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Electoral data analyst tracking veteran Democrat success
📊 Research: Why veterans win competitive races
🎯 2018: Flipped 41 House seats | 2024: Gallego, Walz
📈 Data-driven insights for campaigns & strategy
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🧵 NEW RESEARCH: Why veteran Democrats keep winning competitive races

Clear pattern in the data:
• Ruben Gallego (Marine) outperformed Harris by 8 points in Arizona
• Tim Walz (Army Guard) became VP nominee
• Veterans flipped 41 House seats in 2018

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Veteran Democrat Strategy: How Military Veterans Win Elections
Discover the proven veteran Democrat strategy. VoteVets is recruiting 100+ veteran candidates for 2026 using this electoral playbook that flipped 41 House seats.
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1/ Senator Slotkin says Democrats need "alpha energy"
Berkeley scholar says they need "high-dominance politics"
Axios documents "Democratic MAGA movement"

Meanwhile, #VoteVets is actually doing something about it. 🧵
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The Alpha Democrat Strategy: Why Veterans Lead the Way
Senator Slotkin calls for 'alpha energy.' Scholar Fish demands 'high-dominance politics.' Veteran Democrats already have what Democrats desperately need.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Marine veteran Nathan Sage grew up in an Iowa trailer park. Now he's running for Senate using the same working-class veteran playbook that won Arizona for Ruben Gallego.

Can #veteran #Democrats flip red states in 2026?

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Nathan Sage: Marine Veteran's Fight for Iowa Senate Seat
Marine combat veteran Nathan Sage is running for Iowa's U.S. Senate seat using the VoteVets playbook: working-class roots, military credibility, economic populism.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Marine veteran Graham Platner raised $1M in 9 days using the veteran Democrat strategy—proving military credentials create unique electoral power even against entrenched incumbents. bsky.app/profile/grah...
Full analysis: alphademocrat.com/graham-platner-maine-senate-veteran-strategy/
Graham Platner Maine Senate: Veteran Democrat Strategy 2026
Graham Platner raised $1M in 9 days running as working-class veteran Democrat against Susan Collins. His Maine campaign proves why military service creates unique electoral advantages in 2026.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
$140K investment → Red to Blue flip in HD-64. This is how you build a winning formula: identify strong veteran candidates, invest strategically, deliver results.

Carroll joins Feggans and Spanberger making Virginia a veteran Democrat case study. Smart capital deployment by VoteVets.
🇺🇸 Congratulations to VoteVets-endorsed Stacey Carroll, a US Army Reserve Veteran, on her impressive victory in the Virginia House of Delegates District 64! VoteVets invested in her Red to Blue campaign with a $140,000 cable ad buy in her district.
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Virginia is becoming a veteran Democrat case study: Spanberger (CIA) wins governor + Feggans (Air Force) wins House of Delegates on the same ballot.

Down-ballot and statewide veteran candidates reinforce each other. This is the 2026 model.

#VeteranDemocrats #Virginia
🇺🇸 Congratulations to Michael Feggans, a US Air Force Veteran endorsed by VoteVets, on his big win in the Virginia House of Delegates District 97!
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🚨 November 4th proved the formula: Two veteran Dems just won governorships in purple territory.

Navy pilot Mikie #Sherrill (NJ) + CIA officer Abigail #Spanberger (VA) = Blueprint for 2026 midterms.

The #WarriorDemocrat strategy scales.
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Two Governors, One Strategy: How Warrior Democrats Sherrill and Spanberger Won on November 4, 2025 - Alpha Democrat
Navy veteran Mikie Sherrill and CIA officer Abigail Spanberger won historic governor races Nov 4, 2025, proving the Warrior Democrat strategy works statewide
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November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In 4 days, Navy pilot #Sherrill (NJ) and CIA officer #Spanberger (VA) test the #Midterms2026 strategy: Can #VeteranDemocrats still deliver the 3-8pt advantage with independents that flipped 41 House seats in 2018?
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National Security Democrats: How Veterans Win in 2026
Two veteran Democrats face Nov 4 elections testing the party's 2026 comeback strategy. Analysis of Sherrill, Spanberger, Platner, and the broader veteran recruitment push.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🎖️ NEW: Veteran Democrats gaining major influence on defense policy

The trust gap is real:
✅ 68% trust veterans on defense
❌ 42% trust non-veterans

2024 proved it: Gallego won AZ Senate outperforming Harris by 8pts w indies
#Veterans #DefensePolicy #2026Elections
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October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🧵 Why veteran #Democrats emerge stronger during government shutdowns:

Tim Walz calls out decadent #Republicans for fawning over "a damn ballroom" while Americans go hungry.

24 years in uniform = credibility when criticizing #MAGA dysfunction.

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Government Shutdown Politics: Why Veteran Democrats Emerge Stronger
Government shutdown politics reveal why veteran Democrats like Tim Walz outperform in crises. Military leadership experience translates to electoral credibility during political chaos.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🧵 NEW RESEARCH: Why veteran Democrats keep winning competitive races

Clear pattern in the data:
• Ruben Gallego (Marine) outperformed Harris by 8 points in Arizona
• Tim Walz (Army Guard) became VP nominee
• Veterans flipped 41 House seats in 2018

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alphademocrat.com/veteran-demo...
Veteran Democrat Strategy: How Military Veterans Win Elections
Discover the proven veteran Democrat strategy. VoteVets is recruiting 100+ veteran candidates for 2026 using this electoral playbook that flipped 41 House seats.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM