Now: Co-Founder & President of @swingleft. Before: Teacher, travel writer for @nytimes and others. Always: Dad.
Jun 27, 2018 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Tonight marks a milestone in the history of @SwingLeft and for me, personally.
Tonight, voters will choose the Democratic nominee for #NY19—just one of our 78 Swing Districts.
But for me, it's the district that started it all.
THREAD. (1/12)
I will spare you the PTSD of Election Night, 2016, and start the next day.
I dropped off my daughter at daycare and went to the coffee shop to work on my novel.
I couldn't write, of course. I sat there burning with the need to do something.
(2/12)
Jun 8, 2018 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
I’m seeing a lot of reports about the CA primary results as inevitable, or just a result of a lot of $$ spent.
They’re missing the bigger story.
The story of how the grassroots pulled together to drive ASTRONOMICAL Dem turnout in these at-risk Swing Districts.
