straight forward question.

By the way, I think you are responding to the wrong post. I'm not Stinky (I shower at least once a day and have impeccable oral hygiene) or "Stinky the Clown".

[JCanete]

48. wow..that was a pretty stupid post, considering that they were democrats we're talking about. Or are

they no longer democrats because they got an endorsement from Our Revolution?

[TexasTowelie]

2. Wait a moment,

I don't see anybody from Montana on your list.

[LongTomH]

22. Jennifer Merecki, State Senate, District 22, Montanan

[Blue_Adept]

27. Why does it say Iowa then?

[ismnotwasm]

3. Who?

[msongs]

4. TOS violation. purpose of DU is to promote democrats. nt

[Revanchist]

5. So if OR endorses a candidate

That means that they aren't a Democrat?

[MrsCoffee]

9. Our Revolution endorsed a Green Party candidate over two Democrats on my ballot.

The candidate ran as "no party", but was previously elected Mayor twice as a Green Party candidate. The "no party" thing doesn't fool anyone. I guess no one wants to be openly associated with Jill Stein.

I of course, voted for a Democrat.

[Bettie]

15. All of the candidates mentioned in this post

are Democrats.

So, why is it a TOS violation?

[Voltaire2]

18. It isn't. Please keep posting good news

about progressive Democrats.

[JCanete]

49. Please think before you post. nt

[OregonBlue]

6. I don't know what you're bragging about, 99% of us have no idea what you are even talking about.

Nor do we care. LOL.

[RandySF]

7. None of those congressional seats are competitive

Sorry, but it doesn’t help to be the grandson of a Munich terrorist. DeJear won her race because the front runner was caught up in a scandal. As for the local races, good on them. That is how any group with little funding should get started.

[Skidmore]

11. Dejear was an Emily's List candidate

before OR showed up. She was also endorsed by other national NARAL.

[roody]

20. Scandal? Mowrer?

Don't think so.

[SharonClark]

39. Yep, scandal was in the governor's race, not the SOS

[Quixote1818]

10. They are actually doing pretty good since they tend to have a lot less money.

They seem to be doing better in State Legislature races.





https://truthout.org/articles/candidates-backed-by-sanders-s-our-revolution-organization-achieve-early-success/

[NCTraveler]

14. How many candidates did they endorse yesterday and how many won?

[LongTomH]

23. Look at the top graph!

[ehrnst]

35. That graph doesn't include yesterday's races!

When less than 1/3 won. So, no it's not there in the top graph.

But I can understand why someone would want out of date statistics after yesterday.

[ehrnst]

36. Is there a graph updated with yesterday's stats? (nt)

[lapucelle]

38. There's a major problem with the bar graph.

Why the difference in the descriptors in the "winners" versus the "losers", OR endorsed versus OR backed? If there is no difference, why the distinction?

As for the claim of "having less money", is that an assumption or a fact? Because OR is a dark money organization, the sources and amounts of their funding are very difficult to trace.

And finally, those charts come from Truth-out, a website that appears on PropOrNot's list of known and suspected propaganda websites.


http://www.propornot.com/p/the-list.html

https://sunlightfoundation.com/2016/08/26/bernie-sanderss-new-political-group-wont-have-to-disclose-its-donors/

[OilemFirchen]

12. Quick question:

You seem to be familiar with OR. Will they endorse candidates in the G.E. who were not their preferred choices?

[Demsrule86]

16. Our revolution is not effective...the candidates listed were endorsed by multiple people mostly.

Those candidates endorsed by Sen. Sanders and OR exclusively lost. If folks want to fund and anti-Democratic group...fine by me...your money. You keep Ms Nina in the lap of luxury I am sure...and you also pay/paid (not sure if she is not there in some capacity) the salary of the fox groupie who agrees with Trump's immigration policy. OR endorse Republicans and Greens...they have said awful things about Democrats so I have no use for them...but go for it. I am beginning to think they won' hurt the Democratic Party and will soon be swallowed up in the dustbin of history.

[uponit7771]

24. Ah so the exclusive OR endorsements had a really bad night

[Demsrule86]

25. Both Sen. Sanders and OR endorsements had a bad night...I was told by another poster,

that these are separate endorsements...so I mention them separately. I was told that the Senator can't coordinate or something -not clear.

[louis c]

26. That's good news because...

...Bernie's legions can count on our Democratic party devotion in the General Election.

Some day, maybe we can count on your loyalty when the primaries go in another direction.

[Tom Rinaldo]

28. Again. A higher percentage of Sanders primary voters in 2016 supported the Democratic candidate

for President (Hillary) in 2016 than did Clinton primary voters in 2008 support the Democratic candidate for President in 2008 (Obama) during the last internally contested Presidential cycle.

There are always some defectors, ALWAYS. But the vast vast majority of left of center voters vote Democratic in November.

"Some day, maybe we can count on your loyalty"
It sounds like you don't consider people like me a part of your "we".

[louis c]

29. Sanders was a Democrat for a year and a half

and now he's not, again.

I've toiled in Democratic party politics, donating time and money, for 50 years.

Count me as skeptical when people become "temporary Democrats".

[Tom Rinaldo]

31. And I've been a local Democric Committeeman for 6 years and Democratic Town Chair for three of those

Your post was not addressed to Sanders but to those who supported him.

[louis c]

34. I saw first hand Sanders voters urging third party votes for Stein...

...They registered as Democrats for the first time in 2016, became an active part of our Committee for the primaries, then, after the convention were posting pro-Jill Stein and write-in Bernie on social media for the General. Now, they no longer participate in our City Committee, although they are still welcome.

Temporary Democrats. If that doesn't pertain to you, that's great. But I know my experience with the temps.

[Tom Rinaldo]

41. Then be more specific. Broad brushes invite division

The people you speak of exist but they don't represent the vast majority of the Democrats, yes Democrats, who supported Bernie Sanders. The PUMAS were already entrenched in the party for the most part in 2008 but they still campaigned against Obama, yet remained in a small minority.

One of our two County elected delegates to the State Party became active as a supporter of Bernie in 2016 and she has remained active and effective as a local Democrat ever since. She is now well regarded within our County Party.

Millions of "real" Democrats supported Sanders in 2016 by whatever means you use to define that. I read a lot of "guilt by association" posts on DU regarding Bernie supporters being linked to being anti-Democratic. It creates an us vs them dynamic that does nothing for so called party unity. If that doesn't pertain to your posts, that's great.

[louis c]

43. Please. I'm much too busy to argue.

It's real easy to understand. The people I associate with will reliably vote for the Democratic nominee in the General Election at every level, every time.

But not only vote, but work just as hard.

In 2008, once Hillary lost to Barack, I donated money and volunteered to knock on doors in New Hampshire for Obama. I would have done the same for Bernie. I never said a bad word in the primary about any Democrat, because those words can come back to haunt you. I saw no such actions from any Bernie supporters I knew. None came knocking on doors and getting their votes was like pulling teeth, if you got that vote at all.

After the loss, they gleefully said "I told you so". Of course, I had to explain to all these new, young, temporary Democrats the definition of a "self fulfilling prophecy" and the old adage of biting your nose off to spite your face.

I'm in my waning years and have a great union job and a fantastic retirement ahead. I have no children. So, the future I'm fighting for is for others.

[CentralMass]

46. As Tom mentioned the margin Hillary primary voters in 2008 who voted for McCain in the general was

2:1 vs the number of Sanders primary voters who voted for tRump.

[ehrnst]

30. Out of 31 endorsements! (nt)

[Blue_Tires]

32. This is the part where I ask once again why you people didn't lift a finger

to help us in Virginia...

I mean, seriously -- What kind of "revolution" is this??

[Blue_Tires]

33. But you've gotten trounced in every high profile race... Just sayin'

[stonecutter357]

37. lol

[SharonClark]

42. That's not how it works (speaking of Iowa candidates)

JD Sholten and Deirdre DeJear were endorsed by many politically savvy organizations and individuals. It's common knowledge that the Emily's List endorsement of DeJear was instrumental because it gave her gravitas and early money.

The two Iowa candidates actually associated with Sanders and Our Revolution - Pete D’Alessandro and Cathy Glasson - lost big. D'Allessandro has been active in Iowa politics for many years and received endorsements from Bernie and some of the candidates he worked for. Glasson had the endorsement of her union SEIU.

One has to question what benefit the OR endorsement was to these four campaigns.