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Gothmog

(178,504 posts)
18. I come to DU for information and to see what other people are arguing about
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 04:14 PM
Apr 2019

I am lawyer/college debater. One does not change people's mind on an internet board.

The real world is a fun place and I am very active on a number of issues including a congressional campaign for my district. Due to Beto, my county turned blue and now we have people announcing already for 2020 races for both Congress and local races. We have several judges and a couple of state house races who have announced already. In 2018, the party chair failed to recruit candidates for every judicial race and the only county wide races that the GOP won were uncontested races. We will not make that mistake this cycle

It is nice to see Democrats line up so early to run in 2020 on the local level. In 2016, my GOP congresscritter won by more than 19% and in 2018 we reduced the margin to 4.6%. There are fun rumors that despite NRCC demands, my congresscritter may retire. I have a function to go to on Saturday for that race and two meetings next week on Tuesday (with the state party representatives) and Wednesday on redistricting.

Texas is turning blue and it is fun watching the GOP scramble. The latest is a voter suppression bill that is working it way though the Texas legislature that we will have to sue to strike down or limit.

I have contributed so far to three candidates and will contribute to Biden when he enters. I am waiting to see who I support and will no doubt end up on the voter protection team for one of the candidates. In 2016, I had fun reviewing and helping on the application for Hillary Clinton to get onto the ballot in Texas and have the research and memorandum saved.

The real world is a fun place.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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