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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:18 PM Apr 2018

Record Number of Democrats Running

April 8, 2018 at 2:08 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

New York Times: “The filing period has not even ended in some states, and there are far more Democratic hopefuls than at any time in the last quarter-century… Notably, there are even more Democrats running for the House this year than there were Republican hopefuls in 2010, when the Tea Party uprising against Mr. Obama helped sweep in 63 new House Republicans.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/04/08/record-number-of-democrats-running/

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Record Number of Democrats Running (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2018 OP

#bluetsunami Tatiana Apr 2018 #1

and a record number of women.. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #2

Let's hope we can get a sweep BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #3

Very many of those will not be on the ballot in November. MineralMan Apr 2018 #4

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)

1. #bluetsunami

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:21 PM

Apr 2018

Coming to a Congressional District near you...

mountain grammy

(26,623 posts)

2. and a record number of women..

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:23 PM

Apr 2018

hooray! I'll take that upside any day...

BumRushDaShow

(129,096 posts)

3. Let's hope we can get a sweep

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:28 PM

Apr 2018

at the local/state/federal levels.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

4. Very many of those will not be on the ballot in November.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:40 PM

Apr 2018

A primary run is a good thing. Winning is better. I'll be supporting whichever Democrat wins the primary in every district. Right now, it's up to the people in those districts to choose their favorite. Numbers don't matter. There will be no more than 435 Democratic House candidates on the ballot in November. The rest will return to their other activities. In my own districts and neighboring ones, I care who the primary candidates are. In most cases, I already know who will be on the ballot in November. The same is likely true for people who live in all those other districts.

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