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Obama endorses dozens of Democratic candidates across U.S.
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Obama endorses dozens of Democratic candidates across U.S.
Former President Barack Obama is jumping back into the political fray, endorsing dozens of Democratic candidates running for state and federal office across the country as he prepares to reengage on the campaign trail.
The list includes 20 individuals who served in the Obama administration and are heeding words of advice the former president shared in his 2016 farewell address to the nation, when he encouraged Americans to “grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run for office yourself.”
The list of alums includes Richard Cordray, the former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who is running for governor of Ohio; Colin Allred, a former Justice Department official now running for Congress in a Dallas-area swing seat; Ammar Campa-Najjar, a former Labor Department official now running an upstart campaign to defeat Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.; and Buffy Wicks, a former 2008 and 2012 Obama campaign aide seeking a California assembly seat.
Overall, Obama endorsed 81 candidates running for offices ranging from governor to secretary of state and state auditor. The list also includes Gavin Newsom, the Democratic candidate for California governor; Georgia’s Stacey Abrams, who is seeking to make history as the first black woman elected governor in any state; Colorado gubernatorial candidate Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colorado; and J.B. Pritzker, a longtime donor and Obama family friend who is running for Illinois governor.
Obama called his choices “a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates – leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they’re running to represent.”
“I’m confident that, together, they’ll strengthen this country we love by restoring opportunity that’s broadly shared, repairing our alliances and standing in the world, and upholding our fundamental commitment to justice, fairness, responsibility, and the rule of law,” Obama added. “But first, they need our votes – and I’m eager to make the case for why Democratic candidates deserve our votes this fall.”
Taking note of the endorsements, the Republican National Committee noted that Democrats had suffered historic losses during Obama’s presidency.
“No one’s more to blame for how weak today’s Democratic Party is than President Obama. He cost them over 1,000 legislative seats, decimated their state parties and voters rejected his policies at the ballot box less than two years ago,” said RNC Spokesman Michael Ahrens.
Obama’s endorsements come as he has reemerged in public in recent days. On Monday, he was spotted having lunch with former Vice President Joe Biden at a Washington bakery. Over the weekend, he attended a Beyonce concert with former first lady Michelle Obama at FedEx Field outside Washington – an outing that was heavily documented on social media by fellow concertgoers.
The former president’s office did not immediately announce plans to campaign with the candidates he endorsed, but he vowed to do so in his statement. He has previously endorsed Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who faces a challenge from Democratic State Sen. Kevin de Leon this fall, and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, one of the earliest supporters of his 2008 presidential bid who faces a difficult reelection fight in a state President Trump won overwhelmingly in 2016.
Last year, Obama also campaigned for successful gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey and Virginia and headlined fundraisers for Democratic Party campaign committees.
The list of endorsed candidates should test how radioactive, or how helpful, ties to the Obama legacy will be for Democrats up and down the ballot this November. His preferred candidates include Democrats running in 10 congressional races deemed competitive by CBS News, including four House districts in California; two in Nevada; and one each in Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Of the 81 candidates, 48 are women, 22 are minorities and three are openly gay or transgender.
Some of the candidates responded to the endorsement almost immediately on social media.
“As a skinny brown guy with a funny name, Obama inspired me as a young man,” tweeted Campa-Najjar, who is Latino and Arab American. “He not only gave me a road map to navigate my own journey, but also the destination in self [sic] – a role in his admin. Let’s finish what we started.”
Thank you @BarackObama! He’s in, are you?
As a skinny brown guy with a funny name, Obama inspired me as a young man. He not only gave me the road map to navigate my own journey, but also the destination in self— a role in his admin. Let’s finish what we started. #YesWecan #Obama https://t.co/DYgokMSDdb
— Ammar Campa (@ACampaNajjar) August 1, 2018
Here’s the full list of endorsed candidates, as provided by Obama’s office:
California
Gavin Newsom (Governor)
Eleni Kounalakis (Lt. Governor)
Josh Harder (U.S. House, CA-10)
TJ Cox (U.S. House, CA-21)
Katie Hill (U.S. House, CA-25)
Katie Porter (U.S. House, CA-45)
Harley Rouda (U.S. House, CA-48)
Mike Levin (U.S. House, CA-49)
Ammar Campa-Najjar (U.S. House, CA-50)
Buffy Wicks (State Assembly, District 15)
Colorado
Jared Polis (Governor)
Dianne Primavera (Lt. Governor)
Phil Weiser (Attorney General)
Jena Griswold (Secretary of State)
Tammy Story (State Senate, District 16)
Jessie Danielson (State Senate, District 20)
Brittany Pettersen (State Senate, District 22)
Faith Winter (State Senate, District 24)
Dylan Roberts (State House, District 26)
Dafna Michaelson Jenet (State House, District 30)
Shannon Bird (State House, District 35)
Rochelle Galindo (State House, District 50)
Julie McCluskie (State House, District 61)
Georgia
Stacey Abrams (Governor)
Sarah Riggs Amico (Lt. Governor)
Matthew Wilson (State House, District 80)
Shelly Hutchinson (State House, District 107)
Illinois
J.B. Pritzker (Governor)
Juliana Stratton (Lt. Governor)
Kwame Raoul (Attorney General)
Sean Casten (U.S. House, IL-6)
Brendan Kelly (U.S. House, IL-12)
Lauren Underwood (U.S. House, IL-14)
Iowa
Deidre DeJear (Secretary of State)
Tim Gannon (Secretary of Agriculture)
Kristin Sunde (State House, District 42)
Jennifer Konfrst (State House, District 43)
Eric Gjerde (State House, District 67)
Laura Liegois (State House, District 91)
Maine
Louis Luchini (State Senate, District 7)
Laura Fortman (State Senate, District 13)
Linda Sanborn (State Senate, District 30)
Nevada
Jacky Rosen (U.S. Senate)
Susie Lee (U.S. House, NV-3)
Steven Horsford (U.S. House, NV-4)
New Jersey
Andy Kim (U.S. House, NJ-3)
Tom Malinowski (U.S. House, NJ-7)
New Mexico
Debra Haaland (U.S. House, NM-1)
Daymon Ely (State House, District 23)
Natalie Figueroa (State House, District 30)
New York
Antonio Delgado (U.S. House, NY-19)
Anna Kaplan (State Senate, District 7)
North Carolina
Wiley Nickel (State Senate, District 16)
Ron Wesson (State House, District 1)
Terence Everitt (State House, District 35)
Julie Von Haefen (State House, District 36)
Sydney Batch (State House, District 37)
Rachel Hunt (State House, District 103)
Ohio
Richard Cordray (Governor)
Betty Sutton (Lt. Governor)
Steve Dettelbach (Attorney General)
Kathleen Clyde (Secretary of State)
Zack Space (Auditor)
Aftab Pureval (U.S. House, OH-1)
Jill Schiller (U.S. House, OH-2)
Phil Robinson (State House, District 6)
Stephanie Howse (State House, District 11)
Mary Lightbody (State House, District 19)
Beth Liston (State House, District 21)
Allison Russo (State House, District 24)
Erica Crawley (State House, District 26)
Tavia Galonski (State House, District 35)
Casey Weinstein (State House, District 37)
Taylor Sappington (State House, District 94)
Pennsylvania
Madeleine Dean (U.S. House, PA-4)
Susan Wild (U.S. House, PA-7)
Tina Davis (State Senate, District 6)
Liz Hanbidge (State House, District 61)
Carolyn Comitta (State House, District 156)
Texas
Adrienne Bell (U.S. House, TX-14)
Colin Allred (U.S. House, TX-32)
Of the candidates above, here’s who once worked in the Obama administration:
Rich Cordray (OH Governor)
Colin Allred (U.S. House, TX-32)
Adrienne Bell (U.S. House, TX-14)
Steve Dettelbach (Ohio AG)
Taylor Sappington (OH State House, District 94)
Ammar Campa-Najjar (U.S. House, CA-50)
Eleni Kounalakis (California Lt. Gov)
Buffy Wicks (California State Assembly, District 15)
Deidre DeJear (Iowa Sec. of State)
Tim Gannon (Iowa Sec. of Agriculture)
Andy Kim (U.S. House, NJ-3)
Tom Malinowski (U.S. House, NJ-7)
Debra Haaland (U.S. House, NM-1)
Lauren Underwood (U.S. House, IL-14)
Rochelle Galindo (CO State House, District 50)
Wiley Nickel (NC State Senate, District 16)
Jena Griswold (CO Sec. of State)
Dylan Roberts (CO State House, District 26)
Phil Weiser (CO AG)
Jill Schiller (U.S. House, OH-2)
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Lindsey Leavitt, Sean Griswold’s Head
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He loops his arm over my shoulder and we watch the waves in silence. We've had so many silences between us these last few months, bitter ones, loaded ones, empty ones, and hurtful ones. This one is perfect. It says things that words can't.
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That's not him at all, just how you perceive him.
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Have you ever lost a pair of jeans and thought they were gone forever and you bought other jeans that look good in their own way and made you happy but nothing fit you like THOSE jeans, but then you find those jeans and you realize your butt looks even better in them than you remembered, as if your butt was made for the jeans and the jeans were made for your butt? Jac and I are back. I don’t know who is the butt and who is the jeans. Metaphors definitely aren’t my thing.
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“I’m wondering if you can help me with something before you leave,” I say, out of breath.
Sean nods. I release his arm and draw myself up straight.
“See, I’ve been thinking about those Revolutionary War soldiers and how they must have been torn, you know fighting the good fight but being away from their families.”
“Uh-huh.”
“You think they ever got scared, ever ... ran away? Like, as a self-preservation kind of thing?” I ask. “Even if they knew they weren’t supposed to. Even if they really, really didn’t want to?”
Sean squints at me. There’s so much behind his look—curiosity, amusement, uncertainty. I can feel him though, even from a few inches away, loosening. The edge he’s had in his voice is gone. “I bet they did.”
“What was the punishment for that? When they got the ... brains to come back, when they realized how stupid they were. How sorry they were. How did they make things better then? Could ... could they make things better?”
Sean paces the boardwalk, hands behind his back, like a gener- al issuing orders to his troops. “You’re speaking of great treachery here. Especially if it’s a repeat offense. Trust was vital in the camp.”
I hang my head low. I’m an idiot. “I know.”
He stops pacing. “But I think the patriots would’ve forgiven them.”
I stop breathing. Could that mean ... does he forgive me? “Really?”
“After all, those rebels had to stick together, right? How else were they going to win against such huge odds?” He raises my chin. His eyes are endless. His scar is glorious. His hair is sunshine.
His head ... is heaven. “So you still think I’m hard-core?” I ask, my voice shaking. Sean leans in and brushes his lips against mine. There’s the
taste of peppermint I’ve been waiting for. I close my eyes and take him in. It’s not unicorns or dandelions. It’s better. So much better. “No way,” he says, his voice low. “Hard-core doesn’t even begin to describe you.”
Lindsey Leavitt, Sean Griswold's Head
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So. I'm reading this book called Sean Griswold's Head and it's about this girl who develops a crush on the guy who sits in front of her in Bio. And at one point, she says something about never noticing him before and that he was always just 'the boy with the head' and I read it as 'the boy with the bread' and got really excited and really confused. It was just more proof of how obsessed I am with The Hunger Games, ohhh dear.
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Sean: So what's your question?
Payton: What's your favorite color?
Sean: Green. That's the crappiest you-can-ask-me-anything question I've ever heard.
Payton: I know.
Sean: Tell you what. I'll answer the question you should have asked. Ready?
Payton: So it's like Jeopardy!?
Sean: Yes. Now the answer is...you.
Payton: Me? Wait, what's the question?
Sean: Who do you like?
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