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Electoral data analyst tracking veteran Democrat success
📊 Research: Why veterans win competitive races
🎯 2018: Vets helped flip 41 House seats | 2024: Gallego, Walz
📈 Data-driven insights for campaigns & strategy
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Could GOP gerrymandering backfire in 2026? Veteran Democrats may be poised for a comeback as the political map shifts. New analysis: alphademocrat.com/republican-g...
#Election2026 #Gerrymandering
Republican Gerrymandering 2026 Midterms: Why It Could Backfire
Republican gerrymandering may backfire spectacularly in 2026. Learn why veteran Democrats are positioned to exploit newly vulnerable districts
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December 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Two candidates. Two results.

Van Epps: Combat veteran. Won.
Behn: Couldn't escape "defund police" posts. Lost.

If the Democrats had run a Vet, the "extremist" slur would have failed. #VeteranDemocrats #2026Midterms #Tennessee
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Tennessee TN-7 Lesson: Why Democrats Need Veterans to Win in 2026
Republican veteran Matt Van Epps held TN-7 by 8 points while Democrat Aftyn Behn couldn't escape the extremist label. What this means for 2026 veteran recruitment.
alphademocrat.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Marine vet Graham Platner leads Gov. Mills by 34 pts in Maine's Senate primary despite tattoo controversy. Democrats' best shot at flipping a GOP seat in 2026 — if they pick the right candidate. #Maine2026 #VeteranDemocrats #2026Midterms
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Maine Senate 2026: Platner vs Mills in Democrats' Key Primary
Graham Platner leads Janet Mills by 34 points in Maine's Democratic Senate primary. Can the Marine veteran defeat Susan Collins where establishment Democrats have failed?
alphademocrat.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#OHIOSENATE 2026: Brown trails Husted 50-44%. He's 73.

Ohio has:
- 600K veterans
- Wright-Patterson AFB (38K employees, $16B impact)
- Zero veteran Dems recruited

Trump won by 11 points. #Democrats are ignoring their only path forward.

Political malpractice.

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Ohio Senate 2026: Democrats Need Veteran Succession Plan
Sherrod Brown trails 50-44% in Ohio Senate 2026 race. With 600K veterans and no succession plan, Democrats must recruit military candidates now or face permanent defeat.
alphademocrat.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Four veteran Democrat women — the “Hell Cats” — are stepping up to flip the House in 2026: Rebecca Bennett (NJ-07), Cait Conley (NY-17), JoAnna Mendoza (AZ-06), and Maura Sullivan (NH-01). 🇺🇸
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#HellCats #VeteranDemocrats #2026Midterms #HouseControl #BlueWave
The Hell Cats: Four Veteran Women Who Could Flip the House in 2026
The Hell Cats—Rebecca Bennett, Cait Conley, JoAnna Mendoza, and Maura Sullivan—are veteran women running for Congress in 2026. They could flip the House.
alphademocrat.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is the 2026 veteran Democrat strategy in action. Four female veterans (The Hell Cats) are targeting competitive House seats. The data: veteran Dems outperform by 5.83 points on average. Bennett (NJ-07), Conley (NY-17), Mendoza (AZ-06), Sullivan (NH-01) — watch these races.
We’ve served our country in uniform. Now we are stepping up to serve again.

We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.

Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Pennsylvania Senate 2026: Why Only a Vet Can Hold This Seat. Bob Casey's retirement creates PA's biggest Dem vulnerability. The solution is to use the veteran Democrat playbook. Fact: Vets outperform by 3-8 points with independents. This is how Democrats hold PA.
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Pennsylvania Senate 2026: Why Veterans Must Lead the Fight | Alpha Democrat
Bob Casey's retirement makes PA Senate 2026 the most critical race. Analysis shows why veteran Democrats like Conor Lamb are essential to hold this seat.
alphademocrat.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
1/ Senator Slotkin says Democrats need "alpha energy"
Berkeley scholar says they need "high-dominance politics"
Axios documents "Democratic MAGA movement"

Meanwhile, #VoteVets is actually doing something about it. 🧵
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The Alpha Democrat Strategy: Why Veterans Lead the Way
Senator Slotkin calls for 'alpha energy.' Scholar Fish demands 'high-dominance politics.' Veteran Democrats already have what Democrats desperately need.
alphademocrat.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Marine veteran Nathan Sage grew up in an Iowa trailer park. Now he's running for Senate using the same working-class veteran playbook that won Arizona for Ruben Gallego.

Can #veteran #Democrats flip red states in 2026?

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Nathan Sage: Marine Veteran's Fight for Iowa Senate Seat
Marine combat veteran Nathan Sage is running for Iowa's U.S. Senate seat using the VoteVets playbook: working-class roots, military credibility, economic populism.
alphademocrat.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Marine veteran Graham Platner raised $1M in 9 days using the veteran Democrat strategy—proving military credentials create unique electoral power even against entrenched incumbents. bsky.app/profile/grah...
Full analysis: alphademocrat.com/graham-platner-maine-senate-veteran-strategy/
Graham Platner Maine Senate: Veteran Democrat Strategy 2026
Graham Platner raised $1M in 9 days running as working-class veteran Democrat against Susan Collins. His Maine campaign proves why military service creates unique electoral advantages in 2026.
alphademocrat.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
$140K investment → Red to Blue flip in HD-64. This is how you build a winning formula: identify strong veteran candidates, invest strategically, deliver results.

Carroll joins Feggans and Spanberger making Virginia a veteran Democrat case study. Smart capital deployment by VoteVets.
🇺🇸 Congratulations to VoteVets-endorsed Stacey Carroll, a US Army Reserve Veteran, on her impressive victory in the Virginia House of Delegates District 64! VoteVets invested in her Red to Blue campaign with a $140,000 cable ad buy in her district.
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Virginia is becoming a veteran Democrat case study: Spanberger (CIA) wins governor + Feggans (Air Force) wins House of Delegates on the same ballot.

Down-ballot and statewide veteran candidates reinforce each other. This is the 2026 model.

#VeteranDemocrats #Virginia
🇺🇸 Congratulations to Michael Feggans, a US Air Force Veteran endorsed by VoteVets, on his big win in the Virginia House of Delegates District 97!
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🚨 November 4th proved the formula: Two veteran Dems just won governorships in purple territory.

Navy pilot Mikie #Sherrill (NJ) + CIA officer Abigail #Spanberger (VA) = Blueprint for 2026 midterms.

The #WarriorDemocrat strategy scales.
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Two Governors, One Strategy: How Warrior Democrats Sherrill and Spanberger Won on November 4, 2025 - Alpha Democrat
Navy veteran Mikie Sherrill and CIA officer Abigail Spanberger won historic governor races Nov 4, 2025, proving the Warrior Democrat strategy works statewide
alphademocrat.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In 4 days, Navy pilot #Sherrill (NJ) and CIA officer #Spanberger (VA) test the #Midterms2026 strategy: Can #VeteranDemocrats still deliver the 3-8pt advantage with independents that flipped 41 House seats in 2018?
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National Security Democrats: How Veterans Win in 2026
Two veteran Democrats face Nov 4 elections testing the party's 2026 comeback strategy. Analysis of Sherrill, Spanberger, Platner, and the broader veteran recruitment push.
alphademocrat.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🎖️ NEW: Veteran Democrats gaining major influence on defense policy

The trust gap is real:
✅ 68% trust veterans on defense
❌ 42% trust non-veterans

2024 proved it: Gallego won AZ Senate outperforming Harris by 8pts w indies
#Veterans #DefensePolicy #2026Elections
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alphademocrat.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🧵 Why veteran #Democrats emerge stronger during government shutdowns:

Tim Walz calls out decadent #Republicans for fawning over "a damn ballroom" while Americans go hungry.

24 years in uniform = credibility when criticizing #MAGA dysfunction.

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Government Shutdown Politics: Why Veteran Democrats Emerge Stronger
Government shutdown politics reveal why veteran Democrats like Tim Walz outperform in crises. Military leadership experience translates to electoral credibility during political chaos.
alphademocrat.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🧵 NEW RESEARCH: Why veteran Democrats keep winning competitive races

Clear pattern in the data:
• Ruben Gallego (Marine) outperformed Harris by 8 points in Arizona
• Tim Walz (Army Guard) became VP nominee
• Veterans flipped 41 House seats in 2018

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Veteran Democrat Strategy: How Military Veterans Win Elections
Discover the proven veteran Democrat strategy. VoteVets is recruiting 100+ veteran candidates for 2026 using this electoral playbook that flipped 41 House seats.
alphademocrat.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM