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Chelsea Manning Seeks U.S. Senate Seat for Maryland

posted by Fnord666 on Monday January 15 2018, @01:56AM   
from the representative-of-the-people dept.

takyon writes:

Chelsea Manning eyes U.S. Senate seat for Maryland

Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate seat from Maryland, according to Federal election filings seen on Saturday.

[...] Democratic Senator Ben Cardin was elected in 2006 to that seat and is expected to run for re-election this year. He is the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Cardin was easily re-elected in 2012, beating his Republican challenger by 30 points in the heavily-Democratic state.

Previously: Chelsea Manning Released from Prison, Remains on Active Duty Pending Appeal
Harvard Dean Rescinds Chelsea Manning's Visiting Fellow Invitation, Calling It a 'Mistake'

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Original Submission

• Communications skills are on topic (Score: 2) by canopic jug on Tuesday January 30 2018, @09:19AM

  by canopic jug (3949) on Tuesday January 30 2018, @09:19AM (#630255) Journal

  Since he is running for office, his communication skills are most certainly on topic. He will have to write and speak as part of the campaign and if he makes it into office by knocking out a senior Democrat. Being so weak in both is an extreme liability which will hurt the party's influence, above and beyond losing the seniority. Which is more important pushing an anti-social, gay, niche agenda or democracy?

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  Money is not free speech. Elections should not be auctions.

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