‘This is the future’: Black Senate candidates crush fundraising expectations

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Across the Senate map, Black candidates posted blowout performances in the most recent campaign fundraising period, leading to an unprecedented cash windfall that stands to reshape the Senate in 2022 and beyond

It helps that many Black candidates are challenging high-profile, highly polarizing opponents, a sure-fire way to stock the campaign coffers. The crop of 2022 candidates are also building on the recent successes of prominent Black candidates who preceded them — among them, former President Barack Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris, Warnock and Stacey Abrams, whose Fair Fight political action committee has raised more than $100 million since her 2018 loss to Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp.

As much as anything else though, the standout fundraising — accumulated in an off-year, months prior to the start of campaigns in earnest — has been powered by a flood of money from small donors online. Many candidates who haven’t had access to big-donor networks or high-dollar events are suddenly able to stock their treasuries with thousands of small digital contributions.

“I share that information with the campaigns that call and ask, you know, ‘How did you do it?’” Harrison said. “Part of the secret sauce for me — and I think Lindsey Graham picked up on it on the Republican side — was how you build a grassroots donor base. How do you tap into that type of energy in order to fund your campaign?” Harrison said. “There are techniques and things that you can do. And you can see the difference.”

 

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White America will never give up its power in America

Paula spain

Bring it 💪🏾

And the people that are raising that money better keep an eye on it or the white Democrat leadership was going to come after it. Hillary's already trying to figure out a way to get her claws on it.

I hope these candidates stand by their progressive(for the US) policies.

Campaign moolah is so sweet for Dems now !

rhonda_harbison It helps being knowledgeable in policy and speaking to your State constituents! Republicans have no such goals to tell their constituents because it’s all about fundraising not policy’s VOTE DEMOCRATIC because We want to make policy’s that strengthen the American Way!

joncoopertweets Good. Please God give Democracy hope. Please let the tombstones in human form (aka Republican Senators) be defeated.

Sarah Longwell told Politico there is a 'malaise' among Dem voters who don’t feel their lives have improved under Biden, and that very few are blaming Republicans for the mess in DC, where Dem Party infighting stalled a $1 Trillin infrastructure bill and $3.5 trillion budget.

There's a vast empirical literature demonstrating that money has little effect on U.S. election outcomes. This is well known in academic circles, but in the media it's correlation = causation. Time for the media to get the science right.

Not if “CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD”- current Democratic “Strategy”-continues along same path; if they don’t solve problems we’re seeing (supply chain, price increases, etc) then GOP will blame current morass of incompetence (rightfully so OR NOT) that is Dems in charge come ‘22 & ‘24.

Black and women voters: republican kryptonite.

Future USA: vast majority of latinos, african americans (lots of them muslims) and all of them socialists... In other words, a vast muslim Cuba...

He's not getting his money from Georgia that's for sure... It shows what money can buy and it's sad...

Does anyone else have an issue with the amount of money collected by a politician determining election outcomes?

The big Republican LIE: Tax cuts on the rich will trickle down. 40+ years of Republican tax cuts have caused a wealth increase of 8.7% among the top 1% and 8.7% loss among the 99%. 8.7% = $11.26 Trillion. Biden wants $3.5 Trillion for the 99%. Tax the 1%. Source: Federal Rsv.

where did the $ come from?

May God continue to bless you ma'am I never believe it's going to work out because I have lost a lot in different places I know one day they will face the judgment. I really appreciate you Lisahawthorrne

I wonder why some people still think national divorce is not solution! SundayThoughts

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