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The race to succeed Gretchen Whitmer heats up

Politico

Others like Lauren Harper Pope, co-founder of WelcomePAC, which supports center-left candidates, agrees with Bera and the nine others who voted to censure. She added that if Democrats hope to win back the House in 2026, they should listen to “winners” of competitive districts, not those in deep-blue ones like the one Green represents in Houston.

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Adam Frisch on How Democrats Can Connect with Rural Voters

Daily Yonder

Adam Frisch, “One of the things I’ve learned is that 80% of us in the country believe about 80% of the same values and issues. People want stable economic opportunities for themselves and their children. They want good, safe neighborhoods and good, safe schools. After that, everything is minor.”

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Democrats Need to Clean House

The Atlantic

Adam Frisch (…) wrote about his own experience in the DNC campaign. He noted how just about the only people he’d encountered in his DNC politicking who hadn’t gone to college were “the impressive delegates from the High School Democrats of America.”

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Why some centrist Dems fear David Hogg could ‘do more harm than good.’

Politico

“But Hogg’s elevation was a reminder of how tense some of those intraparty rifts remain. Following the election, Liam Kerr, co-founder of a PAC supporting centrist Democrats, wrote on X that Hogg was a “symptom” of many Democratic problems, including being a “white guy who panders” and a Democrat who “shits on moderates who won.”

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How MAGA Is Taking Back the Culture

The Wall Street Journal

“If you don’t think Trump is funny and perceived as funny, it’s going to be hard to crack the puzzle” of how Democrats can better respond to him, said Liam Kerr, co-founder of WelcomePAC, which supports centrist Democrats.”

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6 things we learned this year

Politico

Lauren Harper Pope, co-founder of WelcomePAC, which supports center-left candidates, told the Recast: "This election was not...about racism and mysogyny. It was about Harris not being a reliable and authentic centrist for voters to trust her over Trump." But Harper Pope hopes the next two years will give Dems plenty of time to “recenter and recalibrate” the party’s future.

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The Keys to the House: PA-10 and the Trajectory of Congressional Politics

Harvard Political Review

“Welcome PAC, a center-left organization that identifies and supports challengers to vulnerable Republican candidates, has supported Stelson as well. Perhaps most importantly, Janelle Stelson doubled Congressman Perry’s fundraising haul in the second quarter of 2024.”

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Far from the convention, a Democrat runs from Harris and hands out beer in rural Maine

NBC News

“He’s not only over-performed in a red congressional district, he’s been able to hold it for several cycles, which is truly a feat,” said Lauren Harper Pope, the co-founder of Welcome PAC, which works to recruit moderate Democrats in conservative-leaning areas. “We should be learning from him, not the other way around.”

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Amid Uncertainty, Biden Campaign Tries to Keep Control of Delegates

New York Times

"Chris Dempsey, a Democratic operative, started a group called Delegates Are Democracy to educate delegates about the various nomination processes, including for a hypothetical open convention if Mr. Biden were to step aside. He said his team had spoken to scores of delegates, and many believed they were being taken for granted. “Almost without exception, the delegates that we talk to feel that they do not have adequate information about what’s happening,” he said. “They want to be a part of something that is seen as legitimate, orderly, fair, transparent, and they don’t feel that way right now.”

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Biden's post-debate struggles could drag down Democrats in tough races. Here's how they're responding

ABC News

Lauren Harper, a cofounder of a group called Welcome PAC that supports Democrats running in red districts, told ABC News that she had also not yet sensed a change with donors focusing on down-ballot races. But, Harper suggested, she won't be complaining if she does. "If you are figuring you're going to lose in one place," she said, "I would think it's smart to pick it up in another place that you have more confidence in."

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