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C0RYH0FFMAN

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Mon Dec 7, 2015, 11:00 PM Dec 2015

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Do not withdraw. roody Dec 2015 #1
Don't let the gatekeepers decide for you. They will always be there, trying to tell you what to do. GoneFishin Dec 2015 #2
File your petitions and continue your candidacy. LonePirate Dec 2015 #3
Do it! This is supposed to be a democracy. oldandhappy Dec 2015 #4
Keep going for the sake of the party if nothing else. Downwinder Dec 2015 #5
from my experience KT2000 Dec 2015 #6
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roody

(10,849 posts)
1. Do not withdraw.
Mon Dec 7, 2015, 11:04 PM
Dec 2015

GoneFishin

(5,217 posts)
2. Don't let the gatekeepers decide for you. They will always be there, trying to tell you what to do.
Mon Dec 7, 2015, 11:10 PM
Dec 2015

You need to follow your own moral compass.

LonePirate

(13,844 posts)
3. File your petitions and continue your candidacy.
Mon Dec 7, 2015, 11:12 PM
Dec 2015

If that local elected official wants the position, then they can campaign for it and win it fair and square instead of having it handed to them.

Good luck with your decision and your campaign! We certainly need more DUers in office.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
4. Do it! This is supposed to be a democracy.
Mon Dec 7, 2015, 11:19 PM
Dec 2015

I see too much of this kind of control. Fight it. This may be the beginning of something grand! And if not, you have demonstrated a willingness to be honest. I hope you run and I hope you win. And if not, lead a campaign for signatures for someone else next time. Keep confronting the establishment. We need democracy.

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)
5. Keep going for the sake of the party if nothing else.
Mon Dec 7, 2015, 11:28 PM
Dec 2015

A primary generates involvement.

KT2000

(20,779 posts)
6. from my experience
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 12:12 AM
Dec 2015

the "party" is interested in their clique, sometimes to the exclusion of party values. They only have that power if you give it to them so keep going. Good luck to you - I hope you win.

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