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Any New Yorkers here?
Meet the Democratic Socialist Who’s Running for New York State Senate: Bernie Sanders isn’t alone: Debbie Medina is in the race for State Senate in New York’s 18th District.By Sam Adler-Bell 3/16/16
http://www.thenation.com/article/meet-the-democratic-socialist-whos-running-for-new-york-state-senate/
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And Debbie Medina shares something else, besides a thick Brooklyn accent, with the junior senator from Vermont: She’s running as a democratic socialist.
“Democratic socialism means that the community controls its own future, politically and economically,” Medina tells The Nation. “It means that the wealthy are not the only people with a voice.” Medina smiles. “We’re bringing the political revolution to Brooklyn.”
“Democratic socialism means that the community controls its own future, politically and economically,” Medina tells The Nation. “It means that the wealthy are not the only people with a voice.” Medina smiles. “We’re bringing the political revolution to Brooklyn.”
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This time, Medina’s campaign—anti-plutocratic, unapologetically left, and competing with an establishment Democrat in a heated primary—represents what many movement leftists hope will be the future of electoral politics in the Sanders moment and after.
“Just as earlier campaigns helped prove that something like a Sanders candidacy could have such wide success,” says Dan Cantor, the national director of the Working Families Party, “[the Sanders campaign] will pave the way for other populist insurgents to run against the political and financial establishment.”
“Just as earlier campaigns helped prove that something like a Sanders candidacy could have such wide success,” says Dan Cantor, the national director of the Working Families Party, “[the Sanders campaign] will pave the way for other populist insurgents to run against the political and financial establishment.”
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Doesn't mean I can't donate though... 
Thanks!
P.S.: I'm sure anyone can donate... if you have anything extra after Bernie. (Hint Hint)
