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Katie Porter is Winning Her Congressional Race!

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 13 Nov 18

As many of you know, my husband and I have been supporting Democrat Katie Porter in her attempt to unseat our Republican US Representative for Congress, Mimi Walters. Our extremely conservative California district has NEVER been...

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What exactly counts as a "tremendous victory"?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 7 Nov 18

Donald Trump reckons that he has scored a "tremendous victory" on the grounds of an increased Republican majority in the Senate, despite losing control of the House of Representatives. If that is a tremendous victory, I wonder...

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US Mid Terms: Your Prediction and Take?

Norman Darlington @NormanDarlo (1071) • Ireland 3 Nov 18

On November 6, the US goes to the polls. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives as well as 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate are being contested. In addition, 39 state and territory governorships are being contested. The...

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Ready for the 2018 US Election to be Over?

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 2 Nov 18

Like millions of other Americans, as well as millions of people in other nations, I have been upset over the state of our government since the last US election in 2016. About a year ago, I figured I could continue to whine and...

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Fall Politics Heating Up Again

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 4 Jul 18

Since our California primary a month ago, my husband and I have been able to relax without continual calls to help with the Congressional campaign of Katie Porter, the candidate we have been supporting. However, all that is about...

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Katie Porter, The Candidate We Supported, Won her Primary

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 6 Jun 18

We are still traveling and will be busy the next ten days. However, I couldn't wait to let everyone know that Katie Porter, the candidate my husband and I have supported the past six months, secured one of the top two spots in...

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We Just Voted in the California Primary Election

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 20 May 18

California has a very unusual primary system. Instead of a primary for each political party, all the names and put on one ballot and the two top vote-getters for each office will be the only names put on the final ballot in...

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Flipping the House of Representatives

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 17 Jan 18

After months of being disappointed by our current U.S. Representative, a woman my husband and I actually know and have voted for in the past, I felt it was time to take action towards the goal of flipping the House of...

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Posters for my Favorite Candidate for Congress

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 13 Jan 18

Today I went over to the University of California in Irvine, about 15 minutes from our home, to make posters supporting my favorite candidate for Congress, Katie Porter. Katie is smart, personable and likeable. She is a law...

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Make America Think Again

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 6 Jan 18

In preparing for the 2018 Women's March, I decided to order myself a t-shirt with a slogan which represented my views. The shirt I ordered is pictured above. Although I am an independent and do not belong to a political party,...

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2018 Campaign for House of Representatives is Underway

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 21 Dec 17

This evening, my husband and I attended our first event for a candidate who is running in our District for U.S. Representative. The 2018 campaign has already begun, and it will get heated from here. Our current U.S....

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Could We Really Flip Congress?

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 12 Dec 17

Tonight, a closely watched election in Alabama resulted in the election of the Democratic candidate, Jones, rather than the Republican candidate, Moore. There were many reasons for the way the election turned out, including the...

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Driven Away from the Republican Party by Mass Shootings and NRA

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 6 Nov 17

I am registered as an Independent voter. I have always been proud of my non-partisan stance. For decades, in the states where I have lived of Texas and California, I have voted for both Republican and Democratic candidates,...

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Are There Better Ways to Spend Campaign Finance Money?

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 20 Jun 17

Today, Georgia is holding the most expensive House of Representatives election in U.S. history. Our last presidential election also set spending records. More and more money is being spent on U.S. elections every year. When I...

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My U.S. Representative Could Lose Her Next Election

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40844) • Laguna Woods, California 22 Feb 17

I live in one of four districts in Orange County, California which have a Republican U.S. Representative, but Hillary Clinton won the most votes during the last election. This means that the Democrats have grown in strength over...

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so it is only 81 days until the midterm elections and although...

allen0187 @allen0187 (59708) • Philippines 20 Feb 13

the campaign period is just started, i still haven't seen an entertaining political ad from our senatorial candidates. i'm not expecting the ads to tell the truth. if that happens, i'm sure that the end of the world as we know...

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DemocRats Guessed Wrong on Healthcare

mattic @mattic (282) • United States 25 Sep 10

That's the headline of an article posted this week in Politico (www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42588.html). Here's an exerpt: Rarely have so many political strategists been so wrong about something so big. But when it comes...

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Pichay tops politcal ad spenders

atenibuboy @atenibuboy (71) • Philippines 20 May 07

Pichay's political ad tagline has already cost him almost P157 million, making him the number 1 in the list of top 12 biggest spenders for the midterm elections. As of now he is trailing behind his partymates Angara and Arroyo and...

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Did you even vote in the midterm elections in your state?

crazyaltego @crazyaltego (32) • United States 8 Nov 06

Were you happy with the outcomes and what was your general opinions on your state's elections.

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