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Showing Original Post only (View all)Think WV's Senate Seat Is Lost? [View all]
A little bit of Google-fu on my part has revealed a Democratic candidate declared last week. Zach Shrewsbury is a climate activist and former Marine. He looks and sounds a lot like John Fetterman. We all need to show his campaign some DU love!
https://www.shrewsburyforsenate.com/
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Nobody wanted Dr. Oz. They picked a horrible candidate. Fetterman is pennsyvania!
jimfields33
Nov 2023
#21
"It's rare that people in solidly red states get tired of being lied to by Republicans"
LymphocyteLover
Nov 2023
#80
I wish him well but a climate activist is going to have a tough row in King Coal WV.
yardwork
Nov 2023
#4
A climate activist doesn't exactly strike me as someone who'd be popular in coal company
calguy
Nov 2023
#5
Don't quite see a climate activist popular in WV but Fetterman was a long shot too against alot of $$$. Fingers crossed
dutch777
Nov 2023
#6
I hope you are right but the conventional wisdom is that Manchin was going to get beat by the republican.
CentralMass
Nov 2023
#79
I know WV pretty well, and it's about as deep a MAGA territory as you can imagine.
yardwork
Nov 2023
#97
Gov. Jim Justice ain't exactly Abe Lincoln - he's also being challenged from the right
617Blue
Nov 2023
#11
Reading down the comments was getting pretty depressing. (Seconal in the Wheaties?)
jaxexpat
Nov 2023
#89
If he would learn to fiddle he would be a shoe in. Just joking here.
True Blue American
Nov 2023
#77
if a candidate was already a fiddler, that would be a lock! Lots of Progressive Old Time Fiddlers in WV
msfiddlestix
Nov 2023
#107
Thee are actually a lot of Progressive Fiddlers , Banjo players aEnd other musicians in WV, actually.
msfiddlestix
Nov 2023
#101
Byrd is beloved but his memory doesn't translate to supporting Democrats today.
yardwork
Nov 2023
#99
People also assume Byrd, without the name or history, could get elected today.
MyNameIsJonas
Nov 2023
#130
The people want their coal overlord in the senate and that's what's going to happen.
BannonsLiver
Nov 2023
#14
In 2016 Clinton said we should stop mining coal and retrain the workers for new energy jobs...
brooklynite
Nov 2023
#26
The one that sat by and watched as the total number of coal workers decreased by about 25% during their term...
W_HAMILTON
Nov 2023
#38
No!Bigfoot lives close to Indian Lake, Ohio down by the railroads. Drunks told their wives
True Blue American
Nov 2023
#76
This feels like the equivalent of Republicans trying to convince themselves they can win California.
tritsofme
Nov 2023
#41
The key word in your post in "had". Lots of southern states "had" Democratic senators as well.
elocs
Nov 2023
#136
Worth watching but I will need to conserve my limited resources till viability is demonstrated.
Maru Kitteh
Nov 2023
#44
We can support Shrewsbury and see where it goes, but Justice is a shoo-in. Never underestimate BABYDOG
Earthrise
Nov 2023
#45
The person who ran against Marjorie Taylor Greene in the third most Republican district in the country...
nycbos
Nov 2023
#56
They have a total abortion ban. We can definitely win there if we're smart about it
ecstatic
Nov 2023
#141