@lauragottsman.bsky.social
Working to crowdfund Democracy all across the country.
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Go on offense RIGHT NOW.
@charlesgaba.com maintains an amazing resource for crowdfunding democracy at www.blue26.org.
Choose your slates, and know that 1000s of other people are too.
96% goes to target recipients (candidate campaigns; state parties) 4% to credit card fees; 0% to Charles.
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Go on offense RIGHT NOW.
State legislative candidates w/enough funding to be loud boost turnout state-wide.
Join Blue Tennessee, Blue Ohio, Blue Missouri, Blue Indiana
@everystatebluetn.bsky.social
@everystateblueoh.bsky.social
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Go on offense RIGHT NOW.
-Work on partisan voter registration in your community.
Want to go on offense RIGHT NOW?
-Give money NOW for state staffers and infrastructure that will benefit every Dem running in the state in 2026. secure.actblue.com/donate/hopiu...
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Even more the case today. Repubs juiced turnout in a special up to midterm levels & still ran 14 points behind Trump’s 2024 performance. Most people haven’t begun feeling the effects of Repubs wiping away the ACA subsidies. Trump gets worse daily. Epstein won’t fade away.
They’re in deep trouble
⬇️This.
In the Dem grassroots, we worked doggedly to flip states. The AZ governor's race and Attorney General's race were absolute squeakers. ~15k votes and ~300 votes each. AZ went from "fraud-its" looking for bamboo traces on paper ballots then to suing the Trump administration now.
Crowdfunding democracy solves a lot of problems at once.
And it's been effective: pooling small-dollar donations to whole slates of candidates has raised enormous sums of money.
Read this 🧵from @charlesgaba.com, a small-dollar bundling pioneer:
"An examination of every race on the ballot in New York shows the shift was far more widespread, with Democrats having their best-ever performances in numerous deep red towns and rural areas."
28.11.2025 18:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We can't predict all the surprise winnable races in 2026. How to capitalize?
Run Dems everywhere and make sure they ALL have money to run a loud campaign. A few thousand dollars makes a huge difference in down-ballot races.
Join @everystatebluetn.bsky.social
You don't have to live in Tennessee!
Dem candidates running everywhere--with our grassroots support!--forces the GOP to spend money in "safe" races, and they have less for more competitive races.
And sometimes a race blows wide open--the GOP is now pouring money into the Dec 2nd special in TN-07 because of @aftynbehn.bsky.social.
Blistering piece from @simonwdc.bsky.social about ensuring we make not just Trump but the entire enabling GOP pay for the damage they have done to the country.
Do your part--step up NOW, don't wait. Volunteer, donate, amplify.
You have an established "run (and fund) everywhere" group already in Ohio: bsky.app/profile/ever...
06.11.2025 17:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0⬇️So true. And "actually campaign" means candidates have a minimal amount of funding to put up a website; print yard signs; buy voter data; drive around their district.
Funding an ecosystem of candidates, as we just did in Virginia, is efficient and effective for candidates AND donors.
Last night, Democrats flipped 3 seats in MISSISSIPPI, breaking the supermajority in their state legislature. Democrats showed up and made massive gains in red districts all over the country.
If you want to help do that in Missouri, HI! 👋👋 That is literally why we exist!
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We've run through the tape on today's races. Now keep on running to the next races! There are 23 more special elections coming right up. Support them all with one click, courtesy of @charlesgaba.com.
Remember, 96% goes to Dem candidates, 4% goes to credit card fees, and 0% goes to Charles.
If we can mirror this in 2026, it takes away almost any advantage the GOP can gain from gerrymandering while adding some resilience to democracy by activating the maximum number of people around the cause of freedom.
03.11.2025 15:50 — 👍 110 🔁 30 💬 1 📌 0
Virginia shows how it's done!
1. Dems running in ALL 100 VA House districts
2. Strong grassroots funding for EVERY race
3. Volunteers writing postcards, door knocking, and phone banking all over
Our roadmap for 2026, per @davidpepperoh.bsky.social
Thanks @charlesgaba.com & @90for90.bsky.social!
By crowdfunding state legislative candidates, Blue Ohio @everystateblueoh.bsky.social has steadily grown the number of Dems running. They spread pro-democracy energy; raise statewide turnout for the top of the ticket; & force the GOP to defend their extremism.
Join the community: www.blueohio.org
Tireless democracy defender @davidpepperoh.bsky.social previews very encouraging election prospects in Ohio, one of the most GOP-rigged states in the country.
We must expand our competitive electoral map and Ohio is a prime target.
Tennessee refuses to act to keep kids, seniors, disabled people and working poor people from going hungry by funding SNAP.
Join Blue Tennessee @everystatebluetn.bsky.social to crowdfund state legislative candidates who will protect SNAP--small recurring donations add up to big change.
This short🧵from @matthew.flux.community lays out as clearly and succinctly as I've ever seen how Democrats, writ large, waste much of the money we raise on late-in-the-cycle ad spending rather than the ongoing 24/7 capacity building required to win elections in the information age.
28.10.2025 04:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Defend democracy right now--there are 52,000 elections in 2 weeks, in 2025. Voting rules for 2026 in Maine; PA Supreme Court makeup; NJ and VA Gov and state legislatures; and lots more. Off-year elections are all about turnout. Wherever you live, help get out the vote. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
24.10.2025 14:08 — 👍 412 🔁 166 💬 5 📌 5Ohio, where the GOP excels at cheating, will nonetheless have a competitive Senate race in 2026. What's a really cheap way to boost Dem turnout statewide? Run for every state legislative seat and crowdfund every candidate with @everystateblueoh.bsky.social.
Pro tip: You don't have to live in Ohio.
Join @everystatebluemo.bsky.social to crowdfund state legislative candidates running all over the state, including the ruby red parts. There are lots of Dems in MO--small recurring donations add up to lots of pro-democracy fight.
21.10.2025 19:41 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Another reason why sustained support of pro-democracy efforts in the most GOP-rigged states, such as Missouri and Tennessee, is critical even if you don't live there? As @jvl.bsky.social details here, those states are now trying to impose their (extremist) will on other states.
21.10.2025 19:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Crowdfund Dem infrastructure in 5 expansion states NOW to win in 2025, 2026 and beyond: Maine, Iowa, Alaska, Florida, and Texas. $60k raised already towards a $250k goal.
Learn more and donate:
secure.actblue.com/donate/hopiu...
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⬇️So true. The rules for 2026 in Maine are being set in 3 weeks, in 2025. If GOP succeeds in making voting more difficult this year, it will be that much harder to win next year.
16.10.2025 14:31 — 👍 41 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0Elect more Dems in Tennessee to keep @aftynbehn.bsky.social company! Join @everystatebluetn.bsky.social to crowd fund state legislative candidates in Tennessee.
16.10.2025 14:25 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0A US House seat in Tennessee will be decided in a Dec 2 special election. Aftyn Behn is an experienced Dem fighter.
#FlipTN07 #Aftyn4TN
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
No need to wait until next year to get to work on elections or to donate. Choose a race coming up this fall from @taniel.bsky.social's guide.
Prop 50 in California (creates 5 new Dem-leaning US House seats in response to Texas creating 5 new GOP-leaning seats) is the starting gun for 2026.
