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Heads up:   there are SEVERAL state primaries in the month of August.  If you live in TN, your state primary is 8/1/24.  If you live in KS, MI, MO, or WA, your state  primaries are 8/6/24,  If you live in HI, your state primary is 8/10/24.  If you live in CT, MN, VT, or WI, you have state primaries on 8/13/24.  Finally, if you live in AK, FL, or WY your state primaries are on 8/20/24.    Please plan to vote in the Democratic primaries in your state.  And to help you pick the best candidate, load the address you are registered at at the Blue Voter Guide website.  This website provides you all Democratic candidates running down to county levels AND the organizations endorsing them.   In the 11/5 General Election, Dem leaning non-partisans will be provided for school board and judges.

www.bluevoterguide.org

Please consider attending this meeting. Useful information likely will be provided to help get out the vote, and we need every voter out there in the primaries and in the 11/5 General Election. This is Sun 1/28 5 pm est. Again, some of the strategies should be useful to get out the vote. Website to sign up is: https://mobilize.us/s/qsZS44

Final 2 days of phone calling into WI in the critical 4/4/23 state Supreme Court election. Sign up here:

https://mobilize.us/s/1YGSdT/a

There is a crucial primary on February 21, with the general election closely following on April 4. A healthy Democratic voter turnout will be necessary in order to win some very much under-the-radar, but surprisingly crucial, elections. Please ask friends and family in WI to get out to vote, and send them this:

https://bluevoterguide.org/

There are 4 primary candidates running for Supreme Court Justice in WI. Between the 2 liberal justices, at least one Progressive group has come out strongly in support of Janet Protasiewicz. The Primary is Feb 21 and the General Election is April 4th. Please get WI friends and family out and voting in this important election. More information is in this article: https://americanindependent.com/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-candidates/

This PAC is putting up street signs around WI in support of Janet Protasiewicz (Pro-tah-say-witz) for WI Supreme Court. Janet is the clear front-runner among the two progressive candidates. The billboards will be put up in every progressive enclave of Wisconsin to remind people to vote for Janet on February 21st. Hoping Janet will win in her WI Supreme Court race. If you want to support this action:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/minocqua-brewing-co-superpac?refcode2=ab_thanks_social_facebook

From Bernie: this is definitely a concern of many people. Please this last weekend, do what you can to get out the Blue vote! https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders/videos/5497319113718370

Indivisible has a tool called Neighbor to Neighbor. When you put in your address, you are provided the names and addresses of 5 people near you who vote Democrat. This program is available in the IL-14 Congressional District and in the following states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, GA, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, TX, WA, and WI. I used it and it was great to meet some sane neighbors and give them voting information.
Get your list of neighbors here: https://indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/neighbor_to_neighbor

If you want to vote Blue down the ballot and you're in one of these battlegrounds (AZ, CA, FL, GA, NV, NC, PA, TX, WI), this website provides Democrats endorsements down to county races to include judges, school boards and ballot proposals. PLEASE PASS this on to anyone you know who could use it. The battlegrounds will be down to the wire and everyone needs to be out there and voting!
https://bluevoterguide.org/

Please pass this along to family, friends and others you know in these states who vote progressive:

If you want to vote Progressive in the August Democratic primaries, the Political Revolution has posted nationally endorsed Progressive candidates for states which have primaries through August 23rd. These candidates are endorsed by Our Rev, Brand New Congress, Democratic Socialist of America, Justice Democrats, Progressive Change Campaign, and/or The Political Revolution. Primary candidates are posted for the following upcoming primaries: AK, AZ, CT, FL, HI, KS, MI, MN, MO, TN, VT, WA, WI, and WY, with NY being posted now. Find the candidates in your state at: [https://political-revolution.com/campaigns/]

Summary: 18 19 wins (8 9 uncontested), 12 losses

CD 1

Stephanie Kemp - Kenosha City Council, District 11 Alderperson Won (51%) source

Dayvin Hallmon - Kenosha County Board Supervisor District 7 Won (uncontested)

Amy Wagner - Kenosha County Board Supervisor, District 20 Lost (48%)

Esther Roberts - Village of Somers Trustee Lost (16%)

Fabi Maldonado - Racine County Board, District 2 Won (uncontested) source

Kevin Rydzik - Racine Common Council, District 10 Alderperson Lost source

Leah Schreiber Johnson - Oak Creek/Franklin Joint School Board Won (19%) source

CD 2

Luke Diaz - Mayor of Verona Won (62%) source

Tom Kriegl - Sauk County Board Supervisor, District 2 Won (uncontested) source

John S. Dietz - Sauk County Board Supervisor, District 6 Won (uncontested)

Shane P. Gibson - Sauk County Board Supervisor, District 14 Won (uncontested)

John A. Miller - Sauk County Board Supervisor, District 16 Won (uncontested)

Scott Von Asten - Sauk County Board Supervisor, District 18 Won (uncontested)

Heidi M. Wegleitner - Dane County Board Supervisor, District 2 **Won (uncontested) source

Al Matano - Dane County Board Supervisor, District 11 Lost (47%)

Jason Knoll - Dane County Board Supervisor, District 32 Won (64%)

CD 3

Karen Mischel - Mayor of Viroqua Won (53%) source

Tanja Birke - Viroqua City Council, Ward 4 Won (64%)

Evan Dvorsak - Vernon County Board Supervisor, District 7 Lost (32%) source

Randy Skinner - Vernon County Board Supervisor, District 18 Lost (37%)

Melinda Osterberg - Portage County Board Supervisor, District 19 Lost (49%) source

Connor Nagy - La Crosse County Board Supervisor, District 16 Lost (38%) source

Brian Brown - Platteville School Board Lost (not among top 3 candidates with highest vote count) source

CD 4

Marina Dimitrijevic - Milwaukee County Board Supervisor, District 4 Won (uncontested) source

Steven Shea - Milwaukee County Board Supervisor, District 8 Won (55%)

CD 6

Steve Lenz - Winnebago County Board Supervisor, District 7 Won (60%) source

Maura “Chip” Yost - Manitowoc County Board Supervisor, District 12 Lost (3%, write-in) source

Marcelo Garcia - Neenah School Board Lost (14%, didn't make top 3) source

CD 7

Steven Schreier - Oneida County Board Supervisor, District 4 Won (54%) source

CD 8

Megan Borchardt - Brown County Board, District 8 Won (53%) source

Nate Wolff - Appleton Common Council, District 12 Lost (48%) source

I based this candidate list off an email I got from OWR with a few tweaks to errors I discovered while researching election results. Wanted to note that of the losses, some were in very red areas and others were tough races against incumbents (e.g. one was a college kid losing to an established public office holder)

EDIT: made a mistake, actually 19 wins! (omitted Heidi M. Wegleitner because one of my sources didn't have uncontested wins)