During this session, we will cover how to prepare for your student government campaign. This includes what to research, how to begin and the process of becoming a viable candidate. The trainers are Matt Cordeiro and Monique Teal.
Katie Porter just won her race for Congress in California's 45th Congressional District, delivering, over a week after election, yet another victory in the long-held Republican stronghold of Orange County.
Democracy for America endorsed Porter early in her Democratic Primary in January 2018.
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“Anyone that has been supportive of impeachment knows that the problems facing this country are most clearly visible in the corruption and illegality coming from this White House, but they don’t’ stop there,” said Neil Sroka, spokesman for the liberal advocacy group Democracy for America. “So we have to make the case to voters that it’s bigger than just impeachment and accountability.”
Sroka said he thinks Democrats shouldn’t be afraid to say they support impeachment, but he wouldn’t encourage them to make it a centerpiece of their platform. “It’s not necessary to be a litmus test,” he said. “The only litmus test in the 2018 race is, are you willing to be a check on the president?”
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Democracy for America supporters like you are mobilizing to resist Donald Trump -- and defeat Trump Republicans in elections cross the country. Are you in?