Last week, hundreds of donors from Daily Kos and elsewhere helped raise over $20,000 to help the recount/runoff efforts of Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-Sen), Bill Nelson (FL-Sen), Andrew Gillum (FL-Gov), Stacey Abrams (GA-Gov), John Barrow (GA-SoS), Gina Ortiz Jones (TX-23), Carolyn Bordeaux (GA-07), Mike Espy (MS-Sen), Nikki Fried (FL-Ag Sec) and Katie Hobbs (AZ-SoS). The total eventually reached over $32,000.
The results so far have been mixed:
- Sinema, Fried and Hobbs have all won their races;
- Nelson, Gillum, Abrams have all lost their races;
- Bordeaux is officially going to a recount
- Espy and Barrow have runoff elections coming up on 11/27 and 12/04 respectively
I’ve updated the list at my ActBlue page by removing Sinema, Fried, Hobbs, Nelson, Gillum and Abrams.
I’ve also added several more candidates:
- Nate McMurray (NY-27)
- Gil Cisneros (CA-39)
- Ben McAdams (UT-04)
- TJ Cox (CA-21)
- Anthony Brindisi (NY-22)
- Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02)
- Gwen Collins-Greenup (LA-SoS)
(runoff election 12/08!)
Some of the Congressional races are still being counted; some have already been called one way or the other but are facing legal challenges from the other candidate. All are extremely close.
As for the last name, that’s right: We have a shot at picking up Louisiana Secretary of State as well! Gwen Collins-Greenup managed to qualify for a runoff election with virtually no money, advertising or support during the main race, but still has a chance of beating the Republican incumbent now!
I’ve also replaced Abrams’ GA-Gov account with the one for the Georgia Democratic Party, which is handling donations for her new “Fair Fight Georgia” legal effort.
Can we break $40,000 for these candidates today?