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11 Jan, 21 tweets, 7 min read
We're keeping track of state & local elected officials who participated in the insurrection. If you want to run against them (or if they resign -- as they should! -- & there's a special election), @runforsomething will help you. runforwhat.net

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West Virginia: Derrick Evans, who has already resigned from the WV House of Delegates. /2 nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/…
California: Leandra Blades, member of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified Board of Education & Whittier City Councilmember Jessica Martinez. /3 loscerritosnews.net/2021/01/10/yor…
PA: State Senator Doug Mastriano. /4 inquirer.com/politics/penns…
Tennessee: State Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver. /5 tennessean.com/story/news/pol…
Nevada: Assemblywoman-elect Annie Black. /6 8newsnow.com/news/local-new…
Arizona: State Rep. Mark FInchem. /7 tucson.com/news/local/tim…
Virginia: State Senator (and current gubernatorial candidate) Amanda Chase. /8 npr.org/2021/01/09/955…
Alaska: State Rep. David Eastman. /9 adn.com/alaska-news/20…
Missouri: State Rep. Justin Hill (who skipped his own swearing-in ceremony to be in D.C.) /10 stltoday.com/news/local/gov…
Virginia: Delegate David LaRock. /11 dcist.com/story/21/01/08…
Illinois: State Rep. Chris Miller. /12
Michigan: State Rep. Matt Maddock (who's wife also attended, and is currently running unopposed for MI GOP state co-chair.) /13 freep.com/story/news/pol…
Massachusetts: Sue Ianni, Natick Town Meeting member. /14 metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/202…
Montana: State Senator Theresa Manzella /15
Minnesota: State Reps. Susan Akland, Steve Drazkowski, Mary Franson, Glenn Gruenhagen, Eric Lucero, and Jeremy Munson, who all participated in the protests at the MN state capitol. /16
I'll come back to this thread if/when more state & local electeds are identified. If you want to run for one of these seats (or any other local office), @runforsomething will help you. Sign up at runforwhat.net, then check your email for an invite to our next intro call.
Florida: State Sen. Joe Grueters, head of the FL GOP - he encouraged his supporters to connect with those organizing buses to come up to D.C. for 1/6. /18 orlandosentinel.com/opinion/editor…
Rhode Island: Rep. Justin Price. /19 providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…
Ohio: State board of education member Kirsten Hill, who organized a bus trip to DC for the riots. (h/t @MelaniasBelts). /20 ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/01/12/ohi…
Oklahoma. /21

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In the last @runforsomething feel-good update of 2020, I lay out a few of this year's (many!) accomplishments that I'm particularly proud of... /1 rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-goo…
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On @crookedmedia today, @RossMoRock & I laid out some principles the entire Democratic Party — operatives, funders, electeds, volunteers, all of us — needs to embrace to move forward. /1 crooked.com/articles/democ…
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In today’s @runforsomething feel-good update: Where we go from here.

The TLDR: Local, local, local. 🎯 rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-goo…
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We are just reprioritizing. Local races made up 40% of our endorsed candidates in the past vs 60% state leg. We expect to flip that ratio. rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-goo…
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