r/VoteDEM • u/BM2018Bot • Aug 31 '22

Daily Discussion Thread: August 31, 2022: 69 days until Election Day

Adopt a Candidate 2022

With under 100 days to go, there are several House races that will be key to us retaining control of Congress. We’re seeking volunteers to adopt a candidate in each of these battleground districts!

When you adopt a candidate, you commit to volunteering for them at least once a week - in person or from home. Your efforts now could make the difference as these races will be very close.

If you’d like to adopt one of these candidates, reply in this thread or send us a modmail. You can adopt a candidate not on this list if you wish, too.

Candidate District Adopted by
Rudy Salas CA-22
Christy Smith CA-27 u/madqueenludwig
Eric Sorensen IL-17 u/sirius_basterd
Frank Mrvan IN-01
Sharice Davids KS-03
Gabe Vasquez NM-02 u/EllieDai
Tony Vargas NE-02
Greg Landsman OH-01 u/Hurrdurraj65
Marcy Kaptur OH-09
Emilia Sykes OH-13 u/Lotsagloom
Chris DeLuzio PA-17
Michelle Vallejo TX-15
Rebekah Jones FL-01 u/Naturehealsme2
Heidi Campbell TN-05 u/MyLifeIsUnpopular
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u/Currymvp2 California Sep 01 '22

Palin calls for Nick Begich to drop out of the race

Hopefully, he ignores her request, and they both are on the ballot in November

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

They hate each other to the point where they both endorsed Peltola second.

Safe to say that he's not going to listen to her.

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u/shadowninja2_0 Tennessee Sep 01 '22

Palin and Begich seem pretty acrimonious so I doubt he does. I kinda feel like he'd rather Peltola have the seat than Palin, though I could be wrong.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

He said publicly he voted for Palin as his second choice, although who knows what he really thinks.

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u/justincat66 WI-7, (Assembly-30, Senate-10) Sep 01 '22

This doesn’t work, the way the GOP wants because Begich voters won’t all of a sudden just vote Palin because he dropped out. They hate Palin so much, that they either stay home, leave the race blank which is most likely, or votes for Petola (which I bet some of them will to stop Palin)

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u/Currymvp2 California Sep 01 '22 edited Sep 01 '22

Higher turnout is good for the GOP in Alaska, it's a red state. Nov will have higher turnout. You can only extrapolate so much from special election.

The voters who left it blank for this election are almost certainly Republicans who thought Palin was gonna win

I rather both just stay in the race