We’re in the final round of voting for Mapchangers. Texas is the only state with two candidates in the final ten, Chris Bell and John Courage. You can only vote for one of them. What to do?
Let Chris Bell tell you what he thinks:
Now as we start the final round, there are ten candidates from across the country vying to win a fundraiser with Governor Warner. Voting runs through July 10th, and you can only vote for one candidate. It’s a testament to the strength of the Texas netroots that we have two Texans into final ten, and we’ll need every bit of that strength to bring Mark Warner to Texas. That’s why we need to work together to make sure we do not split our votes.
I’ve talked with John Courage and we’ve decided that, in the spirit of Texas unity, and on behalf of all Democratic candidates and activists across Texas, we will ask all of our supporters to join together:
Please vote for John Courage in this contest.
http://www.forwardtogetherpac.com/mapchangers
John is a great Democrat and a great candidate, and he finished the second round only a handful of votes shy of being the leading vote-getter nationwide. We believe that if we can pull together and get all of Texas behind John Courage and take him to victory, that we can accomplish a much greater victory for all of us across the state
Our new field director, Glen Maxey, is working with activists and campaigns all across the state to build a website at TrueBlueAction.com that will offer netroots organizing tools that will help Democrats win in November and beyond. If we can put John Courage over the top, he has agreed to use the first $15,000 raised at the Mark Warner fundraiser to underwrite the development of these tools and this website. These tools will help us across the state for years to come, and they will only get better as we build and improve on them.
The TrueBlueAction.com web site is under construction and is being developed as a open access site with lots of organizing tools for candidates and activists to use to register and turn out Democratic votes. It will be open for the use of local, state and federal candidates. It will be open for the use on any individual wanting to help the Democratic ticket or a candidate.
That’s why winning this contest is bigger than John Courage or me. It’s about what all Texas Democrats can accomplish if we work together. By voting for John Courage in the Map Changer contest, you will be helping all Democratic candidates in Texas.
Vote today: http://www.forwardtogetherpac.com/mapchangers
Bringing Mark Warner and this fundraiser to Texas will help the entire ticket, not just one candidate. Please take the time to cast your vote for John Courage.
You can learn more about John Courage at BOR and in this Kos post where Courage was added to the ActBlue Netroots Candidates page. You can also check out my interview with him. If he can get the funds, Courage can compete. Every little bit will help.