r/VoteDEM 6d ago

Daily Discussion Thread and Adopt-A-Candidate: September 7, 2025

Welcome to the home of the anti-GOP resistance on Reddit!

Pride month may be over, but we at VoteDEM will always welcome all parts of the LGBTQIA+ Community to join us, and are happy to continue celebrating all those things which still make each of us unique and wonderful!

Elections are still happening! And they're the only way to take away Trump's power to hurt people. You can help win elections across the country from anywhere, right now!

If you want to take part, there's plenty of ways to do it!

  1. Check out our weekly volunteer post - that's the other sticky post in this sub - to find opportunities to get involved.

  2. Nothing near you? Volunteer from home by making calls or sending texts to turn out voters!

  3. Join your local Democratic Party - none of us can do this alone.

  4. Tell a friend about us!

We won big in Wisconsin earlier this year, and now we're bringing something back to make sure we win in Virginia and New Jersey too!

'25 IS ALIVE! Adopt-A-Candidate 2025 is here and ready for action! Want to take part in the blue wave? Adopt one of the candidates below, and take action every week to support their campaign!

Post your preference in the daily (or, to guarantee we see it, send the request via modmail) and we'll add you to the list! Got someone who you want to adopt, but they're not on the list? Let us know, and we'll add them on!

Candidate District/Office Adopted By
Abigail Spanberger VA-GOV u/nopesaurus_rex
Ghazala Hashmi VA-LTGOV
Jerrauld Jones VA-AG
Josh Thomas VA HD-21
Elizabeth Guzman VA HD-22
Atoosa Reaser VA HD-27 u/SobrietyRefund
Marty Martinez VA HD-29
John Chilton McAuliff VA HD-30
Andrew Payton VA HD-34
Makayla Venable VA HD-36
Donna Littlepage VA HD-40 u/ornery-fizz
Lily Franklin VA HD-41 u/pinuncle
Gary Miller VA HD-49 u/DeNomoloss
Rise Hayes VA HD-52
May Nivar VA HD-57
Rodney Willett VA HD-58
Scott Konopasek VA HD-59
Stacey Carroll VA HD-64
Joshua Cole VA HD-65 u/toskwar
Nicole Cole VA HD-66
Mark Downey VA HD-69 u/Lotsagloom
Shelly Simonds VA HD-70
Jessica Anderson VA HD-71 u/SomeJob1241
Leslie Mehta VA HD-73
Lindsey Dougherty VA HD-75 u/estrella172
Kimberly Adams VA HD-82
Mary Person VA HD-83
Nadarius Clark VA HD-84
Virgil Thornton Sr. VA HD-86
Karen Robins Carnegie VA HD-89
Phil Hernandez VA HD-94
Kelly Convirs-Fowler VA HD-96
Michael Feggans VA HD-97
Cathy Porterfield VA HD-99
Mikie Sherrill NJ-GOV
Maureen Rowan & Joanne Famularo NJ LD-02
Dave Bailey Jr. & Heather Simmons NJ LD-03 u/poliscijunki
Dan Hutchison & Cody Miller NJ LD-04
Carol Murphy & Balvir Singh NJ LD-07 u/screen317
Andrea Katz & Anthony Angelozzi NJ LD-08
Margie M. Donlon & Luanne M. Peterpaul NJ LD-11
Jason Corley & Vaibhave Gorige NJ LD-13
Wayne P. DeAngelo & Tennille R. McCoy NJ LD-14 u/Lotsagloom
Mitchelle Drulis & Roy Freiman NJ LD-16
Vincent Kearney & Andrew Macurdy NJ LD-21
Guy Citron & Tyler Powell NJ LD-23
Steven Pylypchuk & Marisa Sweeney NJ LD-25
Michael Mancuso & Walter Mielarczyk NJ LD-26
Avi Schnall & Claire Deicke NJ LD-30
Lisa Swain & Chris Tully NJ LD-38
Andrew Labruno & Donna Abene NJ LD-39
Ron Arnau & Jeffrey Gates NJ LD-40 u/timetopat, u/One-Recipe9973
Brandon Neuman PA SUP CT
Stella Tsai PA COM CT

We're not going back. We're taking the country back. Join us, and build an America that everyone belongs in.

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u/flairsupply 5d ago

I love spending an hour at work being tech support (not my job) for a coworker who is 3 weeks late on their project deadline (not my area) who doesnt even know how to right click-

Look Im all for helping at work but this is a lot as 7am-

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u/TOSkwar Virginia 5d ago

Older coworker who never kept up or younger coworker who's too accustomed to phones and tablets and never learned?

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u/flairsupply 5d ago

Older

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u/Jermine1269 keeping Colorado blue 5d ago

I've shared this before, but it's worth telling it again -

I had a gal I worked with who would print out the emails, then take them over to the photocopier and make a copy of the email (she wanted to keep the original for her records) then slap a sticky note on the copy, write a note on it pertaining to the email, and leave it on my desk for the morning.

After a few of these, I rolled over to her desk and got to show her how to forward emails to me. She still printed them out sometimes - if they were important - but for the most part, we got thru it together.

She was in her 40s, btw.