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November 4, 2023

US Senate seats that will flip in 2024,2026,and 2028.

2024
WV(Manchin-D) Justice-R
2026- Biden-D midterm.
GA(Ossoff-D) Kemp-R or GA(Ossoff-D) remains Democrat.
NC(Tillis-R) Cooper-D or NC(Tillis-R) remains Republican.
2028
NC(Budd-R) Jackson-D
WI(Johnson-R) Rodriguez-D, Kaul-D, or Godlewski-D



November 4, 2023

The Democratic candidates for the MD-3 US House Election?

Calvin Ball-D
Vanessa Atterbeary-D
Sarah Elfreth-D
Clarence Lam-D
Courtney Watson-D
Terri Hill-D
Pete Smith-D

Ball-D and Atterbeary-D are the frontrunners.







November 2, 2023

How the Democrats regain control of the US House of Representatives.

Lose NC-6,NC-13, and NC-14.
Gain AL-2, CA-13, CA-27, NY-3, NY-4, NY-17, NY-22, and OR-5.
Can we replace Mike Johnson’s LA-4 with a 2nd Black Majority District.

November 2, 2023

My US Representative Ken Buck of CO-4 is not seeking re-election.

Can a Democrat win that seat?

November 2, 2023

MD-3 is going to be represented by a non white person for the 1st time next year.

The white candidates John Sarbanes, Steuart Pittman, and Dana Jones are not running. The other white candidate Sarah Elfreth, Dawn Gile, and Courtney Watson does not stand the chance of winning the Democratic nomination. The top tier candidates are Calvin Ball III a black male, Vanessa Atterbeary a black female, and Clarence Lam an Asian Male.
Atterbeary has been in leadership roles as a member of the md state house of delegates.
Chair of the MD House Ways of Means Committee.
Chair of MD House Committee Work Group to Address Police Reform and Accountability.
Deputy Majority Whip of the MD State House of Delegates.
Vice Chair of the MD House Judiciary Committee.

Lam became Vice Chair the MD State Senate Executive Nominations Committee last month.
Elfreth is Chair of the MD state Senate Joint Commitee on Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bay Critical Areas and Chair of the MD state Senate Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review.

Calvin Ball III is a 2 term County Executive and 3 term County Council Member.



November 1, 2023

US Senate Seniority for the Freshman class of 2025!

Adam Schiff(D-CA)
Ruben Gallego(D-AZ)
Jim Banks(R-IN)
Lisa Blunt Rochester(D-DE)
Collin Allred(D-TX)
Elissa Slotkin(D-MI)
Andy Kim(D-NJ)
Debbie Mucarsel Powell(D-FL)
Jim Justice(R-WV)
Frank LaRose(R-OH)
Angela Alsobrooks(D-MD)
Brad Wilson(R-UT)
Tim Sheehy(R-MT)

October 31, 2023

The top tier candidates for MD-3 are Harry Dunn,Calvin Ball III, and Vanessa Atterbeary.

Atterbeary is a 2 and 1/2 term black female state delegate from Howard County who chairs the Ways and Means committee and Work Group to Address Police Reform and Accountability in MD, served as Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee, Member of Joint Committee on Children,Youth,and Families, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee,
Atterbeary worked at a homeless shelter while in law school, worked at a law firm specializing in family law, introduced legislation raising the minimum age of marriage from 15 to 18 and introduced legislation allowing Judges in sexual assault trials to admit evidence of prior bad acts committed by the defendant. Atterbeary has introduced gun control legislation.
Ball III is a 1 and 1/2 term County Executive of Howard County and prior to that served 3 terms in the Howard County Council. Ball III is a black male.
Dunn is a Capitol Hill police officer who was present at the 1/6 riots. Dunn was arresting the rioters. Dunn is a black male.

MD gets 2 new female US House Members. Lesley Lopez for MD-6 and Vanessa Atterbeary for MD-3. 1 new female US Senator. Angela Alsobrooks.

October 30, 2023

The next US Representative from MD-3 is not going to be a white male.

Calvin Ball III and Harry Dunn are black males.
Vanessa Atterbeary is a black female.
Clarence Lam is an Asian Male.
Sarah Elfreth,Dawn Gile,Dana Jones, and Courtney Watson are white females.

Vanessa Atterbeary would be my favorite based on her record in the state legislature.
Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee.
Chair of the Ways and Means Committee
Members of the Joint Committee of Children Youth and Families.
Legislative Black Caucus.
Chair of the Howard County House Delegation.
Deputy Majority Whip

Vanessa Atterbeary has worked on issues of Law,Criminal Justice and Public Safety,

Atterbeary is the person we need in the US House.

MD gets Angela Alsobrooks(a black female elected to the US Senate) and either Vanessa Atterbeary,Calvin Ball III or Harry Dunn elected to the US House.


October 28, 2023

Who is the Democratic frontrunner in the 2024 MD-3 US House Race?

Calvin Ball- the current County Executive of Howard County or Harry Dunn- the Capitol Hill Police Officer and savior and survivor of the January 6 riots. Both of these men are young rising star black male candidates in a White Majority Congressional District.
State legislators- Clarence Lam, Vanessa Atterbeary, Sarah Elfreth, Dawn Gile, Dana Jones, and Courtney Watson.
Lam is an Asian male.
Atterbeary is a black female.
Elfreth,Gile,Jones,and Watson are white female.

October 28, 2023

Which political party in the US House of Representatives voted their conscience in the Speaker of House position?

Red CD Democratic US House Members that voted for Hakeem Jeffries.
Peltola(AK)
Golden(ME-2)
Kaptur(OH-9)
Cartwright(PA-8)
Gluesenkemp Perez(WA-3)

Blue CD Republican US House Members.
Mike Lawler(NY-17) and the other Biden CD US House members that voted for Mike Johnson.




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