Jonathan Tasini

The Agitator: Voices of PDA Episode 6 with Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and US Senate candidate Jonathan Tasini of New York

PDA national director Tim Carpenter interviews PDA advisory board member Rep. Jim McGovern from Massachusetts’ third congressional district on the upcoming Afghanisatn supplemental appropriation bill, Medcare for all and state efforts to pass single-payer healthcare, and the contributions of grassroots activists. In the second portion of the show, U.S. Sentate candidate Jonathan Tasini is interviewed. Tasini has twice been endorsed by PDA: in his race against Hilary Clinton in 2006 and earlier this year in his race against Kisten Gillibrand.

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An Underdog Who Isn’t Daunted by a New Try for the Senate -- NY Times

The New York Times
January 26, 2010

The long shot ate breakfast with his mother. She asked for campaign buttons for her friends. He handed her a dozen. She got worried. That many? Weren’t they expensive? Calm down, Mom, he said, they’re cheap.

Jonathan Tasini is running against Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand to be the United States senator from New York.

How could she not worry? Most of the long shot’s time was spent drumming up money so he could be elected United States senator from New York.

He recently took a leave from his job to campaign full-time for the Democratic nomination. When he worked, he made $110,000 a year. Now: zero.

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Ed. Note: PDA Executive Director Tim Carpenter is quoted in the article