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Joe Beda @jbeda
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The US midterm elections are coming up and I want to support (with significant $) non-republican federal or gubernatorial candidates that have a chance of flipping the seat or are in chance of losing it. Do folks have resources for where my money can be most effective?
I'm not interested in (a) people telling me not to talk politics or (b) people telling me that my political leanings are wrong.
Thank you everyone for great suggestions and resources to look into. I now need to find time to sit down and build a spreadsheet. Keep the suggestions coming.
Two donations in and my credit card company marked me for fraud so had to call them. Hilarious.
OK -- here are the candidates that I donated to (or plan to donate to). This is just the first batch. I'm viewing this as putting my tax cut to work.
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