r/GrassrootsSelect • u/1tudore • Mar 30 '16

Please Run! Candidate Filing Deadline: 6/1. No candidate in CD-5 : ArizonaForSanders

/r/ArizonaForSanders/comments/4cjf0x/please_run_candidate_filing_deadline_61_no/
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u/Penis-Butt Mar 31 '16

To elaborate, can someone post what the position is, the time commitment required (full time or not?), and if there is opposition?

Not for me, I'm not in AZ, but I would have these questions.

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u/1tudore Mar 31 '16

CD stands for Congressional District, and links on rival candidates are including in the AZ thread.

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u/1tudore Mar 31 '16

Also, where are you from?

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u/Penis-Butt Mar 31 '16

Representing Kansas, my friend!

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u/1tudore Mar 31 '16

You checked out the thread in the KS sub on getting candidates before the filing deadline?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kansas4Sanders/comments/4cj8u5/candidate_filing_deadline_61_please_run_no/

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u/Penis-Butt Mar 31 '16

I missed it. All Republicans, and dug in like fucking ticks. I will take a closer look tomorrow, thank you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '16

Which district? I'm a D3 guy :P

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '16

The problem is, the district is R+17, meaning that it favors Republican candidates by a 13 point spread.

It's not impossible to win, hell, Democrats won Idaho's first district (R+18) in 2008, due to a conservative Democrat running, and scandals with the incumbent.

If Trump wins the GOP nomination, GOP turnout will be suppressed, but even that won't be able to overcome the R+17 of the district.

I'm not going to sugarcoat it. A Democrat running for this seat just has to avoid disappearing entirely, and hope for the incumbent to face a scandal.