Jasmine Beach-Ferrara appealed for new followers on Wednesday after announcing her candidacy in the 11th district of North Carolina. At the time she had about 4,500 followers. By Thursday morning, 24 hours later, that had grown to more than 102,000.
"I am Democrat Jasmine Beach-Ferrara. I am running against Madison Cawthorn. I have 4.5K followers. My opponent has 256K," Beach-Ferrara wrote."Can you please retweet this and ask everyone you know to follow this account to build our platform?"Later on Wednesday, Beach-Ferrara posted a follow-up tweet thanking her new followers.and we have already added 44K new followers and are just 221 low-dollar donors away from hitting our first major milestone," she wrote.
Her following continued to grow throughout the day and on Thursday morning. The Democrat also announced her campaign had raised $100,000 in a single day. "Going up against Madison Cawthorn won't be easy, but wow. We just raised $100,000 online in less than 24 hours thanks to you!" sheBeach-Ferrara describes herself as"a gay woman, Christian minister, mom of 3" and her initial campaign video has been watched more than 550,000 times on Twitter.
I’m Democrat Jasmine Beach-Ferrara and I’m running against Madison Cawthorn. As a gay woman, Christian minister, mom of 3, I’ve heard “you can’t” all my life. I’m ready to prove the skeptics wrong again. Please retweet and ask everyone you know to follow this account to join us.
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