midterm elections
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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