• In first electoral test of Trump era, progressives sweep New Mexico school boards.

 Building a deep bench of candidates, a key element of creating party majorities from the bottom up across the nation, progressive candidates school board candidates in several New Mexico cities won their elections. Here’s just two of several examples:

“Voter turnout in Albuquerque was almost double what it was two years ago, and early numbers show that those voters came out for a slate of progressive candidates endorsed by educators unions, progressive elected leaders and community organizations, including ProgressNowNM,” says Pat Davis, executive director of ProgressNowNM. [...]

In Las Cruces, Governor Susana Martinez’s PAC launched last minute negative attacks against progressive union and ProgressNowNM-endorsed candidates.  ProgressNowNM’s Progressive Champions PAC used that attack to turn out progressive voters to vote against that outside interference in local elections.

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http://progressnownm.org/2017/02/07/in-first-post-trump-elections-progressives-sweep-school-elections-helped-by-record-voter-turnout/