{"id":885,"date":"2024-08-22T19:53:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/?p=885"},"modified":"2025-03-17T00:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T00:20:51","slug":"california-is-the-swing-state-for-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/2024\/08\/22\/california-is-the-swing-state-for-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"California Is the Swing State for the House!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to President Biden. His passing of the torch to Kamala Harris has released enormous pent-up energy. The flood of delegates, volunteers, and funds to her campaign is unprecedented. How can Third Act SoCal seize the moment? Victories in four Southern California \u201cswing district\u201d races would go a long way toward taking back the House. So we have launched our Adopt a District Campaign to elect four strong candidates who need our support.<\/p>\n<p>The stakes have never been higher.\u00a0Far-right Supreme Court decisions have stripped away nearly 50 years of abortion rights, crippled the executive branch\u2019s ability to do good in the areas of health, safety, finance, and the environment, and granted the president immunity to do evil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/8vkyczfbb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001WYan8i30sf8t5LHBoQy7_ADU12o0jBu5awqMN9qMujnQg05ER9DFKH-hF3Bhd3k7Q0bvkLM4OVr_r4bZO1VjTeU09R_6aX9Dfvs2Yqs-VExseA4l1fbtANQWx1C-pVtZ3uaGnFkT-IA9gaq_xvq7CJ7_U9ofNYeJ&amp;c=gW32Ra0U8u7ikQdt6WGCWvuk9RhDFAzzjgnb3skHKe4EtFH1aLBiXw==&amp;ch=3B0udW6d6teoRdlO1PcwuWWBvTy2ijugIFu847qaTV5kz22u754WPw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/8vkyczfbb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001WYan8i30sf8t5LHBoQy7_ADU12o0jBu5awqMN9qMujnQg05ER9DFKH-hF3Bhd3k7Q0bvkLM4OVr_r4bZO1VjTeU09R_6aX9Dfvs2Yqs-VExseA4l1fbtANQWx1C-pVtZ3uaGnFkT-IA9gaq_xvq7CJ7_U9ofNYeJ%26c%3DgW32Ra0U8u7ikQdt6WGCWvuk9RhDFAzzjgnb3skHKe4EtFH1aLBiXw%3D%3D%26ch%3D3B0udW6d6teoRdlO1PcwuWWBvTy2ijugIFu847qaTV5kz22u754WPw%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1724435611689000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3TBn9oxqzHPVT-GJB_hqsL\">Project 2025<\/a>, MAGA\u2019s authoritarian blueprint, calls for a national abortion ban, guts Social Security and Medicare, limits voting rights, ends separation of Church and State, abandons our global alliances, and disables any national response to the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Third Act\u2019s motto, \u201cNo Time to Waste,\u201d has never been more urgent.\u00a0Election Day is fast approaching.\u00a0We\u2019re throwing everything we\u2019ve got at winning the House to give President Harris a Congress that will work with her to deliver for America.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to join us in this fight.\u00a0A volunteer leader in each district will deploy you to phone bank, canvass, write postcards, and more, depending on what you\u2019re up for.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Adopt a District\u00a0to Flip the House<\/p>\n<p>Here are the four candidates:<\/p>\n<p>George Whitesides, District 27<\/p>\n<p>Will Rollins, District 41<\/p>\n<p>Derek Tran, District 45<\/p>\n<p>Dave Min, District 47<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t need to\u00a0live in a district\u00a0to adopt it. Simply\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/8vkyczfbb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001WYan8i30sf8t5LHBoQy7_ADU12o0jBu5awqMN9qMujnQg05ER9DFKLBwUqcnYVq7Sp2g_ZofCPQJaCDZip0R6UdRwhc3s2EMsLhfsqKECwKeSNdu0WdsRhVCQZAAPvdWreQJEevUMZHE2X8ycMofrsUOH7FmdeYPJFAZIKFjYp80HWc64ZCmGw1i9X72ewB1hvrosYLXHPb7xB2uMfEJwhtaje7CyzGhVldfjjkVlWhi37igkRspViZpOScWWB7Erwctaho5U4Q=&amp;c=gW32Ra0U8u7ikQdt6WGCWvuk9RhDFAzzjgnb3skHKe4EtFH1aLBiXw==&amp;ch=3B0udW6d6teoRdlO1PcwuWWBvTy2ijugIFu847qaTV5kz22u754WPw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/8vkyczfbb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001WYan8i30sf8t5LHBoQy7_ADU12o0jBu5awqMN9qMujnQg05ER9DFKLBwUqcnYVq7Sp2g_ZofCPQJaCDZip0R6UdRwhc3s2EMsLhfsqKECwKeSNdu0WdsRhVCQZAAPvdWreQJEevUMZHE2X8ycMofrsUOH7FmdeYPJFAZIKFjYp80HWc64ZCmGw1i9X72ewB1hvrosYLXHPb7xB2uMfEJwhtaje7CyzGhVldfjjkVlWhi37igkRspViZpOScWWB7Erwctaho5U4Q%3D%26c%3DgW32Ra0U8u7ikQdt6WGCWvuk9RhDFAzzjgnb3skHKe4EtFH1aLBiXw%3D%3D%26ch%3D3B0udW6d6teoRdlO1PcwuWWBvTy2ijugIFu847qaTV5kz22u754WPw%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1724435611689000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2C02knkLl6c_OCiLGv-QuM\">click here<\/a>\u00a0to sign up, choose a district, and a Third Act SoCal district lead will get back to you.<\/p>\n<p>Our candidates\u00a0will probably win or lose by razor-thin margins and are up against millions of GOP dollars from corporate and billionaire PACs. Even before Biden\u2019s announcement, our candidates were rising in the polls, largely due to volunteers like you building voter enthusiasm and engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/8vkyczfbb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001WYan8i30sf8t5LHBoQy7_ADU12o0jBu5awqMN9qMujnQg05ER9DFKHuicS9FcJmzThOOOvJpkGLyBRcap-Jng2Y1S7YxQkGoy_ekI3gBxxaSypSozBC8JXR0atmb0H9SoEsmowTSYm4bGdZAjq0Po3MqjWdc9vEQ&amp;c=gW32Ra0U8u7ikQdt6WGCWvuk9RhDFAzzjgnb3skHKe4EtFH1aLBiXw==&amp;ch=3B0udW6d6teoRdlO1PcwuWWBvTy2ijugIFu847qaTV5kz22u754WPw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/8vkyczfbb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001WYan8i30sf8t5LHBoQy7_ADU12o0jBu5awqMN9qMujnQg05ER9DFKHuicS9FcJmzThOOOvJpkGLyBRcap-Jng2Y1S7YxQkGoy_ekI3gBxxaSypSozBC8JXR0atmb0H9SoEsmowTSYm4bGdZAjq0Po3MqjWdc9vEQ%26c%3DgW32Ra0U8u7ikQdt6WGCWvuk9RhDFAzzjgnb3skHKe4EtFH1aLBiXw%3D%3D%26ch%3D3B0udW6d6teoRdlO1PcwuWWBvTy2ijugIFu847qaTV5kz22u754WPw%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1724435611689000&amp;usg=AOvVaw263GVmnajy66WYOfFB5Btc\">one-minute video<\/a>\u00a0produced by our inspiring young partners at Tour to Save Democracy, then sign up today to Adopt a District!!<\/p>\n<p>Yours for victory,<\/p>\n<p>Sheila D.<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Team Lead<\/p>\n<p>Third Act SoCal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to President Biden. His passing of the torch to Kamala Harris has released enormous pent-up energy. The flood of delegates, volunteers, and funds to her campaign is unprecedented&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1151,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions\/1151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirdact.org\/socal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}