| Last week, I posted here http://www.thealbanyproject.co... and here http://www.thealbanyproject.co... to let the TAP community know that it was a crucial time to show support for Don-- and, thank you all so much, that did work out (we met and exceeded the goal set for us by DSSC, and will leverage their "top tier" funding... more coming from the campaign on that soon).
At a thank-you party for supporters Sunday, Don said he liked the metaphor: Barber and his supporters are like the "little engine that could"... change Albany. Now that we get the news that billionaire Golisano may be throwing his weight behind SD-51 incumbent Republican Senate Whip Seward, well, our mountaintop to climb just grew a bit taller.
No prob. Together we are strong-- like, quantitatively, impressively strong. Like: the word from Marissa Dorgan (ActBlue's Director of Strategy and Communications) is that, as of last night, Don Barber is the first state candidate to make the ActBlue Top Ten list! Martha Robertson, the Barber Campaign Fundraising Director, says:
As of tonight the Barber campaign has received 315 donations on ActBlue (donations, not unduplicated donors, since some people have given multiple times). That is more than twice the number of gifts of all other NY Dem Senate challengers combined (their 154 compared to our 315)... Also, in terms of total dollars, we have about 50% more than Gennaro, who has the next highest total.
Pass on the good news! Full report on the Barber July 15 filing to come soon.
How many netroots activists and sincere local supporters does it take to overcome entrenched special interests joined by a billionaire biz tycoon? We are about to see. |
