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Dave Conant - MO's avatar

And, while we're at it, remind everyone we talk to that the ballot doesn't end after the Congressional line, or even the governor. Having decent people in local, county, and state offices is essential too if we're going to preserve a functioning democracy.

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TCinLA's avatar

Yes!

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Linda A's avatar

And School Boards! Keep your eyes out for this MAGAt monstrosity - Shenandoah Co. Virginia's SB will vote May 9 to RE-install Confederate killers' names on two public schools. The names were removed in 2021 and the alumni are still screaming about "Mah heritage!" The SB that made that move has ALL been voted out. And of course, those schools were built and named in the late 1950s as Whites-only, with dollars that were directed to be spent towards integration. Massive Resistance is alive in rural VA.

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TCinLA's avatar

Yeah, I'm sure Faulkner was thinking of the rural South when he said "The past is never dead; it isn't even past."

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Gail Adams VA/FL's avatar

I canтАЩt тАЬlikeтАЭ this. Is Ben Cline being challenged?

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Linda A's avatar

Yes, we're going to deCline VA06: https://www.kenmitchellforvirginia.com/

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Gail Adams VA/FL's avatar

Great to hear! Trying to oust Wittman in the 1st!

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Nancy Ellen's avatar

Yes, and our school boards too!! They are being infiltrated by 'Mom's for Liberty ' and creating havoc and distress in our communities.

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Dave Conant - MO's avatar

And it often means finding and reading small community newspapers because they're the only ones who cover those races.

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Fred WI's avatar

Yes. Vote for decent folks. Not for enraged or for grifters with deep pockets but no pony.

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Ed Cooper's avatar

All Politics are Local at the bottom line.

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Louis Giglio's avatar

Exactly, down ballot positions in Nirth Carolina include many judgeships, which last election were won by repubs!

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