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Georgia Senate Races
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Georgia Results Up in the Air
The recount on its own is unlikely to affect Biden’s win. However, the Senate runoff elections will decide whether we have a Democratic or Republican majority in the Senate. And that will affect Biden’s ability to get substantial legislation passed. A special election on January 5 will decide Georgia’s two Senate seats. Raphael Warnock, an African American pastor from Atlanta, is up against Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who Gov. Brian Kemp picked in 2019 to replace retiring Johnny Isakson. Democrat Jon Ossoff is challenging incumbent Sen. David Perdue; while Perdue led Ossoff in the Nov 3 election, he did not achieve the 50% of votes required by Georgia law. So Our Work Is Not Done Now, SLGB is aiming efforts at Georgia. There are already multiple phone banks to support Jon Ossoff. SLGB is also establishing alliances with local organizations. Our plans include campaigns to register voters, distribute vote-by-mail ballot applications, and get out the vote. We’ll start with letters and postcards before pivoting to phone calls and texts as we get closer to January 5. Key to winning the Senate is voter turnout. Traditionally, voters do not participate in runoff elections. Our work is to ensure we get as many Dems to vote as possible.
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NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIESMaximize the SLGB Community
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You can leverage LinkedIn to promote Swing Left Greater Boston, build your own network, and support the other volunteers you've come to know and appreciate throughout this election.
Start at the SLGB LinkedIn page.
Strengthen connections: Many of us have formed strong relationships with other volunteers during the past year(s). You can expand the power of those connections by adding SLGB experience to your LinkedIn profile. Go to your profile and click Add Profile Section. Select Volunteer Experience and click Add to Profile. Under Volunteer Experiences, click +. Fill out the form and click Save. Join the SLGB LinkedIn group. Go to the SLGB LinkedIn group page and click Request to Join to become a member. Endorse people you’ve worked with: Once you've connected to the other person, open their profile and scroll to the endorsement section. Click the + beside the skill you’d like to endorse. Fill out the form. Write a recommendation (especially valuable for interns and other SLGBers looking for jobs): Find the person’s profile and click Connect. Once you have a 1st-degree connection with the person you'd like to recommend, click More and select Recommend. Fill in the form, click Next, write your recommendation, and click Send. |
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