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SamTilden2020
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« on: November 11, 2017, 03:54:35 PM »
« edited: November 12, 2017, 11:44:06 AM by SamTilden2020 »

In this game, various members of atlas will claim seats in the US Senate for their party. Their job is to defend their seat from outside opposition, as well as to keep the senate in their corner. Each participant can claim a seat that is up for election in that turn. I.e: You can only become DE Senator in 2018 or 2020 (unless via a special election). In between elections, the Senate works as it does IRL. If a seat is not filled by the deadline, the seat is replaced by an NPC controlled by me (a slightly-weaker version of the IRL Senator). The game starts with the 2016 Elections.

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Name: Sam Tilden (D-NY Class3)
Ideology: Bourbon Democrat
Previous offices held: Governor of NY (1999-2007)
Bio:

Blah Blah Blah Your story Blah Blah

Class 1 US Senators:
George Crossman (L-PA)
Poe L. Mast (D-WV)
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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2017, 10:15:52 PM »

Name: George Crossman (L-PA Class 1)
Ideology: Libertarian Christian
Previous Offices: Governor of PA (2007-2013), Chairman of the Libertarian Party (2000-2008)
Bio: I want to keep this open for now
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Bidenworth2020
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2017, 11:00:50 PM »

Name: Poe L.(Litical) Mast (D-WV Class 1)
Ideology: progressive on economy, moderate on social issues
Previous offices held: Governor of WV (2005-2013),
Bio: Born on July 15, 1969, in Marion County, KY. Soon after I am born, my family moves to Charleston, WV.
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« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2017, 05:31:23 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2017, 05:40:54 PM »

Name: Andrew Williams (R-TN-Class 2)
Idealogy: Conservative Populism
Previous offices: Mayor of Knoxville (2002-2010); Governor of TN (2010-2018)
Bio: will remain open until further notice.
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« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2017, 09:33:17 PM »

Name: Ted Bessell (D-CA, Class 3)
Age: 51
Previous Offices Held: Ventura City Manager (1990-1993), California State Representative (1993-1999), California Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing (1999-2003), California State Treasurer (2003-2011, U.S. Representative from California's 26th District (2011-2017)
Ideology: Populist Berniecrat
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« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2017, 12:00:18 PM »

Name: David MacKenzie (R-VT, Class 1)
Age: 75
Ideology: Fiscally conservative, socially moderate Republican
Previous Offices Held: Vermont House of Representatives (1977-1983), Vermont Senate (1983-1989), US House of Representatives (1991-1993), US Ambassador to South Africa (1993-1995)
Bio: Born February 9, 1942, in Brattleboro, Vermont, into a family of active, longtime Republicans.  His mother chaired the local GOP women's club, while his father served various positions within the local party organization.  A descendant of flinty, conservative Yankee stock, his ancestors include prominent Scottish-American minister and abolitionist Samuel Wesley MacKenzie.  During his freshman year of college in 1960, Dave worked on the presidential campaign of then-Vice President Richard Nixon, and four years later worked on Nelson Rockefeller's campaign for the GOP nomination.  In 1968, he again worked for Nixon, and in 1972 was vice chairman in the Vermont chapter of the Committee for the Reelection of the President.  As a college student, Dave participated actively in the civil rights movement, joining the Freedom Rides through the South in the summer of 1961 and the "Freedom Summer" voter registration drive in Mississippi in 1964.  After graduating from Harvard Law School, he entered private law practice and became one of New England's most prominent civil rights attorneys.  His wife Donna chaired the campaign to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in Vermont, and has Dave has introduced legislation every year since taking office to ratify it, while also supporting legislation to establish paid family leave and equal pay for equal work.

MacKenzie is widely considered to be fiscally conservative and a deficit hawk, while moderate on social issues.  He is opposed to legalized abortion and wrote a frequently-cited article for a law journal criticizing the legal rationale and precedent of Roe v. Wade.  An avid hunter, he is also an outspoken advocate for gun rights under the Second Amendment, but has voted in favor of "common sense" legislation such as criminal background checks.  However, he supported the legalization of civil unions for gay and lesbian couples by the Vermont General Assembly in 2000, and opposes the passage of "bathroom bills" requiring transgenders to use the bathrooms of their assigned biological sex.  He has actively pushed for a constitutional amendment granting the president a line-item veto and legislation to lower the federal corporate tax rate.  A member of the conservative, pro-business wing of the Vermont GOP (as represented by Lee Emerson, Winston Prouty, and the Proctors), he ran for the US Senate in 1994 and defeated incumbent Senator Jim Jeffords in the Republican primary.  In a highly contested race that gained national attention, MacKenzie attacked Jeffords' liberal positions on taxes, abortion, healthcare, and gun control, while pledging to form broad, bipartisan coalitions in Washington.  In the general election, however, he touted his liberal credentials on civil rights and anti-tax platform to score a narrow victory over his Democratic opponent.  His conservative stances on abortion and guns have alienated many in an increasingly liberal Vermont as of late, and his reelection prospects have never been a sure thing.  Can he balance between his conservative and moderate credentials to keep his constituents happy?
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« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2017, 02:57:54 PM »

to all participants- Since the OP is inactive, any thoughts on me taking over the game?
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« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2017, 02:58:27 PM »

to all participants- Since the OP is inactive, any thoughts on me taking over the game?

I wouldn't be against it.
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« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2017, 04:15:25 PM »

(This starts with 2016 right? If we go right to 2018 then just substitute Patty Murray for Maria Cantwell)

Name: Joey Costa (D-WA Class 3)
Ideology: Populist libertarian Democrat, same ideology as me
Previous offices held: Member of Washington House of Representatives (2011–2013), U.S. Representative from Washington's 5th District (2013–2017)
Bio: Born March 15, 1979 in Spokane, WA. Graduated from Eastern Washington University and became a radio host. Ran for Washington House of Representatives from the 3rd district in Spokane in 2010, and won. In 2012, he announced his bid for U.S. Congress and defied all expectations by beating incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers by 400 votes. He was seen as one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in 2014, but despite a Republican wave he remained popular with his constituents and won with 55% against a weak Republican candidate. Once Senator Patty Murray announced her retirement in 2016, Joey Costa declared he would run for the open seat.
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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2017, 07:37:55 PM »

(This starts with 2016 right? If we go right to 2018 then just substitute Patty Murray for Maria Cantwell)

Name: Joey Costa (D-WA Class 3)
Ideology: Populist libertarian Democrat, same ideology as me
Previous offices held: Member of Washington House of Representatives (2011–2013), U.S. Representative from Washington's 5th District (2013–2017)
Bio: Born March 15, 1979 in Spokane, WA. Graduated from Eastern Washington University and became a radio host. Ran for Washington House of Representatives from the 3rd district in Spokane in 2010, and won. In 2012, he announced his bid for U.S. Congress and defied all expectations by beating incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers by 400 votes. He was seen as one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in 2014, but despite a Republican wave he remained popular with his constituents and won with 55% against a weak Republican candidate. Once Senator Patty Murray announced her retirement in 2016, Joey Costa declared he would run for the open seat.
if people agree on letting me take over the game, I welcome you!
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« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2017, 10:15:19 PM »

Name- Nick Stoner (D-OR Class 2)
Ideology: Populist libertarian Democrat with some Bernieceat views
Previous offices held: Representative from Oregon’s 4th Congressional District (2013-2015)
Bio: Nick Stoner was born on July 10th, 1980 in Knoxville, TN. He was known as a rebellious teenager, and eventually founded a band that found great stardom and he toured the country a few times but started getting really into political debates, so eventually he decided to run for Congress and beat out an incumbent in the primary with a fiery populist campaign. He won the seat despite all expectations, and somehow became a favorite of a lot of different groups due to his varying views. He was popular in Congress, both in terms approval rating and having people to hang out with. He decided to run for Senate in 2014, and he was very progressive for his time so he was expected to narrowly win a bid against former Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR), but ended up defeating him by around six points in a GOP Wave year. He famously smoked a blunt in front of the crowd after attending a town hall with a resident who kept telling him to repeal net neutrality laws and saying “memes should be banned”.

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« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2017, 04:00:31 AM »

Name: Jackson Hitchcock (D-TX Class 3)
Ideology: Populist libertarian Democrat, same ideology as me
Previous offices held: waiting
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