The journey of a 24 year Sikh Punjabi son of immigrants from the heart of the Central Valley to this stage of the
@CA_Dem
convention embodies the essence of the Democratic Party—our commitment to inclusivity, opportunity, and progress!
Joe Biden is on track to win re-election by a bigger Electoral College margin than 2020.
North Carolina is going to flip & today's news puts Florida in play!
Project
@YouthSaveDem
is off the ground!
Look forward to the work of putting Young Organizers on the ground in Swing Districts—including in
#CA13
to help elect
@AdamGrayCA
! ✊
Happy birthday to the Central Valley’s greatest icon
@DoloresHuerta
!
Dolores’s story is a constant reminder to fight for change and justice everywhere we go.
Here’s to 94. ¡Sí se puede!
It was a pleasure to have future Congressman
@RaviBhalla
in Fresno last night!
America needs moral and dedicated leaders like Mayor Bhalla that have a track record of delivering real results.
Join me in chipping in to get him elected:
Congratulations to the member from the North Coast and the new Speaker Pro Tem of the State Senate
@ilike_mike
!
Didn’t expect him to say he’s seen me on Twitter before!
Chicago, here we come! 🇺🇸
Excited to be part of California’s DNC Delegation to renominate President
@JoeBiden
& Vice President
@KamalaHarris
this August!
Let’s continue the progress!
Team Youth Save Democracy has been hard at work at the
@CAYoungDems
Annual Retreat!
We are fired up secure wins up & down the ballot for Democrats in November and look forward to working with CYD President
@GioChavezCA
& LA Young Dems President
@AnissaRaja
to make it happen!
Congrats to the next chair of the Appropriations Committee
@CASenCaballero
!
For far too long, the Central Valley’s voice has been left out of the conversation! Thank you to
@ilike_mike
for recognizing rural leadership!
🚨BIG NEWS: With 7 Day to go until Election Day in
#NJ8
, we launched a $26,000 effort to get young voters out for our endorsed Democracy Champion
@RaviBhalla
!
It’s time for New Jersey to move on from the Menendez Machine Politics!
Let’s do this!
The Vince Fong SuperPAC partially funded by Kevin McCarthy's leadership PAC is pivoting from hitting
#CA20
Republican Mike Boudreaux to focusing on Democrat Marisa Wood, almost assuredly to help her consolidate the D vote and allow Fong to easily dispatch her in a 1 on 1 race.
I’ve always said that the Central Valley is a blank canvas for young leadership. This is more true now than ever.
If you want to run for office in 2024, the preparation should start now. Interested but don’t know where to start: DM or email me ngurm
@fiveriverstrategies
.com.
Spent the morning reading/reflecting on my personal statement for law school applications.
The motivations that brought me to law school, continue to fuel me.
For my fellow election law nerds, the challenge against Will Rollins' Ballot Designation is being heard in Sac Superior at 1:30PM today, followed by Jerry McNerney's argument on why he should be listed as "Congressman" at 2:30PM. If anyone wants the link to watch live, DM me.
Excited to see two Young Leaders launch their campaigns for local office today.
Can't wait for
@RigelRobinson
to become the next Mayor of Berkeley and for
@KevinSabellico
to secure a seat on the Carlsbad City Council. Join me in supporting their campaigns by donating below.
For my fellow election law nerds, the challenge against Will Rollins' Ballot Designation is being heard in Sac Superior at 1:30PM today, followed by Jerry McNerney's argument on why he should be listed as "Congressman" at 2:30PM. If anyone wants the link to watch live, DM me.
John Duarte and David Valadao just voted for Jim Jordan to be Speaker of the House.
Jim Jordan is the far-right leader of the Freedom Caucus who voted to overturn the 2020 Election and tried to get Trump to pardon him.
Central Valley voters won't forget.
If McCarthy loses the speakership, he likely doesn't run for re-election (maybe even resigns early)
Possible Republican contenders for the seat:
- Vince Fong
- Shannon Grove
- Nathan Magsig
- Devon Mathis
- Pete Vander Poel
- Devin Nunes (?)
While out canvassing and talking to voters today!Wild weather in Fresno.. Wind vortex - gusts from both sides! If anyone can explain this phenomenon..I’m listening. Creepy.. 🌧️🤔👀
Potential candidates like
@vfong
and
@NathanMagsigCA
who might reconsider with
@ShannonGroveCA
out are now locked into their respective 2024 races since the filing period has closed.
Either candidacy's fate would likely end up in the courts.
Measure E (Fresno County's most controversial item on the 2024 Primary ballot) is on track to fail by a larger margin than 2022.
While there were many reasons to support this measure, let's talk about some things that went wrong...(1/10)🧵
The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment (CRPE) became aware of an incident involving our former employee, Riddhi Patel, at the Bakersfield City Council meeting on April 10, 2024.
We unequivocally condemn any threats of violence or unethical behavior. CRPE has been
If this holds (which I presume it will), Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux will be the odds on favorite in
#CA20
.
Fresno Businessman Kyle Kirkland and Bakersfield Businessman Stan Ellis will be worth watching depending on how much they self-fund.
@ParshanKhosravi
@karenkgoh
@andraeg3000
@KernCountyDA
Agree to disagree, my friend. This person has a history of being aggressive and making political differences personal. She’s shown up at the home of elected officials late at night. Her claiming twice she now wants to murder said electeds at their house is highly concerning.
@AdamSchiff
@mikeaguilera
Appreciate Adam Schiff making the Central Valley a priority! For those keeping count, he’s visited Fresno twice since launching a campaign for US Senate. Meanwhile, the other two candidates have not made a single visit.
Fresno Unified is the 3rd largest school district in CA & the largest employer in Fresno County! The search for its next leader demands maximum transparency & diligence.
Thank you, Trustees
@AndyLevine559
,
@VoteVeva
, and Susan Wittrup for fighting for an inclusive search process
Don’t have plans for August 18-19? Well now you do! Come join CYD at our next State Leadership Committee meeting in Visalia where we will be crafting CYD’s most progressive platform ever. Some might even say it'll be a lit crazy movie - we want you there. Register at link in bio!
The Central Valley deserves real campaigns led by actual consultants, not failed Los Angeles politicians turned serial grifters trying make a buck off of our communities.
@RigelRobinson
Thank you for your service to Berkeley and for inspiring a generation of young people across the state to be the change they want to see in their community!
Best wishes, Councilmember!
🚨 Fresno Unified Trustee Claudia Cazares has come around on an expanded transparent national search for
@fresnounified
’s next Superintendent.
It’s now unlikely that a Superintendent is selected at tomorrow’s meeting.
I suspect the names on this list will be very relevant next week as it’s increasingly likely Kevin McCarthy won’t run for re-election.
@ShannonGroveCA
and
@vfong
are the odds on favorites at this point, although
@DevinNunes
could throw a wrench in their plans.
If McCarthy loses the speakership, he likely doesn't run for re-election (maybe even resigns early)
Possible Republican contenders for the seat:
- Vince Fong
- Shannon Grove
- Nathan Magsig
- Devon Mathis
- Pete Vander Poel
- Devin Nunes (?)
This is a political witch-hunt by Fresno County Counsel. FPPC rules are clear that transferred funds are attributed to individual contributors.
@LuisCha70215912
@GarryBredefeld
See:
Fresno is getting a huge present from Gov. Gavin Newsom in his budget revision today - $250 million for downtown infrastructure.
If approved, the money would support parks, parking structures, & walkability improvements, according to the budget summary.
While the 81k yearly salaries for the Oversight Board were optional. Setting the range this high created distrust with voters.
Elected
@fresnounified
Trustees make $15k a year,
@calstate
Trustees receive none. (6/10)
Serial congressional candidate Phil Arballo finds his next meal ticket and looks set to rake in the lucrative
#resist
-fueled consulting fees that come from running a sacrificial candidate against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in
#CA20
.
Measure E presented an opportunity to make crucial investments in higher education.
However, the proponents ran a campaign for 2010 Fresno that didn't think big enough and didn't take into account the working families that would bear the brunt of the tax. (10/10)
@rpyers
Ahh the Republican
@PhilArballo
takes a page out of the Arballo playbook and is going to run in a completely different district one cycle later.
For starters, Measure E should have been on the November ballot where the turnout of voters that supported E in 2022 is higher. Not the March ballot.
Regardless, a $2 million campaign should have at least invested in hiring canvassers to turn out South Fresno voters. (4/10)