Running for Baltimore Mayor, Activist DeRay McKesson Draws Donors
Source: NPR
Last night, just before the 9:00 deadline to enter the Baltimore mayoral race closed, DeRay Mckesson submitted his documents. In a last-minute surprise move, the Black Lives Matter activist who gained national attention during protests in Ferguson, Mo., made it official.
Less than 24 hours later, nearly 700 people had donated almost $40,000 to his campaign. According to the Crowdpac website, which tracks political crowd-sourcing donations for candidates, and Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater, Mckesson raised more overnight than 24 of the 29 candidates in the mayoral race.
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"I know this city's pain. As the child of two now-recovered addicts, I have lived through the impact of addiction," he wrote in his blog post. "I too have received the call letting me know that another life has fallen victim to the violence of our city. Like so many other residents, I have watched our city deal what seems like an endless series of challenges and setbacks."
The Baltimore primaries will be held on April 26, and in the heavily Democratic city of Baltimore, the winner of the Democratic primary is expected to be elected mayor in the general election in November.
Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/04/465603407/activist-deray-mckesson-enters-baltimore-mayoral-race-donations-flood-in
A link to McKesson's fundraising site - https://www.crowdpac.com/crowdpacs/1577/support-deray-mckesson-for-baltimore-md-mayor-primary
I strongly recommend McKesson for anyone who truly wants to support what I believe should be a rising star in American politics.
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He's a native who understands the city's problems better than any rich white suburban pol.
Go Deray! 
