Patrick Hope Wins Blue America’s 48-Hour Donor Contest

Arlington, VA-This morning at 9 a.m., Patrick Hope was declared a winner of Blue America's 48-hour contest to see which progressive candidates could generate the most grassroots contributions in a 48-hour period. The winners were the two candidates who elicited contributions from the greatest number of donors- not total contributions- showing real grassroots support. Blue America founder Howie Klein issued this statement at the completion of the contest: "Patrick had an incredible operation and that's how he was able to win this contest. I'm especially impressed Patrick was able to win as a recent Blue America candidate against other candidates- some of whom are well known netroots heroes. His organization makes me think they will know how to turn out voters in June." Also winning the contest was Rob Zerban, a Democrat running against Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's 1st District. See the announcement of the contest results, written by Klein, on the Down With Tyranny blog: http://downwithtyranny.blogspo... ### Media Contact: Jarrod A. Nagurka jarrod@hopeforcongress.com (703) 473-5097