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  <title>With just days left...</title>
  <author>Stonewall Democrats Staff</author>
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  <blurb>With just days left in this election year and so much at stake for our community and our allies, your financial support is important now more than ever.

On behalf of the team at National Stonewall Democrats, please consider contributions to the following ballot initiative campaigns and pro-equality Democratic candidates.

[[youtube: http://www.youtube.com/v/coGcYPv2t1E]]

&lt;b&gt;With your contribution of just $5 to each of these 6 campaigns - that&amp;#39;s only $30 - you make the choice to stand with the staff of Stonewall Democrats and our more than 120 chapters to protect and expand equality.&lt;/b&gt;

By contributing through Stonewall Democrats&amp;#39; ActBlue partnership, your gift will be tracked as LGBT and allied money.

&lt;b&gt;Read below to learn more about the work that Stonewall Democrats is doing to support these important campaigns.&lt;/b&gt;

Sincerely,

&lt;b&gt;Kyle Bailey&lt;/b&gt;, Interim Executive Director; &lt;b&gt;Jenna Lowenstein&lt;/b&gt;, Director of Communications and Online Organizing; &lt;b&gt;Brett Burnham&lt;/b&gt;, Chapter Services Associate; &lt;b&gt;Marion Johnson&lt;/b&gt;, Administrative Coordinator; &lt;b&gt;Jonathan Torrez&lt;/b&gt;, State Party Platform Project Coordinator; &lt;b&gt;Jonathan Wong&lt;/b&gt;, Communications Coordinator

&lt;i&gt;P.S.  More than 40 Stonewall Democrats have contributed over $3,700 to No On 1/Protect Maine Equality through an alternative fund-raising page.&lt;/i&gt;</blurb>
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      <pageblurb>Anti-equality forces are trying to take away marriage equality in The Pine State that Democratic lawmakers enacted.  Stonewall Democrats has provided No On 1 with technical assistance, bundled contributions from low dollar donors and placed professional communications staff on the ground to assist with new media efforts and volunteer management.</pageblurb>
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      <pageblurb>With efforts to take away domestic partner benefits from Washington&amp;#39;s families, it&amp;#39;s critical that we provide financial support now to support the campaign&amp;#39;s television ads and grassroots efforts to beat back this hateful initiative that would take away even the most basic rights afforded to same-sex couples and their families in the state.</pageblurb>
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      <pageblurb>With an important non-discrimination initiative on the ballot, Stonewall Democrats sent One Kalamazoo our greatest gift of all: Our former Executive Director Jon Hoadley to lead campaign efforts.  We have also organized staff and volunteers to travel to Kalamazoo for GOTV weekend.  A defeat of anti-equality forces and a win in this typical mid-sized heartland American city will lay the groundwork to pass other pro-equality local ordinances and ballot initiatives around the country with less push back.</pageblurb>
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      <pageblurb>New Jersey is the state most likely to next enact marriage equality legislation.  Corzine has promised the he will push through marriage equality if re-elected.  However, his Republican opponent Chris Christie is opposed to marriage equality.  Stonewall Democrats is supporting New Jersey Stonewall Democrats, Garden State Equality and the Corzine campaign with technical assistance and bundling contributions from low dollar donors to the campaign to secure marriage equality in New Jersey.  New Jersey Stonewall Democrats is leading the charge to re-elect Corzine in addition to openly-gay legislative candidate Randy Bishop.</pageblurb>
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      <pageblurb>Stonewall Democrats has provided technical assistance and has bundled contributions for the Parker campaign.  Houston Area Stonewall Democrats, Houston Stonewall Young Democrats and the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus have been working hard to ensure that Parker is elected as the first openly-LGBT mayor of a top 10 major American city.</pageblurb>
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      <pageblurb>Stonewall Democrats United, through partnership with the Virginia Young Democrats and support from the Virginia Partisans has hired 10 paid field staff to work on races across the state to turn out young and pro-equality voters for targeted House of Delegate candidates.  Democrats need to pick-up 6 seats to control the House of Delegates.  Democrats already control the State Senate.  If Democrats also hold the Governorship, we will dominate state government, control redistricting and have the opportunity to pass a state ENDA.</pageblurb>
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