I'm just a concerned American citizen doing what I can to help save democracy, decency and the planet by electing as many Democratic candidates as possible at the federal, statewide & especially local (state legislative) levels.
This is not a PAC, it's just a site with links to ActBlue pages where you can donate directly to one, two or dozens of Dems running for office at once. All funds go to the campaigns listed; I receive nothing.
--Charles Gaba
The filing deadline for major party candidates in Alaska has passed, so I've overhauled & updated my Alaska Legislative fundraising page accordingly.
As always, I receive nothing from donations to these candidates & funds.
House:
Four years ago, at the end of May 2020, I had raised a total of just over $303,000 for Democrats up & down the ballot, broken out as follows;
As of today (May 25, 2024), the major party candidate filing deadlines have passed in 37 states, while the state primaries have happened in 17 states.
This leaves 13 states where Democrats still have time to file to run for office and 20 where the filing deadline has passed but the primary hasn't happened yet. there's also five states which still have primary runoff elections coming up.
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I was happy to discuss my 2024 Democratic fundraising project with Jason Sattler of the EarlyWorm Society on his podcast, "How are you feeling about democracy?" last week.
Check it out, and also make sure to check out his...
Back in March I decided to remove President Biden from my various fundraising pages, figuring that given the absurd amounts of money his campaign is raising it seemed a bit silly to toss my small take for him on the pile.
I've had a change of heart more recently, however; given how the media...
Just three weeks ago I posted this entry:
Nebraska has a U.S. Senate situation which may sound similar to Georgia in 2020: Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts (both of whom are Republicans in this red state) are both up for re-election at the same time this November due to former Governor Ricketts
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The filing deadline for major party candidates in Washington passed a few days ago, so I've overhauled & updated my Washington Legislative fundraising page accordingly.
As always, I receive nothing from donations to these candidates & funds.
House:
As I've written about numerous times, there's two schools of thought when it comes to which candidates Democrats should be donating to. The "pragmatic" philosophy says that you should only support winnable races--that is, candidates running in tossup districts/states, or at least in races where the demographics suggest a reasonable chance of victory instead of "wasting" resources on candidates who have little to no chance of winning.
The poster child for this was Amy...
Four years ago, at the end of March 2020, I had raised a total of just over $227,000 for Democrats up & down the ballot, broken out as follows;
If the past few years have taught Democrats nothing else, it's how vitally important JUDGES are.
Depending on the state and the type of vacancy, some state-level judges are appointed by Governors, but others are elected positions. This page lets you easily donate to state supreme...
