After Joe Manchin voted to confirm Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, I heard that there were some calls from people on the left to primary him. Now, I wouldn’t do that. But I cannot 100% control the actions of everyone else.

So, instead, I offer a list of things I think fellow progressives should consider dedicating time, money, and energy towards before trying to knock out Manchin:

Beat Dean Heller (Nevada)

Find out about the other four Democratic senators in Romney-Trump states, defend some of them

Defend the Obama-Trump state Democratic senators: Nelson (Florida), Stabenow (Michigan), Brown (Ohio), Casey (Pennsylvania), and Baldwin (Wisconsin)

Beat Jeff Flake (Arizona), a Republican senator in a Romney state that Trump won with less than 50%

Beat the 23 Republicans in Clinton house districts

This year (!), take back and retain the governor’s mansions in New Jersey and Virginia, both Clinton states

(!), take back and retain the governor’s mansions in New Jersey and Virginia, both Clinton states In 2018, take back the open governor’s mansions in the Clinton states of Maine, Nevada, and New Mexico

Beat the 5 Republican governors in states Clinton won: Rauner (Illinois), Hogan (Maryland), Baker (Massachusetts), Sununu (New Hampshire), and Scott (Vermont)

Defend the one Trump state Democratic governor: Tom Wolf (Pennsylvania)

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