10.27 endorsersIt is almost over. Links to lot’s of actions & to motivate you:  a riveting video of a voter excoriating a GOP Congressman for his vote against ACA, about the voter’s wife and kids with pre-existing conditions & about his promise for payback Nov 6. Inspiring.

Final Weekend Events!  Let’s Do It!!! Blue!

Retake Our Democracy volunteers have completed hundreds, possibly thousands of calls and knocked on hundreds of doors….for Xochitl, for Abbas Akhil, for Stephanie, for Steve and for the entire Democratic ticket. We are all running on fumes, ready for this to be over, but let’s end with a bang, not a whimper. There are so many races that will be decided narrowly enough that your time and the time of 1-2 of your friends could be the difference.

This is our last call for volunteers so please look this over as there are ways to help Abbas, Xochitl, Stephanie and the ticket, there is a rally at Meow Wolf tonight at 6pm Martin, Ben Ray, Michelle, and Maggie. Get pumped tonight; be active Saturday and Sunday and Sunday.

Tuesday morning, I’ll send out the complete National and Statewide scorecard so you can figure out exactly what the results mean. I had intended to send it sooner, but I have included the most recent polling data and the polls are changing each day.

Opportunity Central.   Click here for times, dates and actions (canvass/phone banking) taking place throughout NM: Santa Fe, Espanola, Las Vegas, ABQ, Sandoval and more. So much to do, so little time. And Kudos to the Democratic Party and the Coordinated Campaign for knocking this campaign outta the park. So well organized.

Rally at Meow Wolf with Martin & Michelle!
With Special Guests Ben Ray Lujan and Maggie Toulouse Oliver
Where: 1352 Rufina Cir, Santa Fe, NM 87507
When: Friday, November 02, 2018 at 6PM
Click here to RSVP and join your friends and neighbors!

Abbas Akhil (HD 20):  This could be the most important House race in 2018. Let’s elect a climate scientist who also believes in science. Can’t canvass, they need drivers; can’t drive, they need callers.  Let’s Do It.  First a note from Neri, Abbas’ campaign manager. It should inspire you:

“Hi Friends—I’m managing Abbas’ campaign and I want to tell you where things stand and why your help these final few days matters. We expect turnout to be around ~ 63% or 11,100. There are 19,306 registered voters in HD20 (39% Dem, 35% Republican and 26% Declined to State or DTS).

In 2016, turnout was 13,033 (41% Dem, 39% Republican and 20% DTS). Right now, as of yesterday, 6,877 voters have voted (45% Dem, 39% Republican and 15% DTS).  With your help we’ve had thousands of conversations with voters and have identified hundreds of hundreds of voters who say they are voting for Abbas.

I can make a case for why it looks promising going into Tuesday’s election—and, of course we start with a terrific candidate. We’ve also had a lot of support—people vouching for Abbas, contributing, and working on the campaign. Our communication program and mailers have been solid. But we need to finish strong because the margin will be razor thin. If you’ve got a few hours this weekend, please spend it with us. Help us as we push those final few voters to go vote and vote for Abbas.

See below for how to help – come by tomorrow to canvass with the Mayor @ 9am. Email me to let me know if we can expect you. 

On behalf our team, THANK YOU.  Neri, Marit, Doug, Cara

oh, and we now have cute buttons!

• Saturday, November 3, 9am—12pm, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller will walk doors with volunteers and supporters!
• Call or Walk Saturday, November 3, and Sunday, November 4. 2018. Join us for our final push to inspire and reach voters!
  • Stop by 9am-6pm on Saturday to walk
  • Sunday, 10am-6pm to walk and 2pm to 7pm to call.
• GOTV Monday, November 5, 2pm-7pm
• GOTV Tuesday, November 6, 6:45am-7pm
  • 7pm, Election Night watch party is at Hotel Albuquerque, 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW

We meet 1727 Soplo Rd. SE in Four Hills.  Please let us know if you can walk or call or otherwise help— email Doug at fieldabbasfornm@gmail.com or call/text at 505/366-3402.

Can’t walk anymore, you can call from home. We’ve completed our first two call lists. This one is a cleaned list of people who have not voted yet.  Click here for the list. 11,2 script for a new script. Click 10.27 endorsers for the list of endorsements. The list is good through Sunday and you can bet there will be another list on Sunday. Let’s Do It.

Call for Stephanie.  If you go to SGR’s campaign site and go to Volunteer and sign up, Sharon will contact you and give you the link and phone bank code. Once you’ve got that, the rest is easy. Click here for times, dates and actions (canvass/phone banking). 

Xochitl Torres Small.  Opportunities to canvass for Xochitl in Los Lunas, Las Cruces, and Grants and a link to call from home.

Xochitl’s campaign has gone over the numbers and they say that if we turn out Las Cruces, we win. Canvassing is the most effective way to turn out votes and Las Cruces is the single most effective place for us to canvass. So we’re chartering a bus to take volunteers from Albuquerque to Las Cruces on Sat, Nov 3.

I often include video to illustrate a point. Today, we are tired. Our brains know we can’t rest, but our spirit is pretty much pooped. Geoff Ginter, a certified medical assistant from Pine Beach and whose wife had cancer, took to the microphone to angrily confront Congressman MacArthur at a Willingoboro, N.J. town hall meeting. MacArthur is credited as reviving the Republican health care bill.

This guy goes on for about 10 minutes. Standing 3 feet from e starts sort of slow but man he builds to a point where the audience is standing and cheering him on. He ends by making a promise to get his Congressman out of office for his vote on ACA. Geoff’s anger is focused on healthcare, but we each have our own anger weather it is refugees, tax cuts, social security, college costs, indigenous rights, or just the moral bankruptcy of this regime. This guy does it right. Very worth a few minutes. He will inspire you.

Click here to review this video.

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