Downticket To The Future
by digby
If you haven’t donated to Progressive Kick’s matching fund campaign for down ticket races, then you should do it today. They have a little money left for matching funds but they’re almost all the way there. It’s really quite impressive:
Dozens of state legislatures are up for grabs this November, and with them, the power to redistrict dozens of U.S. House seats. That’s why Progressive Kick and its major donors have pledged to match dollar-for-dollar all contributions to select, progressive legislative and down-ballot statewide candidates, when given through our Win Big by Thinking Small ActBlue page between now and October 28, 2010. That’s at least $125,000 to spend now, that could save progressives tens of millions of dollars later:
“The average winner of a competitive House race in 2008 spent $2 million, while a noncompetitive seat can be defended for far less than half that amount. Moving, say, 20 districts from competitive to out-of-reach could save a party $100 million or more over the course of a decade.”
— GOP strategist, Karl RoveDon’t trust Karl Rove? Read the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee’s dissertation on “The Economic$ of Redi$tricting,” and The New York Times on “How to Tilt an Election Through Redistricting.”