Ron Holmes

👋🏾 I try to convince people to do stuff for a living | Campaign vet | ♻️⚖️🌱🏥🧠 lobbyist | Pro Bono 👟🎶🏀⚽️ analyst | 👨🏾‍🎓 @Morehouse & @uofillinois MBA

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

Protesters: Inequity is a problem in Chicago
CTA’s response:
North siders walk less than a mile to Division
West siders walk 2 miles to Ashland
South siders walk over 3 miles to 35th street

https://t.co/dn23UVS4YY

[cta @cta]

@TroubledChica Until we can resume service safely in the downtown area, please walk to where service is running, generally starting from 35th, Ashland, or Division.

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

Proud to be an Illini.
Way to fight @IlliniMBB!

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

Biggest takeaway from the #ilprimary: I wore a tie tonight.

[Tahman Bradley @tahmanbradley]

WGN!

Election results!!

Here we go….

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

I can’t think of anything more Chirish than Z and I discussing the #ilprimary between corned beef sammies and consuming things dyed in green. ☘️🗳️

[Michael J. Zalewski @mjzalewski]

A new Perfunctory, 48 Hours out: https://t.co/Z4fhsKXXD1

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

While I was on my hiatus, I had a chance to sit down with my buddy @mjzalewski to discuss the #ILPrimary contests for #ilsen & #IL9 plus why chickpeas were my primary protein source in Jan.

A month later the content has held up nicely but my meal prep has changed drastically…

[Michael J. Zalewski @mjzalewski]

Early voting starts today, and @RonHolmesIL and I are Jon Snow. We know nothing. Yet strangely it doesn’t prevent us from talking about it. https://t.co/C6AzVb3Pji

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

I’m pleased to report that I found my password just in enough time to get into trouble with some of your favorite Illinois politicos.

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

Well done, boss.

https://t.co/6c02IJBqjC

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

@brendenmoore13 @barbara_isabel I always love these summaries.

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

Cory is still goin? Sheesh.

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

@DriXander @cljmitchell Hope we weren’t raggedy!

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

📢 The inaugural edition of the Have All Vote Who Wish… I mean… The Perfunctory Podcast is up featuring 2 guys with distinguished careers in public service and a guy who’s proud that he wore a tie to the state house multiple times this month!

[Michael J. Zalewski @mjzalewski]

you know, there just never were enough podcasts about 2024, politically?” Well, do I have news for you. 💥💥 https://t.co/YFs6GCPVsk

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

If there is a democracy left, I’m convinced that his generation and those that follow are going to save this country.

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

OK HIGH SCHOOL CIVICS 🫰🏾

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

@RepKamBuckner I-L-L!!!

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

So what’s the over/under on the number of vertical signs folks are going to have to leave behind at TSA?

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

Love this.

[Benjy Renton @bhrenton]

For those who have asked…a table with every state and territory's song title and artist at tonight's #DNC2024 roll call.

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

Nailed it.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

I am proud to announce that I've asked @Tim_Walz to be my running mate.

As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he's delivered for working families like his.

It's great to have him on the team.

Now let’s get to work. Join us:
https://t.co/W4AE2WlMTj

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

Elections matter - even in professional associations.

[rolandsmartin @rolandsmartin]

BREAKING NEWS: Vice President @KamalaHarris will not be speaking at @NABJ in-person or virtually. They offered for her to take questions virtually, but was turned down by NABJ. That makes NO sense. We do interviews DAILY by satellite, Skype and Zoom, so this should have happened.

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

Shoutout to @CollectivePAC's @QJames and my Morehouse brother @Bakari_Sellers for helping to pull the fellas together tonight.
#Imwither #winwithblackmen

[Porter Anderson @Porter_Anderson]

Media: After 47,000 Black women reportedly were on one call Sunday evening about the #Harris candidacy, @Ryanyoungnews and @Bakari_Sellers tell @AndersonCooper that a call underway tonight (22 July) has more than 20,000 Black men on it, in a new effort to bring Black men together to support @KamalaHarris campaign.
#Sellers: "We've already raised more than $50,000" on the call. "We're saying that Black men in our community are going to stand, arm-in-arm, with Black women. We're going to be a formidable voting bloc. Is that enough to win the presidency of the United States? No. But does that give [Harris] a strong base from which to go out and bring other voters in? The answer to that is yes."

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

Update:

The majority of IL Democratic officials (that can count) are rushing to Harris because she’s the best positioned and most qualified person to beat Donald Trump and continue the progress we’ve made under Joe Biden.

[Shia Kapos @ShiaKapos]

In Illinois, not everyone's rushing to Harris. https://t.co/UUN996VGy9 via @politico

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

The whisper campaign that led to this point never included an alternative that could reach consensus.

Luckily, Barack’s VP, Kamala’s running-mate, the leader of the most diverse cabinet in US history and the President that appointed Ketanji has. Let’s embrace it.
#ImWithHer

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

What a day it’s been.

[Ron Holmes @RonHolmesIL]

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m nervous about the chaos that the next couple of weeks will bring. There are some who may attempt to use this moment to push their agenda over the will of the base. It’s critical that selfishness doesn’t get in the way of success this November.