<div dir="ltr"><div>Scott:</div><div>Please identify the races you consider winnable.</div><div>VK</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Scott L. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net" target="_blank">scott73@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">








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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="color:black;font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt">That information is
proprietary.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="color:black;font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt">OK – seriously –
I have been around the block many times.  I have a pretty good idea of
what is achievable given the number of members and registered voters that we
have.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="color:black;font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt">Basically – if you
are running for a local election in a district under 60,000 in population you have
a chance to win if you do everything correctly.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="color:black;font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt">If you are running in
a partisan election, you are probably not going to win this time around unless
you are running unopposed.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="color:black;font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt">I know the above will
not sit well with some people, but don’t just say I am wrong – make
your own prediction so that we can compare how accurate our predictions are  on
the day after the election.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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Scott Lieberman<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Request for information:  What were the criteria for winnable?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Joshua A. Katz<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt">I just
went thru the  <u>A to D section</u> of our nationwide list of candidates
for 2014.</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Courier New"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:11pt">Total
candidates 
             
         113</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Courier New"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:11pt">Total
number of winnable races
           18</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Courier New"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:11pt">Total
# of ballot access retention races  14  (1)</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>

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of  <b><span style="font-weight:bold">non-ballot-access-retention
candidates </span></b> that have a chance of winning   
16%.</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>

</span><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt"> Scott
Lieberman</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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