Let's flip the Senate. Register. Donate. Vote.
I know people are being shown right now that voting does not fix everything, so some people might be feeling despair and wondering why we even bother to vote. Often the Democrats we vote in are still imperfect. But that does not make voting less important. We must still vote, and then we must HOLD THOSE DEMOCRATS ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS. Both political actions are important!! An crappy Democrat in office leaves much to be desired but is still miles better than a Republican, so we must ensure that Republicans do not win.
A friendly reminder for those looking at Mark Kelly and going “he’s an old white guy, what difference does it make?”
1) McSally’s seat is a stolen one. There’s a lot of specifics here about how Arizona politics work, but suffice to say she lost the popular vote so the governor found a way to appoint her, instead. Electing Mark Kelly means the seat returns to the hands of the people, instead of somebody firmly in Doug Ducey’s pocket.
2) remember Gabby Giffords? The congresswoman who was shot by a right-wing extremist for being “too left-wing”? This is her husband. He was an astronaut. Gabby now has too many neurological difficulties to hold a seat, so he changed careers mid-course and went from NASA to politics to continue her work. This is a man who knows what hardship looks like, knows what sacrifice looks like, knows EXACTLY what the stakes are and is NOT going to give up and let his wife down.
He’s not “just another old white man.” He’s a man for whom this is INTENSELY PERSONAL.
