Bold Progressives Drafted Elizabeth Warren - Let's Keep Doing That

[tabbycat31]

22. In many states and districts

There is not even more than one person willing to step forward and put his/her name on the ballot. Hence the Democrats only have one candidate to run for office.

I have worked on five different elections as a staffer (federal senate, recall of state senator, state senate, congress, state senate). I would prefer to work downballot than on a presidential (I turned down an offer from OFA last year-- I went to Southwest VA instead of Las Vegas).

I can only speak for my own state (NJ) that has nominating conventions in March (this year it was February) to decided who is going to run for the seats. In all but one of the several (four legislative districts, three county races) races on the ballot, only one had more than one person running for it at the convention (three people wanted the nominee for two assembly seats).

If more people on DU stopped focusing on nominating Elizabeth Warren for president in 2016 (she has said she does not want to run) and focus on their local parties, we could get more progressive. But it begins at the local level, not the presidential level.