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What are we going to do now with all those file photos?

02 Tuesday Aug 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in US Senate

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4th Congressional District, Primary, right wingnut, schadenfreude, U.S. Senate, Vicky Hartzler

Nope.

rachel @rachel_schnelle
I am currently at the watch party for Vicky Hartzler, as results come trickling in.
@kcur
[….]
10:46 PM · Aug 2, 2022

In the republican party U.S. Senate primary:

State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 02, 2022
Unofficial Results
as of 8/2/2022 11:12:04 PM

State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 02, 2022

Office/Candidate Name Party Votes % of Votes
U.S. Senator 3439 of 3592 Precincts Reported

Patrick A Lewis Republican 5,483 0.931%
Eric Schmitt Republican 268,326 45.575%
Billy Long Republican 27,207 4.621%
Eric Greitens Republican 112,891 19.174%
Bernie Mowinski Republican 1,417 0.241%
C.W. Gardner Republican 1,746 0.297%
Deshon Porter Republican 1,387 0.236%
Vicky Hartzler Republican 131,750 22.378%
Dave Sims Republican 1,743 0.296%
Mark McCloskey Republican 17,483 2.969%
Eric McElroy Republican 2,493 0.423%
Dennis Lee Chilton Republican 642 0.109%
Robert Allen Republican 1,822 0.309%
Dave Schatz Republican 6,741 1.145%
Hartford Tunnell Republican 553 0.094%
Kevin C. Schepers Republican 602 0.102%
Rickey Joiner Republican 962 0.163%
Robert Olson Republican 959 0.163%
Russel Pealer Breyfogle Jr Republican 589 0.100%
Darrell Leon McClanahan III Republican 992 0.168%
Curtis D. Vaughn Republican 2,971 0.505%
Party Total: 588,759

[emphasis added]

Probably should have stayed with the 4th Congressional District.

Vicky Hartzler (r) [2021 file photo].

Heartland POD: It’s Eric!

02 Tuesday Aug 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Adam Sommer, Eric, Heartland POD, missouri, Primary, U.S. Senate

Trump finally endorsed in the Missouri GOP Senate primary race. And the lucky winner is… ERIC! Which one? What a great question!

Previously:

It’s one of the three (August 1, 2022)

东方红

29 Friday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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4th Congressional District, campaign mail, China, Missourians for Truth PAC, PAC, Primary, Rick Brattin, right wingnut, The East is Red

We get mail.

Perhaps our favorite image to date from among all of the 2022 republican primary campaign mailings in Missouri:

We’ve received several mail pieces paid for by a right wingnut Federal Super PAC that attack Rick Brattin (r). Not that we’re complaining. This is today’s edition:

Blah, blah, blah, RINO. Blah, blah, China, blach, blah, America last.

Blah, blah, Never-Trumper. Blah, blah, China. Blah, blah, Chinese Communist Companies. There’s an oxymoron for you – Communist Corporatist Capitalists.

So much for Ronald Raygun’s© Eleventh Commandment.

Previously:

Some right wingnuts with money really hate Rick Brattin (r) (July 25, 2022)

Paid for by somebody else…in New Hampshire

28 Thursday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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4th Congressional District, campaign mail, Mark Alford, New Hampshire, Primary, right wingnut

We get campaign mail.

Former newsreader Mark Alford (r) is one of a sea of right wingnut republicans running in the republican primary for the open seat in Missouri’s 4th congressional District.

Burn pits, anyone? Universal access to affordable healthcare? Gun violence? Death penalty? If Mark Alord (r) wins the primary will the election be “secure”? If he loses the primary will it be “stolen”? Just asking.

As opposed to “the liberals on the right”?

Try “Whip Inflation Now”. That worked out so very well.

First in what way? Like this?:

Previously:

Just two questions. For now. (October 27, 2021)

Uh, a few more questions (November 2, 2021)

Retail politics (June 1, 2022)

Some right wingnuts with money really hate Rick Brattin (r) (July 25, 2022)

[fill in mindless platitude here]

28 Thursday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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campaign mail, Johnson County, presiding commissioner, Primary, Republican, Troy Matthews

We get campaign mail.

The text was apparently written using a right wingnut Phrase-O-Matic© generic campaign talking points template.

“Our Johnson County way of life is on the line this August…”

You’re on the primary ballot along with four other republicans who have political views indestinguishable from yours. How does that work?

“…and Make Johnson County more conservative!”

That would be impossible, unless you’re planning on a significant proportion of the county’s population and institutions leaving.

“As a farmer, business owner…” “Put Johnson County farms and businesses first”

A little self-interest there? Just asking.

“Lower taxes and the quality of life” | Fixed it for you.

“Fully fund the police to keep us safe”

The Sheriff’s Office? Municipal police?

Lower taxes, increase law enforcement funding? How is this possible? Do explain.

In today’s mail

27 Wednesday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in US Senate

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missouri, postcard, Primary, Spencer Toder, U.S. Senate

Spencer Toder (D) [2021 file photo].

Paid for by the candidate’s own committee. How novel.

“…Spencer Toder makes the lives of Missourians better — Every. Single. Day. He’s helped more than 20,000 families sign up for benefits like the Child Tax Credit, rental relief, affordable internet, and Medicaid…”

Previously:

Heartland Pod: Spencer Toder (D) (May 17, 2021)

Spencer Toder (D) – candidate for the U.S. Senate – Boone County – June 6, 2021 (June 7, 2021)

Solidarity – Medicaid Expansion – Rally and March – Jefferson City, Missouri – July 1, 2021 (July 2, 2021)

“…Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!…”

23 Saturday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate

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22nd Senate District, General Assembly, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, missouri, Primary, right wingnut, social media, Twitter

Mary Elizabeth Coleman (r) [2019 file photo].

Yestwerday evening:

MaryElizabethColeman @meaccoleman
Some candidates talk about supporting conservative policies during the campaign. I have a real conservative record of protecting our freedom and liberties.
6:02 PM · Jul 22, 2022

There is much hilarity in the responses:

Conservative government is destroying Missouri. We need less of it not more.

Define freedom!

Nope. Not true at all.

Aren’t small government & local control “conservative values”? So why do you support laws to remove local control and tell people they have to follow your religious beliefs?

“I have a real conservative record of restricting, and even erasing, our freedom and liberties.” There, fixed it for you.

And let’s remember that in your world “protecting our freedom and liberties” actually means attacking and actively undermining people’s freedom and liberties. #FuckAbortionBans

You defend only the freedoms you want and the religion you want. This is who you are.

Your record proves you are MAGA GOP intent on destroying Missouri by being against high quality and safe public schools, women’s and minorities rights, and our democracy. No votes for you!

Isn’t your record that of crudely taunting and threatening to take away reproductive rights from Missourians and hanging out with fascists? [….]

Yeah I’m pretty sure I’ve lost freedom and liberties but go off Mary.

Sorry umm what’s this freedom and liberty do you speak of? Because your track record shows that you willfully and deliberately helped make women of Missouri second class citizens.

Protecting who’s freedom and liberties? Please! You’re doing no such thing. This tweet is a lie. Stop lying.

Hey MaryElizabeth? You need to keep your religion to yourself. You have absolutely no respect for the constitution and are so full of yourself that you think you know what is best for other people that you don’t even know.

They consider that a feature, not a bug.

Previously:

HB 1987: apparently 1984 was already taken (December 16, 2021)

The reason for the season? (December 26, 2021)

HB 1993: and you’ll have to wear a brown shirt while you’re driving on it (December 28, 2021)

HB 2424: Covid Mary (January 14, 2022)

The company one keeps (April 22, 2022)

One million dead Americans could have probably provided us with a different definition of “pro-life” – if they were still alive (May 16, 2022)

This you? (May 25, 2022)

American history summed up in one image

15 Friday Jul 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Arizona, governor, Kari Lake, Karrin Taylor Robson, Primary, republicans, right wingnuts, signs

Making 218,473 friends along the way

05 Wednesday Aug 2020

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Elad Gross, missouri, Primary

Last night, in the Missouri Attorney General Democratic Party primary:

State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 04, 2020
Unofficial Results
as of 8/5/2020 5:49:13 PM

Attorney General 3575 of 3575 Precincts Reported
[….]

Rich Finneran Democratic 271,436 55.405%
Elad Gross Democratic 218,473 44.595%
Party Total: 489,909
[….]

Elad Gross (D) [2020 file photo].

From Elad Gross (D):

Thank You for the Opportunity

This is long, but, if you read until the end, I promise it will be worth it.

I remember touching the imprint of the state seal on my folder on October 4, 2018. I was sitting in a Cole County courtroom listening to Eric Greitens’ lawyer argue about how the public deserved no transparency, how our government can so easily be broken, and how it should stay that way.

I got that folder working as an Assistant Attorney General of Missouri. It witnessed some of the proudest moments of my career, many of which were prefaced with, “Your Honor, I am here on behalf of the People of Missouri.”

I decided in that courtroom to take a shot, to run for Attorney General, to try to fix the brokenness so many of us live every day. And you came with me.

One of the first invitations I got was from Stoddard County. For the next two years, I would travel to 567 more events all over our state and spend a lot more time in courtrooms trying to hold our government accountable.

In the middle of it all, one of our staff members, Darlisa, asked me a question. “What is your number one priority right now? I mean, winning the election….”

“No. I’m not running to win. I’m running to make Missouri better. And when we forget that, whatever the outcome, we’ve already lost.”

You believed that too.

We had a great time. We made campaigning fun. We showed Missouri what this can be, how it can be so meaningful, how it can be real.

That’s how we broke down so many divisions in our state. We had Republicans crossing over to vote Democratic. We had both young and old voting for the first time. We had at least one woman asking for the “ballot with Elad on it.” I know because they are still texting me!!! (It’s OK. You can still text!)

I know some folks will look at this campaign and try to draw conclusions about where our electoral focus should be in Missouri. I ask you not to fall for that trap. Missouri is a special place. We’re in this broken spot because we’ve ignored so many folks who don’t have money or power. Building trust doesn’t happen overnight, especially after years of breaking it. Visit with people. Listen to them. Come with patience and compassion and understanding. And don’t give up.

Almost 200,000 Missourians voted for the kid with a funny sounding name. Just not enough people saw what we built by 7 PM on August 4.

These last two years have meant the world to me. We made Missouri better. And I know we’re not done yet.

On November 3, I’ll be voting for Rich Finneran to be Missouri’s next Attorney General. Until then, I’ll be helping him get there. I met Rich years ago, and, before and even during all of this, I kept volunteering to guest judge his appellate advocacy classes he taught at Wash U. Rich’s students love him for a reason. I hope you get to know him too because he is going to need all the help he can get in the general election. We need a new Attorney General very badly.

I also want you to find a local candidate, someone running for state representative or state senate or county commissioner or school board. I want you to contact them. I want you to ask them why they’re running. And if you like the answer, ask them how you can help. Goodness knows we need you.

Finally, and most importantly, I want you to know who helped pull this all together.

Jessica Lambrecht was the firebrand manager of this campaign. I don’t know what Freddy Doss’s official position was because he would do whatever it took on any given day. I’ve know these two for a very long time. This campaign meant so much to so many of you because it was run by some of the best friends anyone could ask for. They built the most active, responsive, dedicated campaign Missouri has seen in a long time. And they helped other campaigns too all over our state. You need to call them.

Daniel Williams came on board a little later, but he made up for lost time. He responded to an email. Little did he know he would become the volunteer manager for a statewide campaign with A LOT of amazing volunteers. He ran a program that reached out to many hundreds of thousands of people in Missouri. He also adopted his new dog Barney during this campaign, locking up the canine vote at a crucial time. There are few people I’ve met anywhere who work harder than Daniel. Call him too.

Our interns were phenomenal. We wanted this campaign to teach young folks how to be more civically engaged. I asked our interns to lead on making policy, to creating volunteer plans, to taking ownership of our state. In the years to come, you’ll see them fighting in every corner of Missouri.

I realized we weren’t going to pull it off early last night. I wanted to spend the time with them, especially at the moment when the press would eventually call it. Maybe it was the teacher in me. I couldn’t have asked for a better sendoff.

My wife, Tasha, and my mom, Margalit, were always ready to tell me what to do. They were usually right. And now they both have that in writing, along with more free time for my manual labor at two locations in St. Louis City, imagine that.

Our amazing volunteers truly were that. They would walk door-to-door days after surgery, text half the state on their own, call and listen patiently for a chance to get a voter, and do everything humanly possible to improve our state. I’d do anything for them.

To all of our record-number of donors, to all of the folks who endorsed this campaign, to everyone who shared my name with a friend, thank you for believing in me.

There’s nothing I’ll be able to do in my life to repay you all for what you’ve done for me and for our state. You gave your time, your money, your energy. I promise you I’ll keep fighting to make your dedication worthwhile.

Missouri, thank you. I love you…

[….]

.

Class.

Nothing lasts forever

05 Wednesday Aug 2020

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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1st Congressional District, Cori Bush, Lacy Clay, missouri, Primary

Last night, in the 1st Congressional District primary:

State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 04, 2020
Unofficial Results
as of 8/5/2020 5:16:16 PM

U.S. Representative – District 1 729 of 729 Precincts Reported

Winnie Heartstrong Republican 4,324 38.415%
Anthony Rogers Republican 6,932 61.585%
Party Total: 11,256

Cori Bush Democratic 72,812 48.603%
Lacy Clay Democratic 68,201 45.525%
Katherine (Kat) Bruckner Democratic 8,796 5.871%
Party Total: 149,809

Alex Furman Libertarian 336 100.000%
Party Total: 336

Total Votes: 161,401

[emphasis added]

Winnie Heartstrong, REP
St. Louis 3,307
St. Louis City 1,017

Anthony Rogers, REP
St. Louis 5,242
St. Louis City 1,690

Cori Bush, DEM
St. Louis 36,288
St. Louis City 36,524

Lacy Clay, DEM
St. Louis 38,699
St. Louis City 29,502

Katherine Kat Bruckner, DEM
St. Louis 4,021
St. Louis City 4,775

Alex Furman, LIB
St. Louis 249
St. Louis City 87

[emphasis added]

Things change.

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