Nina Turner speaks at a campaign rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders on November, 3, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Washington hasn’t paid much attention to the handful of upcoming special elections in deep-blue House districts. There’s little reason to: it’s a near-certainty that the seats will elect Democrats.aggressively contesting the races in an effort to stop establishment-oriented Democrats from claiming the offices.
Turner is seen as the left’s best shot to win one of the three seats. She is a prolific fundraiser with a national following from Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 campaigns that’s helped her bring in more than $1 million. Her closest rival, Brown, only collected $40,000 by the end of 2020. As a former local elected official who represented part of the Cleveland-based 11th District in the state Senate and City Council, Turner is also a well-known figure in the area.
Despite being massively outraised at the end of last year, Brown is viewed as a formidable opponent to Turner. She is a Cuyahoga County council member who has rolled out a number of endorsements, including from Congressional Black Caucus chair Rep. Joyce Beatty, local officials and pastors. In Louisiana, the winner of the 2nd District special election — the only one of these races that has a set date so far — will fill Richmond’s New Orleans-based seat. In Ohio’s 11th and New Mexico’s 1st districts, the races are to replace Reps. Marcia Fudge and Deb Haaland, respectively, if they are confirmed by the Senate for Biden’s administration.
In Louisiana’s 2nd District, prominent liberal politicians and groups including Stacey Abrams, the Sanders-founded Our Revolution and the CPC PAC have thrown their weight behind Karen Carter Peterson, a state senator who has endorsed “Medicare for All” and the Green New Deal. Chambers and Turner have spoken to each other about the difficulty of campaigning as progressives, according to a person familiar with their conversations. Chambers said if they win, the left will be better able to “defeat those arguments” for incremental reform made by moderate Democrats in Congress.
Hard pass on Nina Turner.
Hold onto your wallet
Nina Turner is just a real bad idea. A complete divider who did whatever it took to support Bernie by trashing Joe, Hillary and others.
Inshallah
HELLO SOMEBODY!!!
As they should. We need people in congress who really represent us. These old people gotta go.
And lose control of the house and the senate in the process 🤦🏼♀️
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I won’t vote for Nina Turner. I am true blue Democrat and I will not change. Instead of trying to take over. They need to learn to work with Dems.
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