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think

(11,641 posts) Fri Dec 9, 2016, 03:57 PM Dec 2016

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Fighting for the progressive cause got a little easier thanks to this Bernie Sanders affiliated grou

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Fighting for the progressive cause got a little easier thanks to this Bernie Sanders-affiliated group

By Christine Mai-DucContact Reporter - Dec 9 2016

Vemont Sen. Bernie Sanders built a fiercely loyal California following during the election, regularly selling out events and packing his rallies with devoted supporters, some of whom trekked to other states on his behalf.

But when the former Democratic presidential candidate’s hopes for the nomination were dashed, Sanders and his allies worked to parlay some of that enthusiasm into electoral success elsewhere, hoping to advance progressive causes and candidates in one of the most liberal states in the nation.

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In the run-up to the November election, Our Revolution raised more than $1.3 million — about 11% of that went to California races."

“We were a newborn national organization fighting in 106 candidate races and 35 ballot initiatives,” said Shannon Jackson, executive director of Our Revolution, which launched Aug. 24. “We started out hitting the ground running and we had only 76 days until the general election.”

Read more:
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-our-revolution-bernie-sanders-california-20161209-story.html

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Fighting for the progressive cause got a little easier thanks to this Bernie Sanders affiliated grou (Original Post) think Dec 2016 OP

Bernie for 2020! Joe941 Dec 2016 #1

Sounds good to me. Hopefully we can get more Democrats elected in the midterms in the mean time... think Dec 2016 #6

Our Revolution is great! ananda Dec 2016 #2

Good to hear they are reaching people. Thank you! think Dec 2016 #5

I will continue to work murielm99 Dec 2016 #3

Obama started a similar group. Might be more to your liking: think Dec 2016 #4

Thank you. n/t murielm99 Dec 2016 #7

Joe941

(2,848 posts)

1. Bernie for 2020!

Reply to think (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 03:58 PM

Dec 2016

think

(11,641 posts)

6. Sounds good to me. Hopefully we can get more Democrats elected in the midterms in the mean time...

Reply to Joe941 (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 04:11 PM

Dec 2016

ananda

(28,879 posts)

2. Our Revolution is great!

Reply to think (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 04:00 PM

Dec 2016

They contacted me about the city council
votes here in Austin.

think

(11,641 posts)

5. Good to hear they are reaching people. Thank you!

Reply to ananda (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 04:11 PM

Dec 2016

murielm99

(30,771 posts)

3. I will continue to work

Reply to think (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 04:06 PM

Dec 2016

within the Democratic Party, thank you. Sanders bad-mouthed my party for so many years that I cannot trust him.

think

(11,641 posts)

4. Obama started a similar group. Might be more to your liking:

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 04:10 PM

Dec 2016

https://www.barackobama.com/about-ofa/

I prefer Sanders group as I've been involved with it already but have no problem with either of them...

murielm99

(30,771 posts)

7. Thank you. n/t

Reply to think (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 05:16 PM

Dec 2016

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