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What happened yesterday


Reform Immigration FOR America
We stood together and defeated hate
But the fight isn’t over
Yesterday we saw our community stand up together at the polls all over the country.
While the Republican party swept the House, taking back the majority, they ran into a firewall in their attempts to gain back the Senate. That firewall was the Latino and immigrant vote. That firewall was you. 

In California, our community stood up to defeat Meg Whitman, who vilified her own undocumented housekeeper to try to save political face.

In Colorado, Senator Michael Bennet was re-elected with the support of Latino voters. Anti-immigrant Tom Tancredo worked hard for Bennet’s opponent and was so polarizing that even other anti-immigrant voters stayed home.

But it didn’t keep our movement home. In Nevada, Latino voters turned out to reelect Senate majority leader Harry Reid. 16 percent of the electorate was Latino, and the community stood together against Sharron Angle’s racist rhetoric.

Our fight isn’t over. It isn’t even on hold. And yesterday’s elections showed that our power is alive and well.

Thank you for everything you do. You’re the reason we’re still fighting.

Marissa Graciosa
Reform Immigration FOR America
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Election update …Seattle -a message from Adam
 

Volunteers needed in Seattle: 1116
Volunteers signed up so far: 568
Hey,
I spent all night going over the latest numbers from across the country, and I wanted to fill you in on what we’re seeing with just 5 days left.
You’ve probably heard about some very scary polls. When you ask voters generically which party they’re going to vote for, Democrats are down by about 8 points. And it’s true that we’re playing defense for about 100 seats across the country.
But beneath the surface, when you look at specific races, we’re seeing that many of them are still quite fluid. Sure, some Democrats are losing ground, but others are surging in the polls, and there are some candidates who now seem more likely to win than they did a week or two ago (like Michael Bennet in Colorado, Patty Murray in Washington, and Ann Kuster in New Hampshire).
So it’s time to concentrate on the places where we can make the most difference.

We’ve decided to target 59 key races, including Patty Murray‘s, where we have reason to believe a flood of grassroots volunteers in the final push could make a real difference. And in those places, our volunteer numbers have been steadily climbing—we turned out about 20% more people last week than the week before, and we’re getting amazing feedback from targeted campaigns about how MoveOn volunteers are making a big impact in reaching out to voters.
Nevertheless, we’re still far short of our overall goals. In Seattle alone, we’re counting on 1116 volunteers, and so far we’ve only signed up 568. So our numbers need to improve dramatically over the next couple of days, in order for candidates like Patty Murray to run an effective voter turnout operation that can overcome the national trend.

So consider this a personal request: Will you sign up to volunteer for Patty Murray in Seattle?

Yes, I’ll sign up to volunteer.

Sorry, I can’t.

Thanks for all you do.–Adam

 

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Michael Bennet for U.S. Senate: “Who is Ken Buck?”


In the last couple weeks Ken Buck has spent a lot of time trying to walk back the extreme positions he took to win support from the Tea Party. But we think it’s important for Coloradans to hear what Ken Buck really believes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUKGym_iVYI