Everytown Announces $700k Direct Mail Campaign in 15 GOP-Held Virginia Legislative Districts
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced a $690,000 direct mail campaign in 15 Republican-held Virginia House and Senate Districts as part of Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund’s $2.5 million spending effort in Virginia’s 2019 election — Everytown’s most robust commitment ever in the Commonwealth.
The spending includes roughly $530,000 in direct mail from Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, and roughly $160,000 in direct contributions to the campaigns of Sheila Bynum-Coleman, who is challenging Speaker Kirk Cox in HD-66; Missy Cotter Smasal, who is challenging Senator Bill DeSteph in SD-8; and Debra Rodman, who is challenging Senator Siobhan Dunnavant in SD-12. The contributions support gun safety-themed direct mail pieces in each of their respective campaigns.
The direct mail will include 75 mail pieces across 15 districts, including: HD-27; HD-28; HD-40; HD-66; HD-76; HD-81; HD-83; HD-84; HD-91; HD-94; SD-7; SD-8; SD-10; SD-12 and SD-13. Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund has endorsed the Democratic challengers in each of those races.
“The Republican majority in the General Assembly failed the Commonwealth after the Virginia Beach mass shooting. Now it’s the voters’ turn to hold them accountable,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. “With less than four weeks until the election, Everytown is pulling out all the stops to elect a gun sense majority that will pass common-sense gun laws to keep Virginians safe. For NRA-backed politicians up in 2020: this is just a preview of what’s to come.”
https://bluevirginia.us/2019/10/everytown-for-gun-safety-announces-nearly-700k-direct-mail-campaign-in-15-gop-held-virginia-house-senate-districts
