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At the Races — Roll Call's Politics Blog Massachusetts: Democratic Rabbi Mulls Senate Bid
Source: Roll Call
Rabbi Jonah Pesner sounds a lot like a man who is about to launch a bid for the Senate.
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Pesner, currently a senior vice president at the Union for Reform Judaism and formerly a congregational rabbi said he was considering a bid and would make a decision on a Senate run soon. Pressed on the time frame, he chuckled. Itll be over in six months!
A Bay State Democratic insider told CQ Roll Call that the rabbi was serious in exploring the potential bid and noted Pesners close ties to Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick.
For a political novice without an infrastructure, fundraising would be essential. But Pesner didnt seem worried about raising the needed cash. Fundraising to me has never been a challenge because asking people to invest in their values give people an opportunity to make the things they care most deeply about to come true, he said. Pesner said a viable candidate would need to raise in the millions, for sure.
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Pesner, currently a senior vice president at the Union for Reform Judaism and formerly a congregational rabbi said he was considering a bid and would make a decision on a Senate run soon. Pressed on the time frame, he chuckled. Itll be over in six months!
A Bay State Democratic insider told CQ Roll Call that the rabbi was serious in exploring the potential bid and noted Pesners close ties to Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick.
For a political novice without an infrastructure, fundraising would be essential. But Pesner didnt seem worried about raising the needed cash. Fundraising to me has never been a challenge because asking people to invest in their values give people an opportunity to make the things they care most deeply about to come true, he said. Pesner said a viable candidate would need to raise in the millions, for sure.
Read more: http://atr.rollcall.com/massachusetts-democratic-rabbi-mulls-senate-bid/
Not a familiar name to me.
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At the Races — Roll Call's Politics Blog Massachusetts: Democratic Rabbi Mulls Senate Bid (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jan 2013
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graywarrior
(59,440 posts)1. Never heard of him, but this is he.
brooklynite
(94,602 posts)2. The one on the right, or the one on the left.....
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)3. The one licking his chops
DavidDvorkin
(19,479 posts)4. I like what the article says about his politics
And although we need far less religion in our government, not more, at least he's a Reform rabbi.