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Gothmog

(145,475 posts)
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 09:53 AM Jun 2018

Obama group announces midterms hit list

Yeah for President Obama https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/12/organizing-for-action-2018-plan-640212

Organizing for Action, the group formed out of Barack Obama’s old campaign apparatus, is moving more directly into politics than ever before, deploying in 27 House races around the country this year.

Through an existing partnership with the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, OFA will also work in nine states to campaign for ballot initiatives and Democrats running for governor and state legislature positions. The group is pushing for greater Democratic control over redistricting ahead of the 2020 Census.....

he full list of districts includes several where Donald Trump did better than Hillary Clinton. It does not include all the seats held by Republicans in districts where Clinton beat Trump, which Democrats tend to see as their best opportunities for pickups in November.

Here is the full list of districts OFA is targeting:

AZ-02
CA-04
CA-10
CA-21
CA-25
CA-39
CA-45
CA-48
CA-49
CO-06
IA-01
IL-06
KS-03
MN-02
MN-03
MO-02
NC-09
NC-13
NJ-11
NY-11
PA-01
PA-06
PA-07
TX-07
TX-23
TX-32
WI-01
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Obama group announces midterms hit list (Original Post) Gothmog Jun 2018 OP
Ooh... this is nice. Nice to see Obama not accepting the situation. kysrsoze Jun 2018 #1
THIS is what its going to take, if we get Congress, we'll take the White House. marble falls Jun 2018 #2
I'm so grateful for Eric Holder!!! Of course for Obama... LAS14 Jun 2018 #3
Texas Maps MagickMuffin Jun 2018 #4
I hope they add Georgia 6th Funtatlaguy Jun 2018 #5
YES!!! IL 6!! mopinko Jun 2018 #6
Yes!!! CA-39 must be flipped!!!! Initech Jun 2018 #7
PA-7 must be flipped if we value our lives meow2u3 Jun 2018 #8
What about ME-02? Zing Zing Zingbah Jun 2018 #9

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
3. I'm so grateful for Eric Holder!!! Of course for Obama...
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 10:03 AM
Jun 2018

... but Holder has dug in and concentrated attention on state level races which will influence the next redistricting decisions. The NDRC was started by the two of them, and Holder is the active head of it now. If you want to find out more:

https://democraticredistricting.com/about/

Funtatlaguy

(10,885 posts)
5. I hope they add Georgia 6th
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 10:25 AM
Jun 2018

Dems have a primary runoff with winner facing incumbent Repub Trump arse kisser Karen Handel in November.
This district is purple and either of the Dems can beat an unpopular Handel.


http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/cities/johnscreek/dems-mcbath-abel-move-to-runoff-in-th-district-race/article_9b008e12-4f61-527c-9682-86ec3b5d2e9d.html

mopinko

(70,178 posts)
6. YES!!! IL 6!!
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 12:01 PM
Jun 2018

this is a very easy pick off, imho.
my sister is running within this district. i am so glad ofa will be there.
dupage county, the heart of the 6th, went for hillary by 15%. ripe for the pickin.
sean casten is a great candidate. he is workin his lil buns off.

meow2u3

(24,767 posts)
8. PA-7 must be flipped if we value our lives
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 12:12 PM
Jun 2018

PA-7 is my district and we have Susan Wild running against a RWNJ Trumpanzee. I'll so whatever I can to see to it that we have Rep. Wild.

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