Meet Elise Stefanik's Dem challenger, Tedra Cobb!

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Tedra Cobb for Congress ✔ @TedraCobb

.@RepStefanik’s partisan political theatre is beneath the dignity of her office. She skipped several important private hearings— now with the cameras on, she has repeatedly attempted to derail the public hearings. Stefanik should take her oath to the Constitution seriously. #NY21

3:11 PM - Nov 15, 2019

On edit: her website is https://www.tedracobb.com/

On edit Saturday morning:

Link to tweet

[Vinca]

1. I'm so relieved. I came back to the computer to find out if there was a challenger

to that horrid woman. That's a campaign worthy of a donation.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. She originally had 10 challengers for the last election

Tedra Cobb won the Democratic primary.

[Wednesdays]

2. Where can we donate to her campaign?

[DinahMoeHum]

6. Here ya go, for starters. . .

https://www.tedracobb.com/

https://www.facebook.com/tedracobbforcongress/

https://twitter.com/tedracobb?lang=en

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/tedra-cobb-for-congress-1

[Kaleva]

7. Thanks! Donated.

[trof]

9. That is NOT an attractive photo on her website.

Just MHO,

[Mr.Bill]

13. Whenever Stefanik spoke today,

she was the ugliest woman in the room.

[ancianita]

18. Seriously. I just wanted to throttle her chicken neck.

[livetohike]

3. Going over to follow her on Twitter. n/t

[redwitch]

4. Proud to know her!

And will do what I can to help her get elected. Sadly, upstate is heavily Republican in the rural areas.

[Captain_New_York]

8. Just donated to cobb

Let’s bury the opponents to Nunez, Jorden & Stephanick with money

[greyl]

10. 15.2K Twitter followers right now. nt

[Dennis Donovan]

35. Up past 110K followers this morning!

[Raftergirl]

11. As I said in the live thread

I’m in the district (heavily D and never competitive) next to this one. Last election cycle my resistance group helped get rid of Faso in another adjoining district and we will work our bums off to get Stefanik out on 2020.

[JudyM]

14. Good energy and luck to you and your group.

Fire up all your engines, she needs to win!

[calimary]

12. That would be mighty sweet to see Stefanik unseated next year

Kicking for more exposure for the donation links in this thread.

[George II]

15. Where is her district? I'm amazed that a representative from NY would be THAT far RW.

[Raftergirl]

19. North of Saratoga Springs

to the Canadian Border (Quebec) and from the NY/VT west to the St. Lawrence River (border between NY and Ontario.)

Area wise it’s huge - most of it is in the Adirondacks and a few small cities (Glens Falls, Plattsburgh, etc.)

[George II]

20. Thanks. I'm familiar with the area (at least the southern part) Yes, it's "redneck country"!

[Progressive Jones]

30. Upstate NY is very redneck. nt

[greyl]

16. 38.5K Twitter followers now.

Link to tweet

[George II]

22. She now has one more.

[certainot]

17. uni of syracuse endorses 6 linmbaugh stations and at least some of those will attack cobb

for the GOP and maybe all the local blowhards on all those stations will if stefanik gets republicon cred from this and looks in trouble.

syracuse u would be a good place to protest trump and his protectors. recently SU endorsed limbaugh's message on all those stations saying shiff is a constant liar, doing child-like whiny voices to imitate what he was predicting for the Yovanovitch presentation

[Raftergirl]

21. Do you have a cite

for that?

[certainot]

25. republiconradio.org

and
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12235355

if you search syracuse football and 'radio affiliates' or 'radio network' etc you'll likely find a list of radio stations that broadcast those games

the original searches over 5 years ago showed 6 of those stations of a laarger lisst were limbaugh stations. there may have been some that were also rw radio stations that headlined hannity or other rw blowhards

things might have changed but i doubt much with the larger stations

i think then one of those stations wass the big one in new york WABC? and that may have changed

so the OWS protestors could have protested right at union station

[Raftergirl]

26. So because

SU and other universities sports are broadcast on stations that carry Limbaugh’s shows - that means the universities are endorsing what he’s saying? That’s one of the silliest arguments I’ve ever heard - but whatever floats your boat.

And, btw, Syracuse isn’t even in Stefanik’s district.

[certainot]

28. of course it's endorsing it, and the station is using the SU brands and mascots to sell advertising

to pay to sell their racist global warming denying bullshit

you might have a point if the rw radio monopoly was actually a representation of market demand instead of a monopoly protecting itself from competition it can't handle.

if you're a democrat stop repeating the RW bullshit

if the KKK bought the station and the uni kept broadcasting sports it would almost universally be considered to be endorsing the KKK - and that's what happened to most of those stations after reagan killed the fairness doctrine in 87 and ensured the destruction of the republlican party and the 'election' of trump

and i suspect those stations are all over the state, it's a state university

[Raftergirl]

29. SU

isn’t a state university. It’s a private uni.

If you think this is a huge deal that’s fine by me - knock yourself out.

[certainot]

33. i didn't know it was private but it's irrelevant if the students and faculty think it's fucked that

the school is supporting a bunch of dipshit racist ignorant liars who deny global warming and make excuses for racism and trump crimes all day

they can protest any issue right at their own university and do a lot more than if they drove or trained down to nyc and camped out in OWS tents for days

[albacore]

23. Stefanik is dangerous. She seems like a powerhouse woman...

...just what some people are looking for. "Moderate" on climate change, for example.
And she is that. She is also rated as the 27th most bipartisan member of Congress. Did she look like that today?

Matthew Dowd, former chief strategist for the Bush-Cheney 2004 presidential campaign and current ABC News political analyst, tweeted: “Elise Stefanik is a perfect example of why just electing someone because they are a woman or a millennial doesn’t necessarily get you the leaders we need.”

Dowd later apologized.... but I think he was right on.

[crickets]

24. Kicking for Tedra!

[UTUSN]

27. K&R

[George II]

31. THIS is encouraging. She raised $150K TODAY!

Link to tweet

[Dennis Donovan]

38. Up to 117K followers and raised $250K since yesterday

George Conway's all over Stefanik this morning:

Link to tweet

[George II]

39. She's getting shredded on twitter.

[greyl]

47. 156.3K followers now. nt

[greyl]

32. 70.5K Twitter followers. nt

[unitedwethrive]

34. Thanks for the information! Just donated!!

Let's "drain the swamp"!!

[dalton99a]

36. Stefanik is a nasty Trump cultist

[Dennis Donovan]

37. What a face...

It's gonna suck next time I go to the Schuylerville McDonalds and that face asks if I want just the burger or the meal.

[brooklynite]

40. I hate throwing water on a thread like this...

...but you SHOULD NOT donate to Tedra Cobb simply because you’re angry at Stefanik. The cold reality is that this is going to be a very hard seat to win (in the 2018 Blue Wave, Stefanik beat Cobb by by 14 pts) and there are more than 20 at risk Democratic incumbents that a Cobb donation could go to.

[Dennis Donovan]

41. I donated because I want her to beat Stefanik...

...and the district has had a Dem congressperson as recently as 2014. It's in play, especially after yesterday's performance.

[brooklynite]

42. The Democrats held this seat through 2014 because conservatives kept splitting the vote...

...with a third party candidate. They’ve stopped that.

Trump won this district by 13 pts. I don’t think the voters there are going to object to Stefanik’s performance.

[Dennis Donovan]

43. Then don't donate...

...but, please don't discourage others from doing so.

[brooklynite]

44. I encourage people to make rational decisions that maximize Democratic wins

[phleshdef]

45. Maybe just mind your own business.

[winstars]

48. Thanks for pointing this out, reality is hopefully all our business. I did just give Cobb $50...

Perhaps a thread with a list of those 20 at risk Dems could help us here???

[NewJeffCT]

46. Cobb is closing in on 140K followers now

she was at 6K yesterday.

just about even with Stefanik

@TedraCobb if you want to follow