HAPPY PRIMARY TUESDAY! Follow the campaigns of 17 @MomsDemand action volunteers running in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin. I’m so proud of these gun safety advocates for stepping off the sidelines to #DemandASeat 🧵
CONNECTICUT: follow and support two @MomsDemand volunteers running for re-election as state representative: @JillianG_CT and Jennifer Leeper (IG: leeperforfairfield). #ctpol#demandaseat
THEY DID IT!!! Last night in the primaries across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont and Connecticut, SIXTEEN @MomsDemand volunteers won and will advance to the general election in November.
Follow and support these gun-sense champions to help elect them in November! 👇#DemandASeat
IT’S WORKING: So far this year, EIGHTY NINE @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers have won early elections or advanced through their primaries to the general election in November! #DemandASeat
When we launched #DemandASeat last summer, our goal was to recruit and train hundreds of @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers and gun violence survivors to run for office or work on campaigns – and so far we’re exceeding all hopes and expectations. nytimes.com/2021/08/10/us/…
Which is further proof that voters are calling out for real solutions and leadership to our uniquely American gun violence epidemic – and there’s no one better than @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers and survivors to rise to the challenge. glamour.com/story/how-wome…
.@joellahoye joined @MomsDemand in Kansas in 2015 after hearing a 911 call from a Colorado woman warning dispatchers about a man carrying a rifle down the street. She was told open carry is legal. Minutes later, the man shot and killed three people. klcjournal.com/lenexa-mom-bec…
That was the last straw for JoElla. She decided to get off the sidelines. And even though the odds were stacked against @MomsDemand volunteers in Kansas, she became chapter leader and started building a presence in the statehouse and helped broker relationships with Rs and Ds.
In 2017, when campus carry was set to become law, the Kansas @MomsDemand chapter helped pass an exemption for public hospitals, mental health centers and nursing homes through the Republican Supermajority in the statehouse and got it signed by a Republican governor.
“The 18-point loss in a big turnout for a proposal to strip abortion rights from the state constitution suggests abortion can push swing voters to Democrats, and mobilize the their base.” axios.com/2022/08/04/kan…
“In Johnson County — suburban Kansas City — over 242,000 votes were cast Tuesday, close to the historically high voter turnout in the 2018 midterms. If that were replicated in other suburbs around the U.S., it could make a difference in crucial contests up and down the ballot.”
Coming up:
Electing @PatRyanUC to Congress in New York’s District 19 on Aug 23.
November ballot initiatives in Kentucky, California, Vermont and probably Michigan.
Close governors races in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia and Arizona. forbes.com/sites/alisondu…
THEY DID IT!!! In primaries across Kansas, Arizona, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio last night, TWENTY ONE @MomsDemand volunteers won and will advance to the general election in November.
Follow and support these gun-sense champions to help elect them this November! 👇#DemandASeat
Last night was a BIG NIGHT in KANSAS, where not only did the pro-choice movement get a huge win, but @MomsDemand volunteers @NinaforKansas, @joellahoye, @Linda4Kansas also won their primaries! Support their campaigns for more wins on issues you care about.
MORE AMERICAN FREEDOM: The long-running Music Midtown festival at Piedmont Park in Atlanta in September has been called off because recent changes to Georgia gun laws prevent the festival from banning guns on the publicly owned festival grounds. #gapolbillboard.com/pro/atlanta-mu…
The new changes to the law created a pathway for gun carrying individuals, who had also purchased tickets to the festival, to successfully sue event organizers if they were denied entry to an event taking place on public property.
Every festival and event in Georgia on public property is now at stake - an economic blow to a state that has been marketed a music mecca, not to mention a cultural loss for citizens being held hostage by Republicans who value gun rights more than the right to public safety.