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Martin Longman retweeted
Then: took my first trip to DC on a coach bus after winning best safety patrol officer at Sherman Elementary (shout out ECASD!).
Now: flying to DC as Congresswoman-elect from WI-03.
Should Chuck Schumer Really Be Replaced As Senate Leader martinlongman.substack.com/p…
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I’m hopping on a plane to DC tomorrow for freshmen orientation tomorrow - so bonkers, it’s all happening! Excited to get to work for us. Between now and January you’ll still see me working at the restaurant in Eau Claire. I got debt and bills to pay! So proud to be a voice to embolden the working class and reclaim rural power in Congress.
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I hate to break it to this guy, since this is his pet issue, but not only is so-called "school choice" wildly unpopular in Texas, it's literally a big part of why Gina Hinojosa won in the first place. Rural Republicans flipped or stayed home in part because they never wanted the school voucher system to begin with and feared it would defund their small-town schools. Voters, particularly rural Republicans who voted Democratic for the first time in their lives, gave Hinojosa and the legislature a mandate to dismantle it.
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Meet the faces of our NEW Democratic Dozen! They’re making big waves across Pennsylvania as part of our expanded 114 seat majority 🌊
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Thinking of my dear friend, Gram Parsons, on his birthday.
📷 Dominique Tarle
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Joe Manchin 2026 endorsements record:
🟥 Susan Collins ❌️
🟥 Mike Rogers ❌️
🟥 Brian Fitzpatrick ❌️
🟪 Kevin Kiley ❌️
🟪 Seth Bodnar ❌️
🟪 Michael Bridgeford ❌️
Every single one was running against a Democrat, all except Bodnar lost to a Democrat
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Half a million workers in Pennsylvania still make less than $15 an hour — you can’t live off of that in 2026.
Now, we’re finally able to change that.
The very first bill that I will sign into law with our new Democratic majority this January will be to raise our minimum wage — and make sure every Pennsylvania worker has a livable wage. It’s long overdue.
Martin Longman retweeted
To everybody celebrating Greg Abbott’s defeat, what if I told you there was a way to watch an unlikable old guy lose in Texas almost every Sunday?
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Important people know the backstory of this ad. @patrickgaspard gave me the idea to take her inexcusable gaffe and do something edgy with it that could get attention.
My content creator, @RyanSayles_ directed and edited it. He should be considered the breakout-star of this cycle. He’s going to be a giant in the media consultant game. He did GAME CHANGING work with SO little.
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Looking pretty likely this is going to happen for him unless there's some unknown source of Hyde-Smith votes. Mississippi doesn't have automatic recounts either, although they usually wouldn't flip a 1,138-vote margin anyway.
Per the Mississippi Free Press, Democrat Scott Colom leads incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 1,138 votes, up from 65, with 96% counted. Votes remain in Democratic-leaning Hinds County and thousands of affidavit ballots.
>95% Reported
🔵 Scott Colom – 464,926 (49.0%)
🔴 Cindy Hyde-Smith – 463,788 (48.9%)
Results per AP
Feeling Vindicated After Best Election Night of Our Lives martinlongman.substack.com/p…
