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TexasTowelie

(112,520 posts)
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 06:22 PM Aug 2016

Clinton expands battleground state map with push into Arizona, Georgia

NEW YORK — Representatives of Hillary Clinton’s campaign phoned state Democratic leaders in Arizona and Georgia this week to alert them of plans to begin transferring funds to hire more field organizers in those states, according to several Democratic officials familiar with the calls.

Polls in both states — which Republican nominee Mitt Romney carried in 2012 — show a tightening race between Clinton and Donald Trump. The move by the Clinton campaign suggests a bid to expand the number of battleground states in play in November.

A Democrat familiar with the campaign’s plans said the outlays in Arizona and Georgia would be “in the six figures” for now, with plans to use the money to hire staff. No television ads are in the works, the Democrats said.

The money, which sits in a joint fund controlled by Clinton and the Democratic National Committee, will flow to coordinated campaigns with the state parties in Arizona and Georgia.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-campaign-to-devote-more-money-workers-to-arizona-georgia/2016/08/09/46150062-5e2e-11e6-8e45-477372e89d78_story.html

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Clinton expands battleground state map with push into Arizona, Georgia (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2016 OP
Thanks for postings some good and inspiring news today! Kber Aug 2016 #1
You're welcome TexasTowelie Aug 2016 #2
This is for staff, right? RandySF Aug 2016 #3
Please spend more in Georgia Funtatlaguy Aug 2016 #4

TexasTowelie

(112,520 posts)
2. You're welcome
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 06:26 PM
Aug 2016

and this is some wonderful news. I still think she needs to put more field workers in Utah also.

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