{"id":154065,"date":"2021-11-05T12:26:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T16:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=154065"},"modified":"2021-11-05T12:26:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:46:57","slug":"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent 0K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bloomberg-3.jpg\" alt=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent 0K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" class=\"wp-image-154066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bloomberg-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bloomberg-3-400x240.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bloomberg-3-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bloomberg-3-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption><em>All of Bloomberg&#8217;s money in Virginia just went down the drain. (Photo: Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gun control is a losing issue for Democrats. At least, it was in Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a new GunsAmerica analysis, Everytown spent over $200,000 on six of the seven Democrats who lost seats in the House of Delegates. In addition, Everytown <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/572552-everytown-turning-focus-to-virginia-elections\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spent<\/a> $1.8 million on Virginia statewide races over the last two months, all of which went up in smoke when Republicans swept those seats this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democratic incumbent delegates <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsensevoter.org\/candidates\/details\/?cid=1da798654fe99888c85d2a6d730909e10bebcf5d640d8d19d27545cf9e4a1d4c\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Hurst<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsensevoter.org\/candidates\/details\/?cid=3f63a2275fbeaaa5b3b572d348e4262f958505e1adcd177767b33b0a1712e96b\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joshua Cole<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsensevoter.org\/candidates\/details\/?cid=c7da3fdfab8da86e956ffdbd1240e955cc569aaff20e032a7cab315566fc1080\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lashrecse D. Aird<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsensevoter.org\/candidates\/details\/?cid=a1aea2146da30a0e5c7cecb42ce6075c9b41af3bf4dadc7b0e1e538a42c75c59\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nancy Guy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsensevoter.org\/candidates\/details\/?cid=cedb29e0929c1e174fc9fbaf8310afd1fd20bc9c1adf552f6e0fff9e76b89371\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alex Askew<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsensevoter.org\/candidates\/details\/?cid=27270d8e5e3eba699eeb9ba32047289d75775ac64bf5c78dde85ce6b053f3dc9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Martha Mugler<\/a> are all listed as \u201cGun Sense Candidates\u201d on the organization\u2019s website, but all six delegates lost their seats to Republicans this week, handing control of the lower chamber back to the GOP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gun-control group has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/everytown-3m-boot-camp-gun-control-activists-politicians\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spent a fortune<\/a> recruiting and running hand-picked former volunteers for state and national seats, but since 2019, public records indicate that Everytown spent (i.e., wasted) a whopping $215,340 on these five losing candidates ($265,340 since 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alex Askew: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/candidates\/250404\/top_donors\/?contrib_type=all&amp;start_year=all&amp;end_year=all\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$46,324<\/a><\/li><li>Nancy Guy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/candidates\/287227\/top_donors\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\">$64,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/candidates\/287227\/top_donors\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/candidates\/287227\/top_donors\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\">24<\/a><\/li><li>Lashrecse Aird: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/candidates\/158632\/top_donors\/?start_year=2021&amp;end_year=2021\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$33,378<\/a><\/li><li>Joshua Cole: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/candidates\/285632\/top_donors\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$34,166<\/a><\/li><li>Martha Mugler: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/candidates\/151679\/top_donors\/?start_year=all&amp;end_year=all\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$36,848<\/a><\/li><li>Chris Hurst: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everytown.org\/press\/moms-demand-action-everytown-celebrate-election-of-chris-hurst-to-virginia-house-of-delegates\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$50,000<\/a> in 2017<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/everytown-gun-sense-candidate-facing-felonies-after-trying-to-smuggle-a-key-into-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Everytown \u2018Gun Sense\u2019 Candidate Facing Felonies after Trying to Smuggle a Key into Jail<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These numbers might pale in comparison to the organization\u2019s donations to statewide candidates like Terry McAuliffe, but to local delegates, Bloomberg\u2019s cash is no small potatoes. Everytown was among each candidate\u2019s top-10 donors, and their money helped them out-earn their Republican opponents by millions of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither that money nor their commitment to Everytown\u2019s anti-gun agenda proved to be enough to secure their seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everytown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everytown.org\/press\/moms-demand-action-everytown-celebrate-election-of-chris-hurst-to-virginia-house-of-delegates\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cheered<\/a> when its $50,000 donation helped Chris Hurst earn a seat in the House in 2017 on a radical anti-gun agenda. This year, his campaign was marred by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsls.com\/news\/local\/2020\/01\/29\/del-chris-hurst-not-charged-after-police-say-his-bac-was-above-legal-limit-during-traffic-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drunk driving arrest<\/a> in 2020 and a campaign sign vandalism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdbj7.com\/2021\/11\/02\/breaking-del-chris-hurst-pulled-over-by-radford-police-after-campaign-sign-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scandal<\/a>. Still, his historic support for gun control didn\u2019t earn him the win, despite spending twice as much as his Republican opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Askew <a href=\"https:\/\/alexaskew.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\">celebrated<\/a> on his website his commitment to \u201creducing gun violence in the community,\u201d and the VCDL rated him as only 13% pro-gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/moms-demand-action-candidate-loses-state-election-in-wealthy-connecticut-suburb\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moms Demand Action Candidate Loses State Election in Wealthy Connecticut Suburb<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, Everytown founder Michael Bloomberg made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/first-stop-on-bloombergs-presidential-campaign-virginia-where-he-spent-millions-to-help-democrats\/2019\/11\/25\/9eb65384-0fb9-11ea-9cd7-a1becbc82f5e_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">personal trip<\/a> to visit Nancy Guy. She gave him his money\u2019s worth that year by helping Democrats pass a universal background check bill, but Bloomberg\u2019s cash wasn\u2019t enough to save her this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She outspent her Republican opponent, Tim Anderson, by $1.2 million, but he edged her out by 732 votes. Anderson featured prominently on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timforva.com\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"exclusive-everytown-spent-200k-on-losing-democrats-who-flipped-virginia-house-to-republicans\" title=\"Exclusive: Everytown Spent $200K on Losing Democrats Who Flipped Virginia House to Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> his support for the Second Amendment and highlighted his previous work as a lawyer advocating for gun rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s unlikely this poor showing from \u201cGun Sense\u201d candidates will encourage Democrats to pull back from their radical gun control agenda, but until they do, gun owners will continue to flock to the polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As GunsAmerica <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-gun-owners-stun-dems-help-elect-gop-governor-for-first-time-since-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" 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