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The House passed a defense bill on 22 July with a 5-7% troop pay raise in it. House Democrats voted against it 205 to 6. The #veterans in the caucus led that. Two veteran Democrats broke ranks and voted yes, and neither one said a word about Iran.
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Four of the six candidates on Tuesday's WA-10 ballot are #veterans. The Democrat in office isn't one of them. Two Army vets are primarying Marilyn Strickland from the left, on the Iran war, in a Joint Base Lewis-McChord district. She sits on Armed Services. #midtermsalphademocrat.com/wa10-veteran-l…
Missouri votes Tuesday on a congressional map that the Secretary of State has until Tuesday to rule on. One county clerk says she expects litigation either way, and isn't sure the results will be valid. #midtermsalphademocrat.com/wellman-mo02-p…
Elaine Luria and Jen Kiggans both spent 20+ years in the Navy. Both are on Virginia's ballot Tuesday. When both sides hold the same asset, it stops being one. VA-02 is the control group for our whole argument, and it's a test we can't win. #midterms#veteransalphademocrat.com/luria-kiggans-…
The House voted twice this summer to end the Iran war. Both times, four Republicans crossed. One was Tom Barrett of Michigan, an Army #veteran defending a toss-up seat. Democrats have five weeks of town halls to run on this war. In some districts the Republican got there first.
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@mh0382757760749 Fair, and we can't rule it out. Worth noting Maasdam-aligned money is aimed at Brink, not Lawrence, which is a strange way to run that play. Either way, Tuesday will tell.
A PAC that didn't exist two weeks ago has spent about $600,000 in Michigan's 7th: boosting the progressive, hitting the Navy SEAL. Operatives in both parties suspect Republicans. If so, the GOP is paying to beat Matt Maasdam before November, not face him in it. Primary 4 Aug. #midterms#veteransalphademocrat.com/mi07-outside-m…
Fair on the totals. VoteVets alone is $2M per FEC filings. But we report Maasdam is third in Q2 money and holding the least cash of the three.
The $600k is interesting because it showed up late, from a committee that didn't exist two weeks ago, aimed at one of three candidates. You don't spend to knock out the opponent you'd rather face in November.
Next month the #VA awards the largest health contract in its history. #Veteran Democrats don't agree on it. Seth Moulton wants a rival to the VA. JoAnna Mendoza is a VA patient who wants it defended.
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Maine Democrats picked a Senate nominee on Saturday. Delegates pledged to Troy Jackson on 18-19 July. CNN and the Washington Post published on his record 20-21 July. The decision came 48 hours before the scrutiny. Second time in seven weeks.
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New Hampshire's 1st District primary, 8 Sept: Stefany Shaheen 22% / Maura Sullivan (USMC, Iraq) 15% /
Undecided 47% / Sullivan lost this seat in 2018 with the most money in the field. The open question is whether service moves primary voters at all. #NH#Midtermsalphademocrat.com/maura-sullivan…
Cait Conley outraised Mike Lawler last quarter. She heads into the fall with $1.3M banked to his $4.8 M. On 30 June the Supreme Court lifted all caps on party coordinated spending. The RNC holds $128M . The DNC holds $16M and owes $18M .
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A Navy SEAL is running third on money in Michigan's 7th, one of 18 true toss-ups in the country. Matt Maasdam raised $354K last quarter. Both rivals beat him. The Republican incumbent is a 22-year Army veteran.
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Federal law says military and overseas voters get ballots 45 days out. South Carolina's special Senate primary can't meet it — and state officials said so in public on July 15. No Democrat gains a seat from pointing this out. That's why it's worth pointing out. #midtermsalphademocrat.com/south-carolina…
Republicans beat the Democratic motion to recommit by one vote, 210-211. Then they pulled their own veterans bill anyway. Second time in two months. Johnson says September — six weeks before the election. Three Republicans broke ranks. #Midterms#veteransalphademocrat.com/take-care-amer…
Mendoza outraised Ciscomani again — $2M to $1.1M. He still ended with $4.1M on hand to her $3.2M. Three days before the primary, Republicans opened a crime attack. Whether a 20-year Marine drill instructor can absorb that is the real test. #AZpol#Midtermsalphademocrat.com/mendoza-ciscom…
The tell isn't Platner. It's Iowa. VoteVets spent roughly $10M in that primary on Josh Turek, who never served. The biggest veterans PAC in Democratic politics looked at an open Senate seat and picked a non-veteran. That decision deserves more attention than it got. #2026Midtermsalphademocrat.com/blue-collar-ve…
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