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Making a note of my tiny political behaviors as

rydra_wong suggested! Being registered in a blue county in a blue state, and having already submitted my absentee midterm ballot, I tossed a small donation to ActBlue's #GrabYourBallot list a few days back. This one includes Heidi Heitkamp and Beto O'Rourke. Other candidates whose blurbs caught my eye are Kyrsten Sinema (senate race) and Paulette Jordan (governor).

Any particular candidates/races on your radar? I'd appreciate hearing about them if there are; it makes a nice change from my sporadic Twitter- and headline-skimming.

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From:

gramarye1971

NY 27: Chris Collins (R-under federal indictment for securities fraud) vs. Nate McMurray (D-not under federal indictment for securities fraud). That chunk of Western New York has a deep red streak, so it's no surprise that the race is as close as it is -- thanks to being an incumbent and a Trump-nugget, Collins still manages to be in the lead even though he really should be wearing an orange jumpsuit. I'll be thrilled if McMurray wins, but I'm not holding my breath.

From:

glass_icarus

It's true we'll have to wait and see, but the fact that so many state/local races are generating news this election cycle is encouraging.

From:

lyr

I am super excited about Beto! I am so sick of being stuck with Cruz. Also, our US rep is looking likely to flip; the DNC poured quite a bit of money into Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's campaign, and she's polling pretty well. I have a lot less hope for our gubernatorial race, though our lieutenant gubernatorial race could maybe go somewhere.

From:

glass_icarus

It does feel like there's a lot of local momentum! In pretty desperate times, granted, but still.

From:

starlady

I want to add one particular Senate candidate to your list of people to send some cash to if you can (and to mention to other people, even if you can't): Mike Espy, who's running for the Senate as a Democrat in Mississippi. Yes, Mississippi, and he has a very credible chance at actually pulling it out, especially if he gets money now--since it's a special, the election will be held in December.