Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending a training session for volunteers with the Ashwin Madia campaign. I don't want to write here about some of the strategies revealed by campaign manager Stu Rosenberg, which will remain confidential. But I do want to write a bit about the incredible volunteers of the 3rd District, to whom the DFL owes a great debt for putting this district in play. A few months ago, I published a series of maps showing the 3rd district's slow change from red to blue--these volunteers are the reason that's happened.
Volunteers gave up their entire day and spent it at the Madia campaign office. They were full of energy, asked great questions, and had a ton of great suggestions for the campaign. They were particularly interested in keeping the Madia campaign aligned with other DFL races; they are clearly committed to building the DFL party in the district. Some of the volunteers had the opportunity to talk about their personal reasons for being involved with Ashwin Madia and with DFL politics in general. There were a lot of really excellent speakers in the room; they should be formidable on the phones!
The most impressive part, though, was how well-trained all of these activists were. We wound up spending a minimal amount of time talking about things like how to read a walk sheet, how to record an ID call, and things like that. The great volunteers of CD3 knew it all. They have their eyes focused on winning throughout the district, and they know how to do it. George Greene, writer of The Aurora Alert, calls this CD3 whup-ass. And it is going to make CD3 DFLers a force to reckon with for decades.
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