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He'll buy more yard signs this year, then plans to pick those up again next year, too, and keep adding to his campaign materials over time.

See what I mean about Tennesseans? Scrappy. Resourceful.
But because of you – not alone.

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To put that into context, his opponent, Republican incumbent Michael Hale, had $90,617 in his coffers before the general election.

At the end of the election, Daniel went back out and picked up 200 of those yard signs, which he plans to use again this year.

He also told me that Blue Tennessee's contribution ($1,429 over two disbursements) was the largest donation to his campaign, which he immediately put into yard signs.

Daniel Hawthorne is a high school teacher who ran for HD 40.

He told me he's going to keep running and keep chipping away at the incumbent's vote count for as long as it takes.

Now our job is to keep the progress we’ve made – while fighting for more and sending a message to the GOP that we aren’t backing down.

We’re stepping up.

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If for no other reason than to not make the GOP happy, I hope you’ll take one thing away from this election: our state is worth fighting for and progress IS progress.

Aftyn and her team gained ground in Every. Single. County.
Do you know what Republicans are hoping we’ll do?

They hope that we’ll let all this momentum – all this energy, all this hope – die.

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We can do this throughout the rest of the state, friends.

We can invest in every corner of "ruby-red" Tennessee and make sure that Democratic nominees are supported and that voters have a choice.

And that is why we exist.

The other part of this equation?

When you run everywhere AND give Democratic nominees the resources they need to run, the GOP has to spread out their resources.

It means they can't just take elections (and voters) for granted.

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The result? She picked up tons of rural voters, which are usually seen as a GOP stronghold.

In New Jersey, in addition to Mikie Sherrill's win, they flipped 5 traditionally "safe" Republican seats in their state legislature.

How?

What do we learn from this? Trump voters are not a "lost cause", especially when we focus on policies that can improve affordability for all.

In VA, Spanberger defied traditional logic and invested time campaigning in rural areas and talking about economic issues hurting our rural communities. 2/5

Absolutely shameful. tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/24/former-hixson-rep-robin-smith-sentenced-to-8-months-in-federal-prison-for-role-in-corruption-conspiracy/