There’s groups like Run for Something that recruit progressives to run for state and local office
A surprising number of potentially winnable seats are never contested. Let’s show up anywhere and everywhere to fight back
If you’re worried about Republicans messing with elections themselves, you also have the power to help there too by running for state and local offices. Elections - even for federal positions - are run by state and local officals not by the federal government
I replied to that post, but mostly to remind folks not to take for granted their free time and energy. I can’t afford to run right now since I’m working 3/4 part time and raising two kids mostly on my own, but if you’re ten years younger and aren’t as bogged down by work or family, please do so.
Run in local primaries, be your own AOC and fuck over complacent “safe seat” Dems. I’d love to see a FOSS nerd in office, even if it’s a fucking state comptroller or something. Lol
So much this. I have time. But that’s it. No resources, and no energy. To boot, local politics is run mob-style by this corrupt piece of shit and his pet lackey, with his brother having a stranglehold on the congressional seat. It is well-documented that unless you play the game to the machine’s satisfaction, you’re going to get buried. The only competitive local races are the school boards because of the multitudes of local seats. And even in my “solid blue” area, the Karens Against Liberty types still win seats. It’s corruption all the way down.
The idealistic part of me wants to believe it’s a fight worth having. But the realistic part of me knows I’m going to get ignored at best, and torn to shreds at worst.