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Hi from the Whitmer watch party in the #MIGOV race. Early results only but if Abdul El-Sayed was looking to replicate Bernie map from 2016 presidential primary -- things are going to have to change. Whitmer up big in Clinton County with 40% of precincts in. Bernie won by 13 pts
welp
I'd say it's still worth watching the numbers here. Whitmer probably wants to be over 50 percent to claim statewide mandate, and we'll see how El-Sayed performs in cities like in and around Detroit. Results page here nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Trump continues to play Kingmaker. If it's Schuette and Gretchen Whitmer, which it looks like it will be, this sets up another Trump-like male candidate versus Dem woman for open gubernatorial race -- similar to Georgia
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Scoop: More than 4,500 vote-by-mail applications have gone missing in Georgia's DeKalb County, a place critical for Nov.'s hotly contested Gov's race. The missing applications have further stoked fears of voter suppression + election mismanagement nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/…
GA Dem Party delivered more than 4,700 vote-by-mail applications to county elections weeks ago. County board tells NYT they only received 48. But on a phone call with state Dems, county elections chair acknowledged possible error, per sources familiar nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/…
The impact: thousands may be disenfranchised in county critical to Abrams' hopes. Dems encouraging those affected to vote early in-person or request vote-by-mail ballot again. But the those out of state, traveling, or bedridden could be without recourse
nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/…
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A new piece from me: On the story about race in the midterms few are talking about: Not Stacey Abrams or Andrew Gillum, but how the GOP has nominated their whitest slate of Governor's candidates in years. nytimes.com/2018/10/03/us/…
Republicans used to have a more diverse gubernatorial bench than Democrats in recent years, with people like Jindal, Haley, Sandoval, and Martinez. Now, after this midterms, the party's roster threatens to be all-white, and overwhelmingly male
nytimes.com/2018/10/03/us/…
Some Republicans whisper that this is not an anomaly, but the direct result of the party's convergence around white interests, fueled by a Trump campaign and presidency that has focused its appeals on its overwhelmingly white electoral base
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For all our profession's both sides-isms, I wish we called this men's rightsy stuff "identity politics" in the same way we would if, say, a woman politician talked about her experience with sexism
Think of the last two days: the alarmist anti-immigration rhetoric at the TN rally, the ban on visas for diplomats in same sex marriages, and this men's rightsy rhetoric about Kavanaugh
Even if we take the conservative definition of "identity politics," which is roughly, governing with things like race/gender/sexuality overtly top of mind -- Trump, and his trademark rhetoric, fit the definition squarely, and are likely one of the practice's greatest proponents
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Among Democratic candidates for Michigan Governor, the candidate backed by Bernie Sanders, Abdul El-Sayed, came in last place in black-majority cities in Michigan facing challenges with poverty and water: Detroit, Pontiac, Inkster, Flint.
The results of Michigan's Tuesday primary show once again that Bernie Sanders & candidates he backs are struggling to win with African-American voters:
July report by CNN: "Cynthia Nixon, like Bernie Sanders before her, has a problem with black Democrats" cnn.com/2018/07/21/pol…
In city of Flint, Gretchen Whitmer won with 4,623 votes, Shri Thanedar in 2nd with 4,023 and Abdul El-Sayed with 2,561, per analysis by @RothTheReporter.

Thanedar won in northern part of Flint, which has larger % black population. He won precincts 1 through 14 in northern Flint.
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THREAD: Yeah, I have insomnia, so here’s some wonky info re. single payer, M4A and the Michigan Gubernatorial primary. 1/
2/ Now that the #MIGov primary is over, since the most contentious debate between El-Sayed and Whitmer (besides 'dark money') was about single-payer healthcare, let's get a few things straight:
3/ 1. "Single Payer" refers to any healthcare system where the gov’t is the payment source for healthcare providers (doctors/hospitals/drug cos/etc).
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"Abdul El-Sayed’s Campaign Is a Test for Leftism in the Midwest," New York Magazine declared.

That was on Sunday.'

@Sultanknish (full text) ⤵️
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On Monday, ThinkProgress called El-Sayed’s campaign one to prove “Democratic socialism can win in the Midwest.”

On Tuesday, socialism and leftism failed the Midwest test.

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Bernie Sanders, socialism’s confused grandpa, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, socialism’s new model, had flown out to campaign for El-Sayed’s gubernatorial campaign in Michigan.

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Bernie Sanders formally endorsed Abdul El-Sayed today for Michigan Governor. Sanders' former campaign officials have been helping El-Sayed for several months and Sanders-related groups previously endorsed him.
With primary two weeks away, recent poll shows El-Sayed in 3rd place.
Most recent survey (taken July 19-21): Among Democratic candidates for Michigan Governor:

Gretchen Whitmer, 39%
Shri Thanedar, 17%
Abdul El-Sayed, 12%

Undecided, 31%

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Republican (RNC) spokesman responds to Bernie Sanders endorsing today Abdul El-Sayed for Michigan Govenor, calling them comrades:
“El-Sayed continues to believe in pushing a radical socialist agenda for Michiganders.”
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"Gretchen Whitmer is leading the Democratic primary field with 39%, followed by Shri Thanedar at 17%, Abdul El-Sayed at 12%.
"Among Republicans Bill Schuette leads the Primary for Governor with 35%.
"Whitmer leads her top Republican rivals. Whitmer leads
Schuette 43% to 36%"
Gretchen Whitmer is endorsed by @emilyslist, all the labor unions, more.
gretchenwhitmer.com/endorsements/

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are campaigning against Whitmer, who is the former state senate minority leader and served in the state senate.
My point is simply in tight races where a progressive Democrat is running to evict a GOP seat, perhaps we should flip it blue?
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Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed is endorsed by Oakland County Democratic Black Caucus. (Oakland County is north of Detroit with about 1.2 million residents.)
Earlier, rival gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar got the support of some Baptist pastors and civil rights leaders in Detroit. The black vote in the Democratic primary is influential:
April survey showed that gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer was struggling with minority support:
"Thenadar holds a strong lead over Whitmer of 38.7%-14.3% among black voters"
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