If you’re in Georgia, voting is going on RIGHT NOW for the Democratic primary. You have an opportunity to get More AND Better Democrats with your vote.
Election day is TODAY Tuesday, May 21.
Find your voting locations here: mvp.sos.ga.gov/...
On the MORE side of things:
Former Democratic congressman John Barrow is challenging a Gov Kemp appointee on the GA Supreme Court. This is a special election combined with the regular primary. Whoever wins gets the seat – NO November election required. Just make sure you remember Barrow’s name or to vote AGAINST the incumbent. It’s on the Democratic ballot towards the bottom, but it’s a non-partisan race so party affiliation will not be listed next to the candidates. And if you need any more incentive, the incumbent is a former Clarence Thomas clerk. *shudder*
BarrowForGeorgia.com
If MTG is your current congressperson:
My name is Clarence Blalock and I’m running for the Democratic nomination in District 14. Whoever wins gets the pleasure of challenging Marjorie Taylor Green in November.
ClarenceForGA.com
My main opponent is Shawn Harris. We call him Marcus 2 because he’s running Marcus Flower’s playbook which sucked in $16 million from Democratic donors and set it on fire. Shawn even boasts that Marcus endorsed him! (More on Marcus later…)
To date, Harris has raised $300,000 and spent $270,000 on… nothing. DC consultants, out of state hotels, and more digital fundraising. Nothing on the ground.
At a forum a few weeks ago Harris said that if Biden came to the district he wouldn’t meet with him.
He has also been telling people that it’s ok to split their vote by voting for him and Trump.
That’s dangerous.
Our democracy may not survive another Trump presidency. If Trump somehow wins GA yet a Democrat takes out MTG, that’s NOT a win. It’s pyrrhic at best.
But more importantly, if Biden wins GA, Trump pretty much can’t win the presidency. Biden won in 2020 by just under 12,000 votes. 88,000 Democratic votes came out of my very very red district. Upsetting that cart virtually guarantees a Trump win in GA and a much harder path for Biden.
Not to mention that Democrats should be advocating for Democrats and Democratic values, which Mr. Harris definitely is not.
And let’s be clear about something…
This district is heavily gerrymandered. The value in this race is turning out every Democratic vote in the district for an overall statewide effect, and for longer-term party infrastructure building so that other Democrats can see that Democrats actually live here and vote.
That’s what I’m doing. Every penny that I’ve raised has gone into direct voter contacts, in order to drive up votes. Every single person I identify and turn out in this primary race will make it 10x easier for Biden’s team to reactivate in November.
I don’t know if you’ve ever run a campaign, but the hardest part (other than fundraising) is figuring out which of the hundreds of thousands of registered voters can be motivated to actually show up at the polls, and which of those can be encouraged to vote for you. The most effective way of doing that is through direct voter contacts, and that costs money most of us don’t have.
Which makes it all the more offensive that Harris is setting his own little pile of $300,000 on fire without doing the actual work, or leaving anything of value behind.
As for the BETTER side of things:
If David Scott, Lucy McBath or Hank Johnson is your congressperson:
There’s a good chance that McBath and Johnson are no longer on your ballot due to a surprise lawsuit-related redistricting last December.
Assuming you ended up in the new District 13 which now wraps around Atlanta and DeKalb from Clayton to Rockdale to south Gwinnett, you get to vote for a new congressman.
This is where we get to talk about grifter and carpetbagger Marcus Flowers. The man who took $16,000,000 in Democratic donations and tossed $15,380,000 into a fiery tar pit and took the remaining $620,000 of donations TO BE USED AGAINST MTG and instead went seat shopping and deployed it against Democratic Rep David Scott.
(This is the same Marcus who told his wife they were going to Walmart and he instead dropped her off at a homeless shelter because he was done with her.)
So he’s one of your options.
A 2nd option is “incumbent” David Scott who currently only represents 30% of the new district. He’s in extremely poor health (physically and mentally) lets republicans run roughshod over everything in the Agriculture Committee (which determines how much food assistance disadvantaged children receive through SNAP), and he was once named one of the 25 most corrupt members of Congress.
So here’s another option:
In my opinion, the best choice is former city councilman Mark Baker. He’s about as progressive as you can get, is excellent with people, and he does the work.
Mark is a strong defender of women’s reproductive rights and if we can get him to a runoff, there’s a good chance he’ll be the next Congressman from District 13.
This is a safe Democratic seat, so tossing out an incumbent for a better Democrat is nothing but upside.
BakerForGeorgia.com
In Summary:
If you live in GA, GO VOTE TODAY by 7 PM!
You can find your Election Day precinct (Tue, May 21, 7 AM – 7 PM everywhere) at your My Voter Page:
https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
Everyone should vote for John Barrow for GA Supreme Court.
Everyone in Congressional District 14 should (in my opinion) vote for me, Clarence Blalock.
Everyone in the new District 13 should vote for Mark Baker or anyone else not the incumbent or Grifter Flowers.
And if you’re in the 6th District, Lucy McBath will be on your ballot and will likely be your next Congresswoman. It’s not competitive at all, but she’s the best candidate in any case.
Clarence Blalock:
ClarenceForGA.com
John Barrow:
BarrowForGeorgia.com
Mark Baker
BakerForGeorgia.com
Thanks!