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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan we actually flip an Indiana congressional district????
Can I ask for help with this flippable district?
This is one of those gerrymandered district, that attaches a Blue urban area (northern Indianapolis) with a SCARLET suburban area (richest suburbs in the state). The very blue city is broken up so there's only one Democratic congressman (the great Andre Carson) in the center, and the rest of the city is attached to the usual red Indiana suburbs and rural areas.
Christina Hale is the real thing-- a former waitress and single mom who has struggled to get health insurance and REMEMBERS what that was like. She's a real Hoosier-- that is, down-to-earth and pragmatic, humorous and thoughtful. (This is David Letterman's birthplace, btw.)
This is flippable because the seat is open (the GOP congresswoman is retiring), and the GOP nominated a woman who has a lot of money but not a lot else-- Total Trumper.
The city portion of the district is energized-- flipped the local city-county council seat. Biden and Black Lives Matter signs everywhere. It's really about GOTV here- when we can get out the city vote, even Indiana can go blue (this is Birch Bayh's state... and it went Obama in 2008).
Christina Hale is the sort of person we want in Congress-- mixed ancestry, working class roots, compassionate and not bitter.
If you've got a few dollars to spare, this is a good target. This is just the sort of Congressperson we want-- streetsmart and college-educated, working-class but professional. She remembers her roots and speaks her heart.
Most important, I actually think she can win. And if she can win in Mike Pence's state... well, let's make it happen. Anyway, in this district, a little $ goes a long way.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/halejointeamweb?refcode=ngpform
RandySF
(59,224 posts)Most polling has it a draw or tilting Hale.
Thanks-- it's amazing. The suburb to the north? Super-rich. ONE democratic city councilman in its whole history. That's what we're up against-- a totally GOP area.
But the city area is energized! And Christina Hale has a good commercials about her waitress past that I think will resonate with those of us in the city.